Brome

Bobl1958 · Jun 11, 2023

Got the yearly supply of small square
horse hay put up and in the shed this
week. I like to put up about 250 small
squares to feed with during the winter.
With 4 big drafts that is barely enough,
and that is considering they also go
through a large round bale one a week as
well.

This 8 acre field of fertilized brome
produced 250 small squares and 3 large
rounds due to very dry weather. It will
usually make 250 small squares and 20-25
large rounds on a normal year.

Brome is a little short, but due to
recent rains the Prairie Hay should be
really good.

RBMI · Jun 11, 2023

I have to wonder about when brome was introduced in Kansas and where it came from originally. I think we are about the same age. I grew up at Lyndon, near Topeka. There was lots of brome for pasture and hay. There was a seed company at Harveyville, that would buy brome seed. A farmer could take the seed off and still cut the stubble for hay. My dad would not consider doing that. He said the seed was just like feeding grain. There was a lot of brome on marginal land that probably should have been left in prairie grass. Brome was the standard for grass waterways. I now live in Michigan. I think there is brome in some seed blends, but a field of straight brome is rare.

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