The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-11-10
Pasture.

II is amazing how slowly better meth |
DDS of farming are carried into effect.
After all the discussion upon the value
of the pasture and the best methods ot
management, during the past ten years,
one may ride upon the cars for hum
bred miles and scarcely see pasture
with full feed. In nearly every field
the cattle are wandering about 10 PICK
up the crumbs, are looking up wishtl lily
towards the corn fields, and IN pla, >es
are commencing to eat into the hay a. nd
the straw stacks Under proper ma. n
aoement stock should do better in DC :
tober and November than in July ana
August. The flies are gone, cool
weather has sharpened the appetite, and
the tendency OF the animal is 10 store
for winter. Every consideration OF
thrift demands that the best OF atten-
ton be given the stock III this me.
What is meant by good fall pasture?
Possibly some farmers never saw one.
II means a pasture that has, ON the first
day of October, at least one ton of blue
grass, clover and timothy per acre, and
can be secured on rich land by remov-
inc all stock after July -, and, on
poorer land, after June Is.
Generally, it is better to remove the
stock by the middle OF June. Farmers
NAV say: ave cannot afford to lei our
land lie idle through the Summer.
There is no loss by so doing. bIt =
great gain Land treated in this way
produces much more grass during the
season than when denuded during the
heat OF summer A well-known farme r,
in a recent conversation. claimed tbs t
it was good plan to allow pasture Ia
remain un9razed daring the entire set
son once in four or Ave years. and gave
an instance in his experience t. prove
it. In case separate pastures cannot be
provided, the next best thing is TO Craze
only about two-thirds the customary
stock.
Allow the grass in the fore part o. the
season to grow faster than the stock can
eat it. In such cases y portion of the
field will be kept short and the other
allowed TO grow. If August and Sep
TENDER be DRY, as in the present year.
the abundance of grass viii protect the
roots and maintain a continuous growth.
securing Thrift TO the herd. OF course
this is not quite c iual 10 sclvrate
pastures, for portion o. the tic q viii
be eaten closely. 10 its detriment Under
this more careful treatment pastures
continue to produce more every year.
Another imF ortant consideration As
now @raZed the surface OF the soil be-
comes dry anu uitEu, the variety u
! grasses is greatly diminished and the
quality OF such rs remain is inferior
They become stinted and hard and by
no means the same luscious grass the
cattle formerly devoured so 9reedily.
Take field of cultivated grasses.
well set aud in good thrift, in five or 81 &
| years. under the present system Of short
! cropping, al that is left Is a short, dry
| blade OF bfne grass in patches. one
half the soil is nude, and the sorrel has
squatted where the luxurEant clover
once stood. OF such pasture it requires
| about four sHcres TO give subsistence To
a steer ONE season, and he will gain
from one to two hundred pounds. the
farmer depending mainly upon cGrn.
Near the barns top dressing with
manure viii rastoTe fertility and bring
back the old time grasses. This, how
ever, is necessarily limTcSl. and the
main dependence IN ust q placed upon
more skillful management Upon these
better pastures lots of two-vear- Old
steers gain from three to five hundred
pounds during grazing season. IS. 4.
Kaapp, IN Iot0a State Register.