BOUDAN CRASS.-A PROLIFIC VARIETY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 181, 7 April 1915, Page 2

BOUDAN CRASS.-A PROLIFIC VARIETY.

(To the Editor.) feif,—The. groat merits of till* wo. - - tWful piirv deserves to ho moic widely known on all those who have trior i\ eulogise it greatly. It 1* n nu.li.vc oI N. Africa. a;; its name denotes, tun. has boon grow n in America for some time past with the most mitisfacfor* results. It is a tall, annual grass growing from oft. to I.oft high, vvif l losfy. erect stows, wl»>h frequently number .100 to tli.fi stool. It produces about three tons, or more, per acre, of nutritious fodder, twice in a. season, •and can be pastured in winter. The gras*' cures, easily, and makes bay of excellent duality, which is readily eaten by all classes of stock. It is very drought rosistinng and will -sueceeo wherever sorghum can be grown, and also in many places where other glasses are difficult to establish. A prominent American official says: << jSTo other crop yet introduced into the United States became so generally popular in so short a time as the Soudan Grass. It has made a record for itself wherever it has been tried. ,The hay is very tender, even when the grass is allowed to mature its seed, and has a sweetish taste and pleasant odour which cause? it to be relished by all kinds of stock. It is greatly appreciated in the western part of the United States because of its wonderful drought resistance and heavy yielding powers under semi avid conditions. Texas dairymen are proud of Soudan grass for they know that it means more to the dairy business than anything that has been done on behalf of the industry in many years. It will most certainly prove a great boon to dairy farmers who always require abundance of fodder for their herds, but more especially to those where the rainfall is light and uncertain. —I am., etc., B. HARRISON, F.R.H.B.