Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-03
Management of Pastures.


No part of the operations ofthe farm Is
more important than the treatment OF pas
lure lands, and nothing IS more totally ne
elected IL Il general rule We hope Tie
time will come. as it Is certainly Will SOME
time, when thi> Will b. different. We
Wis every farmer in New England could
see how they do things i'll Holland so tar
- he management OF pasture Land Is coL-
~ccrnt,i.
The pastures there are what may he
,:tlle,! natural. w.lic III Europe means
pastures stocked with the na,Hrtl grasses.
or "r.,->c, proper instead OF The artificial,
,rt-,rs >lIc:I -, CLEVER. stinloin. lIcein.
&c. HI, turf or soil i, c.o-riv SIT With
.Iuest AMI choicest licrpa-r, wnllr tie Sill
N climate ANA the cuIl>tt t attention on
the p1rt of the dliryincu -rcIre to tl,ni
the -rcenest and m.,t vigorous gown,
uniform AMI luAur.ant throughout.
1ne cattle and sheep are tuinci ont As
early as The first OF alt ANA iIc lt-iurts
are d,vldri 10y hurdle, in,o two parts. onr
s.cVUt Il TO growth 81 Ti.ts- 10 ct.I lOr hay
and the ether ior lsl>it.r.ng for every
ave OF SIN acres vuu Wild s,c Ii e COWS atiu
* sheep. BY the MD lie ol .Augus. al
,er the hay crop Is stII II the yroLni tuc
III dies are taking away an Inc cattle
1--we the run OF the WAoIc Tor til rest OF
tnc season. Iht s.Zu ui the pas,urcs an
liz system oil small holdings W.IIru pre-
iIt, III that cUuhtry maAts ii iupo->.D bic
o II opt The alternative system OF me plan
.. ir.Iucnt change OF pastures which l. al.
No,.tcd by many dlrymcn III lhi> co lutrN.
1Ou see everywhere running Wltn tnr
ON about an equal number Of sheep. The
lI.t,a ~. the nTOtIt nt l1iSiil.r l,,.1t - .,,,l,
tltt it is for the interest of the farmer
,Ilrrr To make the most of everything and
to adopt the motto 50 popular here and
pLsH things. Tho sheep eat down the
hard WHY grasses which the COWS reject
ani - contribute very materially to kre|
tla II close and Tine. But they arc.
cautious not to Oyerstock in this way, not
To t ut the COWS so as to lead them % IA
of III milk. and die number OF sheep i
us ally limited to the number of COWS. In
winter the pastures are given up WHOLLY
I To the sheep II the rate OF about one /.
/ Wo'r three acres. Ii the surface is :,
lie ply covered with snow that the sheer
caumot dig through it 50 Il. to ret a liy.
I NJ they are fed with hay in racks mora
M and evening near tie farm buildings.
Bv the middle of Novrmbtr the COW.
/ are put up.;tni now beg.n- the active prep
irAilon Tor manIrlnE the pastures Uui
readers are probably aware hat the ii /,
! llid past It's OF Holland are all ~surrOunIt,
ana mt"roecici by ditrlcS. Inns.. ~,
| regularly cleaned out and thy Weld .
llrg crop # mud. while through the sum
mrr til Y grow Il splendid covering O
green weeds and water plants. These al,
carefully collected and laid along the bank
pi HE bitches in heaps, and 50 is the mud
You VII! SEE long heaps in I e form Of
rectangular prism. about thirty fee long
and Il yard VIDE al the base, and perhaps
sin to eight inches deep. The haaps n,
] perhaps sixty to >iAlV-fivr feet apart
i ihr>r heaps lie till die COWS 90 into btrI
ut the beginning OF winter and the air an,
i tro>> melt them down 80 to speak into
= tinr m"aly mess.
Now when the COWS are stabbed ut tn,
middle Of November, every dav. till t.,
Ice corrrs the bitches the semi liquid ma
ntlrr Il these animals is bo 'tel along til,
: r.g-ish streams AMI spread ov,r tn, ~ur
;lc'' Of these heaps and the whole j. i'm
m"dIatrly turned ovcr and mi12l with tn.
iorh and made up i'll the form Of a tritn
T @ullr prism. This brings the bulk of ia,
cox manure into TIL centre Of The heap
\itrr i time hesc heaps are again turn,
. until til" whole mass becomes rht AN
:n"t4y, Il splendid compost. which in Jan
;arv OF february j. evenly spread uy-
ne surface OF the PASTURES. or ii I'll
Nr1f ct does Mt admit ot il then. il lie
! Over an ! spring Ills take pa e IN r,
-m | chs running III nu-h every Iirnl
ia the mui dug oHt Il I.u- I~lr.cr e.;
ntl~ anl I t nunl"rou> brinrh.s + III
thine. i piled in ii tls AMI lett cXpo~,,