The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-07-11
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lie THIS h',rg ,bA lls grosiet The stosib
sal ptpduclireueu II toe stock. aud At
the same tine The greater uill be The uum
Ter % the cattle that Gao be iufned iulu
lhs pasture II 10 undesirable that there
is rot ont pasture 10 ten 10 the older farm
lus states thsl "c.ffiss ball tue stock il
is capsule el carrying, aud tbst toe 10
much better sbape lhsn IL possible uuw
With The lesser uumber This condition
/ % most cases 10 the result Of allow lug the
( bushes to grow At wiIl 10 the pasture land
I 70 toi boubd coalition OF the soil sud
20 the very Uneven character al the surface
which 10 very many castt Is thrown up 10
to lu0oeks that dry up 10 bot weather
aud ale lhrosn about, to the great diuntb
auce Of the grass roots, by The trofts Of
winter. Another trouble vi h the average
pasture IL the lsek Of rtihty. 1t is crop
ped year alter year. sud 10 adequate
resurn Is made the soil Ia the way Of teiil
tiziug materlal It's high line for farm
ers 10 dlsabase their minds OF the idea
that cattle at pasture ftrtilza the soil 10
sny great eGleut The dropplngs are all
IL besps destroying the grass for a yeSr
or two nDdet each heap, aud icrtlllEing,
10 Suy case, only few inches uujer the
heaps. The grass tuat grows about the
edges Of such piles Is rarely touched by
cattle even 10 the second summer Sheep
are muc. better fertiliz, : Of pasture
than cattle, for their dropplngs are spread !
shout aud soon washed into the soil To |
keep up the fertility Of pastures cropped
by cattle, tha soil must be iertihzed TO
a greater or less extent outside OF the |
droppiugs that Ia upon 1t. Bot, first It
is the part Of wisdom 10 clear The bushes
of the land, aud to get the surIaoe, II need |
be, toto some so / Of condition Of smooth !
cess. rarely go into an old pasture, with
It's surface covered with tussocks Of earth |
and grass, that do not long to get tito
the place with pillow and cultivate and en-
Joy the satisfaction Of clearing the land
aud getting it into a condition Of compare
tive smoothnessI Such work can be done,
little at time, by fencing of, 10 success
SION, various portions Of the pasture,
by light wire fence, and putting 10 3
days lab,r nov aud then on the fenced
portions when other work Is not pressing
10 this way the rough pasture land can be
10 time and at no very great labor at any
one time, be got into a smooth condition,
| would secure oil the wood ashes
possibly and SOW them tbickly on such
land, and when | had the old sod turned
under so as to secure its rottIng, | would
get the land seeded down to permanent
pasture grasses, such grass seed coming
now ready mixed and continuing seeds Of
grasses that VIII give succession Of green
growth from early spring to late autumn.
The trouble with most pasture sod is that
the grass is at It's prime 10 June, and that
thereafter 1t Is ovetripe aud dried up, The
ideal sod ls composed Of grasses that have
their season distributed all along through |
the summer, furnishing fresh, green grass
10 August as will as in June. This the
permanent grass mixtures aim to do. In
many localities ashes Can be bought up
chesply and 90 annual dressing given the
pastures. ! am convinced that the dress
ing with regular ierilis rs would also be
profitable. small pasture could thus be
made to carry double the amount Of stock
II now carries.