The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-05-09

| ish mixed grasses, will improve on them, and you
VIII not 1mpoverish your land. By propermanage-
ment OF grasses cattle can be turned out two weeks
earlier and kept out two weeks later, than on any
one variety of grass 1t is great mistake to keep
cattle of grass until late in the spring.
Mr.. Moores thought it would do moving fields
GOOD 10 pasture them two or three weeks early in
the spring.
Mr.. Ball said his theory was that the coarser and
less valuable grasses start first. If you turn out
early cattle eat them. If they are turned out later
they eat only the sweeter and more nutritious
grasses, and leave the field uneven.
VIM. Munnikhuysen advocated turning out cat
tie early. Grass bitten off when two inches high
Will grow faster than when cut off at the height of
six inches. He would not turn stock out early on
clover They will bite of the bud which first starts
ana thus inJure it, He Is paSturing the field he in
tends tomow. As to feeding meal to cattle in sum
mer, he stated that he had once had some poor
rough cattle, to which he fed meal every day dur
ing the summer and he had never had any to do so
well. Glover is pretty good PASTURE but not as
good as green grass ii is the best for poor land
however, as it will improve it more cheaply than
anything else will. he believed that sheep i'm
lanes Lee said he did not agree with the other
members. He did not think cattle ought to be turn
ed out very early. BY keeping them up until the
grass gets good start he can fatten more cattle on
the same quantity of land than if he turned the
cattle on i early. He generally turns out about
the 18th of April, and feeds them also. for about
time.
Bennett Barnes said that he would not turn out
cattle very early as they eat the grass of too close
~ and II does not start well. Generally feeds
everything about the place before turning ont if
it took until the middle of May, Last wear on n
small clover lot he put quantity of stock-horses
cattle and hogs. They all kept fat, and in August
the grass was good. The pasturing seemed to do
it good
William +. Hays believed in old sod for fattening
cattle and preferred little blue grass mixed with
white clover Last year he fed cattle meal on grass
ana was satisfied 1t paid well. Cattle ought to have
water to run to at will. They should not be turned
out very early in the spring. He did not believe
shade was any use in a pasture Cattle ought to
nd UplIh uta ghnJo
for them they will lie in the shade at the time when
they ought to be eating.
Thomas Lochary was in favor of raising timothy,
clover, blue grass, orchard grass, and as many
other kinds as possible, on the same pasture Cat
Tie should have as large range as possible you
have two or three pasture fields let them run in all
They should be sailed once week. In his expe-
rience cattle do better when turned out early.
Thomas a: Hays said he should mix grazing with
dry feed. 1t is well not to make sudden change
His cattle were turned out several days before and
are brought up at or o'clock, when they are fed
would prevent their being boated. Has grazed
hogs to advantage both on short grass and clover
ana thought the former quite as good as the latter
As many kinds of grass as possible should be mixed
together, the fields should be arranged in connec-
ton with each other and the cattle allowed to go at
Will lie mas tried to salt his cattle once or twice
aweek but doubted the advantage of it. 1t might
given.
II. Harris Archer agreed with Mr.. Locfary in re-
gard 10 turning out early and sowing as many diff
fercnt kinds of grass as possible. He lad never
seen that it paid to feed meal in the field unless
you are overstocked and have plenty of corn. You
might then feed to some advantage. When steer
is turned out from dry food TO grass Reaction
sets IN and it is two weeks before he begins to i'm
prove. by turning out early he is ready for the
grass when it comes. They should be turned out
by the 10Th OF April not later, and turned back
into the stable at night until the weather is warm.
Silas Silver stated that he had had his sheep on
the lawn for q month. They ate the grass very
closely around the fences, and there he raised the
heaviest hay.
Adjourned to meet ON Saturday, June 18th.