Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-01-13
Feeding Moving Lands.

II has appeared 10 us that unsoind views, 10
sonle eat, III, ATE entertained In tgaId 10 lie ".
feet Of feeding moving grounds in autumn. The
practice Is dcclained against, occasionally, as
something ycIy nigh akin 10 an unpatdOnabe agtl-
cultural sln. Admitting that Tie pacllce Is injn'
,olls 10 The lnture growth oil grass, Int subject Il.
solves llsellmto question OF poil AMI loss lot
evetJ laneI's considerations, and II ilusl be deei
,ltd acc0ulins 10 eacll ones circumstances,
Blu, why Is Il any u 0fe injurious u iced NOW
ing gtoun Is than II Is 10 feed pas,IlrtSi Stock
must Ue led IN some way, anu no one sectl's 10
nbjecl 10 teii g,azing The pastures till iley can
gel nothing more. And how Is The alleged njnTy
p,oduc,di We admit hat thcle may be an lnjuty
and il may be produced IN Two ways. hui Tie
sIealest injury lroln large stock Is by The hO0l
aihtr tllii Tie toulI. When The ground is vel,
cattle aud lursts poacl !, into nluriui--bfeak Tie
swald, aud leave Tie surface III knobs anu loot
holes, so hat The gTass is Injured b. Lting Oxen
Willie The roots are bare, aud also by The lie, zlns
OF watcl with which tue depfrssionS become Tilted.
This Is ME greatest cause VI nuI, b, tall feeding
Oi gtJulhlS, aud on Sucll Us are vi ttilaciO,ls
character, Or have considerable clay IN The soil,
aud all such Us are liable 10 have The grass winel-
killed by leaving, the injury may be great,
II fellows, of c0nISt, Tia, ground which IS pro-
prry dryS moi subject 10 this injury, all we know
la there afe many INSTANCES IN which the RESULTS
described never take place.. In sOiile paris VI the
country II is The Practice 10 pltseWe particular lots
y It'll tic grass which grow on them The ln,t, pali
Of The season, (ot iale TALL aud winter ettine. M
injury follows from this course. lIat tie land must
b. in the tight state, aud julginen, mast be used ~
regard TO tuthlns Ou the SlU, k-.ht inuitt must
know wiirn he SOIL Is IN Ill or unit condition
tor ,lei,
Class may be so closely fed thai It's vitality is
weakened, bu, sltep aud l0seS ATE iiote likely 10
I'll, Ct Injury O tins KIND than zeal cattle, alu this
iLjuIyis also much greater on The same KIND VI
land thul is most injut,d by the llOol. The ltte
closely The sward is graz'd he more The IoolS are
exposed by HE action Ol the lfJst, I'D
| Many farmers will testify list SOME feeding Of
diy NOV ils sI0undS, wltTt The nllet growth Is con-
Nillcmtl= is beneficial IN relefeucc to futuc crops
| II they are mol led At al, tie old i0s (OriS u
hcd Tor Tie termination Of wild plants, aud The
lield.ninse finds here tue material TT comfort
bic winter shelter, from winch she makes lle.
qurut incurSIonS 10 prey on the roofs 0l The glass
sensible wliler III The lirmlanton lelrgla, Il re-.
malkS;
"rt Thnps ,htIe are ems, S where Tie future cop
has, 10 c, rtain eXttnl, been diminished By tie
excessive Ieeding d! the StAbble ~ Tie fall, but
Int, In niue cases IN ten, fmpS ~ n Il I'll out
Ol twenty, the gOwtl Of the gloss is increased by
tie consumption Of the aftermath Of tLt lrtyluus
year, have 10 mann / Of d, ubl. Wlpt HE land
is low, aud saturated Us iOwlands almost always
afc lale m iLc TALL, there is no question tla' lie
tfamplg OF heavy cattle Ii n yeIy decided ujury.
moi only 10 the SOIL which il Irlltlr'S rough and
uneven, but 10 the raOs o. the grass, Which atu
broken aud destroyed"
The diversity opinion which pievals on this
subject aliSts from The LrOlcesi ii men 10 gcltI,
alize hastily. man S.rs liza, drainage is ltne.
fcml, OF useless, IN particular case, aud he
Therefore tssuHles thai tie Salute result WOud TO-.
low tyer> where. II Is SO IN tegatd to The qurs
ton before u.s. and varots other questions VI IN.
ttancc Unifrsal rules IN farming are lnaGpIi.
cable IN drtal', but rT.clptS which are uHyHly,
Ing should always Iestale practice.
Tie value Of aftermath UT tOwei, either as grass
OF to be made MO hay, we tElnK, is glratet than
iSgcnrraly estimated.
l'vusSingaull aud other chemists rank aftermath
hay higher than tlla, Of Tie FIST crop-lc lvfnitI
standing IN tie scale al eight aud tie let,t NJ len
Jur people, probably, judge loo much Ly bulk,
aud I0wtn Is comparatively light.
We copy The following table lfom l'oaslsault
in regard 10 illc quantities Of Tie efficient hlls VI
vegetabIe.prutlucts which will produce ,qual Fl.
lecis IN HE growth Of muscle, We think II TN.
braces much useful information, though il would
he ton liici, 10 assume its liz. cOfftctu, SS.