Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-17
Agricultural Departn,el,t.
rREPAREp EXPRESSLY FOR THE " ENQUIRER" !" BY
 T.s. GOLD. West Cornwall. Ct. 
PASTURING MEADOWS.
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 PASTURING MEADOWS.
 Much has been written against pasturing
 meadows. The practice. generally, in this
 section, is to feed of the rowen or aftergrowth,
 if 1t is not large enough to now. We have tiled moving, feeding. and allowing the growth to remain untouched- The latter courae when
 there was good coat of feed has been the most upsatisIactofy. Il has choked out the herd grass and clover and been ! great hin- drance to tue scythe and moving machine the
 succeeding year. We believe the best way is to allow the rowen to get good start before
 feeding. Not only will there be more feed,
 but the roots of the grass will be strengthened
 by good growth. Very moist meadows, that tread up by the cattle. are often injured, not so
 much by feeding of the grass as by the poach. ing and hobs. Weeds and coarse grass take advantage of these opportunities, and gain a foothold. On the other hand, we have often noticed certain dry meadows to be much bene- fitted by treading. It prevents them from becoming hidebound and the turf to close. Feeding meadows in the spring is quite diff ferent thing. If a dry May succeeds, after they have been gnawed closely in April, you will often lose half the crop. If pastdred late in the spring, the grass sill lodge worse, if the land is rich, than if cattle are kept out. The, ranging ofcattle on the meadows in the winter, when covered with snow, is often injurious It packs the snow, forms ice, and the grass winter kills. {" One swallow does not make a summer. We cannot give one rule for the care of meadows which has no ex- captions. We practice pasturing our meadows with certain restrictions, and we think the yield is not thereby diminished.
 LOUIS NAPoLEoNis FARMs.-LOuis Napoleon farms very extensively. In addition to the farms on the Grown lands, and on estates which have been acquired for him in Sologne, and Landes, he occupies, as a tenant of the State, g vast tSct in Champagne. At the present time the extent of land farmed by the Emperor is about 5O,OO0 acres. The extent may be in creased considerably at any time by retaining landsin his, possession, but not in cultivation. The number of farms is twenty-six, and uine farms are still to be formed in the course of the present year and the coming spring, thus making thirty-6ve farms. The number of new steadings and those in course of ferecti0nis twenty. Reside the lands farmed, there are grazings in the domains or parks of St. Cloud, Versailles, Madon, St. Germaine, Champagne, Fontainbleau, Biarritz. Senart, Vincsnnes, &c. Portions of these are in grass and portions are forest. In addition to the es- Iates at sologne and Iandes, the Emperor has purchased a property in the South of France, near Bayonne, consisting of 2,5OO acres, which is being drained and put under cultvation-I The lands were originally morass, part is still to reclaim. It is understood that after the estate has been thoroughly improved, it will be presented by the Emperor to the present Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, Count Walewski. In the center of the barren lands of Bretagne, the cousin of the Emperor, Princess Baciocehi, is an extensive estate out of heath The whole lands farmed by the Emperor are being reclaimed and cultivated upon the sys- Iems the best snited for the character of the soils, climates and situations. These farms are in different parts of France. and chiefly in he less improved districts.
 It is not manly for man to be looking out ahead all the time to avoid work, and saying to himself, "How can l spare myself this or that piece ,f drudgery?" What if blow drawn by stout oxen were all the time to be | looking out and saying to itself, How shall l avoid having to rip through that rooted turf What shall do to avoid having to turn out that stone?' Nol no take the furrow of life as it comes. and cut it right through. -Beecher.
 Oppose drinkingi Yes, I do; for when whiskey gets into the stomach, really think grace gets out of the heart. Somehow or other I've got the idea thu grace don't love u. smell of whiskey, and gives it a wide berth. This do know. that whiskey don't help ma n in religion. haven't much use for the relig- ion of the dram-drinker it's like corn blades at noon during drought in summer.
 LIVE AND DEAD WEIGHT IN SHEEP.-The English rule is to weigh sheep when fatted, and divide the weight by seven and call it quarters. Thus, sheep weighing one hundred and forty pounds, would give twenty pounds a.