The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-04-05
THE MAKING OF A PASTURE.
Information of Value to the Farmers Of
the Northwest.

Oh Nulue TO the Farmers Oh
the Northwest.
In an address OH Nebraska pastures,
delivered by j. B. Dinsmore of Sutton,
Neb., before the Nebraska Stock Breed
ers' association, much information was
given that is of value in other sections
of the northwest. Following are extracts
from this address, as reported in full
by the Iowa Homestead:
10 secure pasture that will meet
tho requirements of the stock man, if !
had native sod l would attempt to
convert it into tamo grass pasture, for
it is only from the tame grasses that l
can conceive of the possibility of prof
liable pasture. The wild or native
grasses, as % rule, are SO short lived
that ono can only have an abundance of
grass about three months. They start
late i'll tho spring, and by the middle of
August they are usually scant in herb
age, il not altogether eaten up. The
stock that must depend on them for q
living is at a standstill, if not, in fact,
losing flesh. Profitable pastures must
furnish an abundance of rich feed from
the earliest possible time in the spring
to as late in tho fall as possible. am
convinced that, with suitable selection
of seed, a pasture may be provided, the
grazing period of which may be extend
ed from six weeks to two months, to
the comfort of the stock and the profit
of the owner.
Taking tho native sod from which all
of last years grass has been burned as
starting point, ! would thoroughly
scarify the surface with a sharp har-
row, or, better still, disk, crossing
and recrossing until the surface was
full Of small channels or burrows for
the lodgment of the seed. Then would
SOW the ground with n mixture of the
following seeds: Timothy, two bushels;
red clover, one bushel; white clover,
one bushel Kentucky blue grass, two
bushels Sow at the rate of not less
than Is pounds per acre. Other seeds
may be added with profit. This should
be dono as early in tho spring as the
ground is in good condition to work.
The sooner after the frost is out of the
ground the greater tho chances of sue
cess After seeding again harrow at
least once-better twice--to cover the
seed and prevent it being blown away
or drying up.
As tho season advances tho native
grasses Will spring up and grow with
vigor, furnishing shade to tho young
plants that they apparently enjoy. The
grass should never be permitted to be
closely cropped the first year. To this
mulching Of grass there is not the objeo-
tion that there would DO to the sowing
Of small grain with it as q mulch which
would be removed at q time when the
plants were young and their vitality
tried to tho utmost by tho dry weather
and hot sun of July, to say nothing of
the removal of the shade to which they
had been accustomed all their lives. A
pasture thus prepared may be grazed to
limited extent the Same year it is seed
ed, but should never carry more than
half the stock it would be expected to
under other circumstances.
When there is no native sod Oh which
to prepare pasture, select ground most
convenient, pillow it with q narrow STIR
ring pillow, turning it as deeply as pos
sible, following with a subsoil plow not
less than ~ inches deep, harrow down
until the surface is fine, smooth seed
bed. Let the preparations be made as
early in the season as possible when the
ground is in good condition. Seed with
the mixture before mentioned, only use
rather moro than less quantity; har-
row tho surface both ways with fine
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