The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-09-07
Farm, Garden and Household,
Management OF Pastures.

80 tHN4A N"luic III Il tAltll1, 3 ioNAHS cCli-
dlton, than OF getting tile last pound OF
iced from the soil. They have turned in
.tte, after the grass WAS well started, and
have put in uo more stock in spring than
could be well pasurcd through season
ol drought Their cattle have always
uahld well, lAe cows Weld large guam
titles ul mila and every summer pair
ol oxen are made into good beef without
,eeljng meal
But. bow does the pasture look after a
lall century If such management? 4
.4rge proportion Of grass runs up to seed
u June The cattle leed most upon those
spots which have been ted the closest in
previous years, rs near the bars, III the
cart-paths, and ON the warm, dry knobs.
~h,I- the rank, coarse growth Of the more
nllst spots is left untouched till the grass
.g the closely ted portion is checked in its
-~wth by the summer droughts.
Working cattle and Young growing
-t1ck ao fairly well on such Old. dry grass,
,lf HE cows shrink in their milk, and the
uDel cattle cease 10 lay on tat The differ
..oc III the quality Of the two kinds of feed
aS lhe difference between fine, tender
owen a.dmature. fuli-groWn hay. Now.
unI"r tais system of pasturing, but little
m0re than halt rs much feed is consumed
1u au acre IN a season as where the grass
tvd down close all the time, as In the
lher pasture previously described But
NNlth holds ont the best
his is Il very important question: for
We wish to know. not only how to get the
rettest return from our land this year.
iIt also how to keep up its fertility and
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,., start nt5 orosvt, .,f The ,jrst indicatiny
.,ri,., t6,. nthar yitb IFS heavy n,I,lch
,.. 1IJ i1r a.,. and dead and lis few
.-res lf 1.,rr slender June Grass striv-
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.uaers has been tending towards GROW
corm fodder in the sunlight II was
.-.uprry tine custom 10 SOW very thirklv
-lat fhp bottom part of the stalks would
Ma. fsIe and w7tort. and the lower leaves
t..,lId die and Iall down. but if has been
.-l51ered that corn. to make GOOD tod
.lrr. must not be sown too thicElv. The
sunlight is needed for developing the
N inches of the plant and makiro If suit-
aide lor supplying ail the requirements Of
tlo animal Now. in this underled pas
'ltp, the cattle, when turned in next
ujug will find. on Il considerable por-
t..H of it. tall. dead grass mixed with
-ual proportion Of new growth which
.u-y cannot feed of without getting the
/. log also, 50 they Will leave these spots
d. feed on the short, fresh grass on those
portions of the pasture that were closely
.ed last year
\gain. on much Of fine undurtnd part of
.ra. .57.sfnrn hnsbos and cnarSn woods hayn
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na.ataiu IL unfil DESTROYED bv 1be njouoh
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~. Iirb trpnunrtlv tnllows as, tinoI rocnlt
+ I'M. g,.,L2oI r,,uminn n,+ nf nrr ola
..,,,,.5 IN Now Ernl,Snd wa sn, than
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