[AT] Ok now how about George Willer?(roll call)

[Ralph Goff]

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From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Ok now how about George Willer?(roll call)


> Good to hear from you Cecil.  Sounds like you're getting geared up big 
> time
> in the hay business.  I had to laugh when I read "Johnson Grass".  I spent
> half of my childhood trying to get rid of Johnson grass on our farm.
> That is tough stuff.

I wonder if Johnson grass is the same as what we call "twitch grass" or 
"quackgrass" here? I think it is pretty much the reason glyphosate 
herbicides were invented. Up til then the only option we had to kill this 
stubborn grass was heavy and frequent tillage. Not a good thing for soil 
erosion. Now a litre an acre of glyphosate (a.k.a. roundup) will kill as 
good or better than multiple tillage passes.
Luckily twitch grass also makes pretty fair hay if cut early and I have cut 
a few patches this year in ditches, old yards, etc. and baled it for winter 
feed.

Ralph in Sask.