Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
Shall We Pasture Our Meadows!

ANorHER important question or con.
9ideration for farmers, but, like many
others IN the science of agriculture, it is
one which, though a direct question, can.
not be answered by either yes or no, but
eDIa1h0aa3g, if we may be allowed that
term. If, however, there should be one
among the ten thousand ,iouJH0l readers
who would invariably respond to the
above Interrogation in the affirmative, we
would 10 you personally submit the fol-
lowing case If your meadows were wet
and newly seeded, your pasture in excess
OF your stock, butter and beet at low fig.
ureS, and il being autumn your meadow
was so located or elevated as 10 lie bare of
snow through the winter months, would
you, under such circumstances, allow
your stock to craze upon it, trampling
the grass in the wet soil under their feet,
pulling the grass out by its half formed
roots, or closely feeding the same until
tho roots become bare, and then exposing
the same uncovered to four or five months
OF severe winters frost If YOU still per
stat IN your Affirmative reply, then, truly,
you have mistaken your calling as a far.
mer or ttllor OF the soil. And, converse.
", to him who would persist in answer.
ing the interrogation invariably in the
negative, We say II (t being ar-
tumnl your meadows were dry, and con.
tanned q very heavy growth OF aftermath,
butter or milk at fabulous prices, and
you were intending TO pillow the
meadow the ensuing spring, and your
cattle in flesh resembling '',Job's
off OK would there he any positive in.
11rN IN Ey1gI INpu.lAKt. e, ,II,-. ~. -
growth of aftermath to be nj least half
LED OH Thus 1t seems that in the solu-
tion of this problem there are many
things to be taken into account: the con.
dition of the sell, whether newly seeded,
wet or dry, the growth of the aftermath,
the price OF butter, stock, hay, etc, the
excess or insuficiency Of the regular pas
ture, feed, or sowed fodder for the stock,
the location of the meadow rs regards
the wind and snow, also. whether the
hay rs 10 be sold, or at least taken oil, and
no equivalent IN the form of manure 70
turned.
TO the Interrogation at the head of
TINS article we give the following general
answer; Except in some extreme cases.
as a great scarcity of hay, etc, do not
pasture the meadows in the spring. and
seldom IN the autumn, unless the after.
math be heavy, and then Mt the most not
to exceed one half or three fourths Of the
same; for vegetable rs well as animal life
does require some warmth, or cont of
protection, through the winter months.
In conclusion, we think we shall be
safe in advancing this statement TINT
Soutng, rs sowod corn, is a far more
economical aud profitable food for stock
than grass gnawnd close down into the
roots, 10 be doubly frozen the ensuing
winter, and yielding to the penurious ana
0%lscnnsolate but half returns ever after
u. 4, T., IN JQufHdi If the FIlymt,
Two YOUNG ladies were seen wander.
ing UP and down Mcrrimac street, Yes.
terQay, with the hair hanging down over
lheir ioreheads in an idiotic STYLE. They
were a, hFst supposed to have ESCAPED
from iewkshury almshonso. but il WAS
a'tyfWerd found to be only fashionable.
-L"sre4 C0U37.
HE ladies now wear exaggerated neck.
ties around their waists, with the bow
dangling half way down the skirt. On
seeing Il OF these ARRANGEMENTS, nm
Evansville youth hawled out. "Say,
num-, yer slrCin-le's comm of a
a. ae.H.s Eaf lL-