Orchard Grass

A W aukftsha. County (Wisconsin) farmer writes ns fojlows to au exchange in rojard to this most neglected gniss : Wore 1 to bu aaked, - Whioh of all tho groases with which you aro aoqu&inted do you vuluci uiost fot pasturaffi f" I would aay emphatically, orohard grass. Frotn my experience with it, I think tliat one ajrti weU Beededto orohard gross is worth two of red clovcr or íour of herd'e grasa on land thiit is t:;isily affeoted by droutk. I ha vu buen surprisud, in my interoouree witli farmers, to sechow uinuy havo never heard of suoh a raaé, and Iow few of th remainder havo iutorost emugh ia it to try to post themselvue up iu regard to its roal valuó. Wuro thuro far moro árohurd gras sown in our pastaros 1 think thoro would be loss OOmplaint of cows "t'alling cffin üiilk" as the dry teason advaiioet;. It ís btíci' tiian hQrd's jnijb ío use Vi'ith , clovor in seeding down our meado ws, for thcso f'our reasous: It givos moro hay por acre ; it is in its primo for cutting just whon clovor is ; it roots wuch moro strongLy, and oonsequentïy "throws out" much loss tlian hord's grass ; bccauuo ot'its strong roots and rapid "after growth," it ia a rotd proteotion to tho clover. My advico ti every farmer is: Do not raiao lo;S clovür, but i'ar ruorc orchard rass.