The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-08-31

management of Pastures

PASTURES should be so managed as to
e.d The fullest possible annual returns.
81. tIe same time that their full vigor and
Hg tuchveness are constantly maintained
r increased. lfa pasture is stocked with
.u one or two kinds Of grass it cannot
"il a constant and full supply OF feed all
r9ugh the summer Grasses have ma
-1ia time 1or lowering, and when this sea-
: past they make, comparatively, but
.l-e growth Orchard grass. June grass,
t4. perhaps 4 !cW others, are partial eXcep-
f.,'S as i1VSc make continuous growth
eaNe, after lhe blooming season is over,
duh soil i-lich and is naturally adapted
l .4ese grasses
81 Serp up tull supply OF feed in pas
..,~ tHrough the season. have as many
.reta.- . grasses suitable for pastures
You can make grow More feed can be
uced ON an acre from ten varieties than
possibly be from one variety, even if
r Ica all IloOm mt the same time lust rs
wood lot viii grow more wood and tim
with several varieties growing to-
.ner. than il wholly devoted to one
..|
Alu Is by no means the only social be-
NJ ihe earth The trees. the grass.
rdS, animals and insects are all bet
protected and provided for, as species,
upanN with each other, than if each
-.n.c~ he'd possession of the world alone
mr varieties of grasses do best on low,
81 ground. while others thrive only on
huclls Some 0u best in the shade ::
succeed only Ia the open sunlight
nt N2ueteS incline to run up straight
tall. while others creep low and hug
i'v ground / he coarse varieties, grown
.Dunc. would leave many vacant spaces,
4le the smaller and finer sorts would
-l but hall crop; but when many
i~ are grown together the land is
-Aae in Weld all 1t Is capable of produc-
There lS, however a great deal of
feftncc IN the comparative value of dit
species Of grass. both for pasture
iNr mowngS, and farmers should be
.m. Jar with greater variety of the ma
and cultivated grasses
Aaen seeding down pasture one
i sow all the varietiesol grass he can
ar and then watch the growth and
.at- a each kind to learn which to give
preference next time. But don't grow
...i~ as an eXperiment-they have been
"ng enough already
uie a trip through a portion of your
last tall, much of which | enjoved
re4lugly, vet when | saw, in almost
7T pasture, moving or grain field. the
unola lhistle~ and imagined how I would
c l0dmE grain or lying for a moment
lHe green GRASS with these hateful
tori> lar companions, was almost
atuv tt think of i, turning to my own
Massachusetts, farm. where the land is
-11raIlY toe poor for thistles to grow.
DO ] owned a good Vermont farm, in
r-ted by thistles, | would spend all my
-nrr time. if necessary, the first two
.-il~ n killing the thistles, for believe it
.n ne done II very abundant, ! would
fl. over all the fields and pastures with a
moving machine or scythe before the
sizes mad time to perfect seeds If only
ltW were scattered here and there, I
lld get light, sharp hoe, with blade
fi over TWO inches wide, and before a
E.t thistle went to seed | would lust
he my hoe under the lowest leaf and
10 hc stalk at 4 single blow, and then 90
another, for no plant can live long
tAuut leaves. This course followed up
.r iNo or three years. think. would give
u-a clean hundleS Of gram. a haymow that
1uid luu my hand into, and a spot OF
-r~tn tui | could sit upon if chose
while eating nay lunch
Ilerc has been good deal of discus
-a among farmers as to whether an old
GESTURE should be ploughed and re seeded,
'i'ht. ,,,,; :, IT,, .L'4 "i'.'o"r "
4.pp og >ha.lc" pIoughing, seems to be
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.rrcs Of such land in New England.
nre every loot, ycs. every inch of the
-.0 IL completely covered by nutritious
misses. excepting where those pernicious
mala thistlcs. or other weeds have been
d, owed 10 get a loothold Such pastures.
leiihor oyerfed nor underfed. will last
&. VERY long time. and for all we know.
forever. without recurring the use of the
plough
byrr-tockinp pastures rs usuallv nrac-
,Iccd lends to run them ont The prass
: ,rnawcd down close tbe hot SIM bn,ns
aud dries the soil and the roots are either
6ilIal ar seriously enreebled Ovprstock
l.r and drauoht pcneraliv work tooether
.s il i usually 6niv duTino drv Seasons
,.at pastures are oyerstocked In seasons
ut llrouqbt the GRASS ceases to GROW bnt
-hp cattle don't cease to feed and 81 the
.te nj the grass is often sacrificed TO save
,br lives of tbe animals
Bnt however ininrioIs the practice of
o,..ficediYg may be. it is hardly more so
,1.,u The o4posiie of underfcpdinc There
NAV he eases where \ pasture may be
benefited bv lettino if ro unnastured for
~.,son buf do not belieyr if i often an
economical method of treating if
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