The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-10-26
Improvement Of Land by Graz
ing.

If the soil can have all its crops returned
to 1t in kind, or in the shape of manure
made from feeding them to animals upon it,
it will constantly improve. worn out soil
left to grow up to forest will recover its fer
tility in due time. Cow pastures decline in
productiveness because the COWS are usually
yarded at night, andNa large part of the ma
nure, as well us milk and calves, isremoved
from the soil. 1t is different with the graz,
ing of beeves or of fattening sheep. Where
the object is to make beef for market, bui-
locks of three or four years ofage are bought
in the spring in good condition, and turned
into the pasture as soon as the grass Is sui
fciently grown to support them, and are
sold off: in the fall. 1t is considered mat
ter of great Importance by graziers that the
pasture should be large. and should have
only so many cattle rs it can carry through
the season. 1t has been found in experience
that the changing of beeves from one pas
ture to another has q bad influence upon
them. They become restless and lose ilesh.
In many districts where ground plaster does
we'll. It is sown at the rate Of bushel or
two to the acre every spring. Even IN this
small quantity the effect is often astonishing,
bringing in white clover, and on pastures
where it has not been applied before, 1T Will
sometimes increase the feed our,told.-
With this cheap dressing and grazing beeves,
manv run down farms have been brought up
to a high degree OF productl,veneSs. Some
boast that their meadows will carry a bull.
lock to the acre. With good Judgement iii
buying and selling, this is an easy way of
ceiling rent from land. The stock require
very little attention after they are turned
into the pasture, until the drover comes in
The fall, or they arc otherwise marketed
Sheen are said to improve land more rap.
;dlv than bullocks. The manure is more
evenly distributed if the land is level and
if it is broken, the most OF it is dropped
where it is most needed, upon the tops OF
the knobs. They also crop bushcs much
| more closely than bcercs, but IN order to
| keen brush under, all the brush should be
cut with the scythe at the start, and the
pasture should be heavily Stoke as long as
| The SPROUTS push. In Harrison County,
Ohio. and in other parts of the State, where
| the winter wheat has become an uncertain
crop we are informed that many OF the
| farmers hayc rcsorted TO wool as ~ subsli'
tute. This crop has several important ad
yautaccs over wheat 1t involves MUCH less
labor, and improves, rather than cAhausts
The soil. Ills found that the sheep pastures
are growing more productive. Wool at iiiiy
cents a pound can be carried TO market
profitable, much farther than wheat AZ The
ordinary prices. A pound OF wheat IS now
worth but three or four cents, ana ircighl
on grain is about as expensive as on wool.
| The latter, moreover, is one OF the lew pro
ducts Of the farm that can be held overwi'h,
out serious risk OF loss. Some Of the !lnesl
wool in the State is produced III this County,
aud has been sold from fifty TO sixty cents a
mound this soason. in considering the qucs
ton of abandoning sheep hpsbandry, as
some NAV be tempted to do, under tempo