The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-07-09
Agriculture.
SoIIING on PASIuRIsG

/ Tlu Alternative presents ttseIl to lbt
+ G. juas Of macy iAf@,r. sad others VITO
/ keep only one Gov a thit season, ~ ucl
~ At other imes daflaE the psstauuR ZEE
sou, and its susver depends much upou
several eircums.saees. have nearly
reached the conclusion ttst Gee tllshie
land e.uuot pfaatsbly be used iat pasture
stth dairy products At pioseut prices, 10
case OF the mao Who is keeribs ouly oue
or tao, a. even more eous one srd oue
bali scres - lrssl would be required 10
ps,tute each COW TINS snonnl Of lsbd
soaii produce ~ least 80 cat Ct boy 10
80 Ordinary seasoa, Worth iron $40 to SIS
per tor. II sasn ta cofu it eight produce
macy tmet tbs suouat Of forage We
thus zee that i. rlqaircs the product Of st
least three acres Of laud 10 keep e.ol Gov
through the year by the psslare system
Nop lae u0th is that this is st least
three times ~ much lsud IS ought to be
required to mslutsin each COW. 1t hSt
been proved that aue cuv csu be well kept
90 the rroduc, Of oue acre Of land the eo
tire year My Dtighbot keeps from eight
to ten COWS, and be dtv1tes from fifteen TO
twenty serts to pasture, His pasture land
ls nearly all tIlable he does not keep .
strict sccouot Of the cost OF keeping his
cows and the income lrotn them, Such IA
account would be likely TO thow balance
90 the wrong side. lie paid ior bis farm
when dairy ptoducts sold for high prices,
but be Keeps 10 the same rut, although
conditions are very much Sltered,
There sre, however msny sections Of
our country having gulltystbe banks and
beds OF which afford never falling supplies
Of pure water, Suoh land, Of curse, is
only adapted 10 pastnfage, aud 1t frequent
~ tfords fresh g'ass when other lands
fail 10 this respect Bot It Is not fair TO
assume that because such land Is profit !
able in pasture the rule may be applied to
Isnds adapted to rotation Of farm crops. |
II is often asserted that land 10 pasture |
has nothing rem owed from 1t, and there
fore ought TO gain ~ fertility as long as It
"a psslured The contrary is tue case, as
bsve proven 10y Experience. Land 10
pasture IL cropped closer tnan meadow
land; btsides, there is no aftermath. The |
bulk Of the droppings are left under the
shade trees, where mature is the least
nee ded The grass is converted into milk,
be Of or mutton, md leave the land just as
certainly as bough 1t were moved and
/ ken of in the form of hay, A hcighbor
has q field which If always IN pasture *
oept when il needs reseeding, because II is
a little rough aud has living water ooDlig
uous. The field is now the poorest on bis
farm. OF course it has not received the
am punt Of manure that has been applied
to fields lying near the barn. DeIther has
it bee. cropped as thoroughly, Each fall
ahile 10 pasture it Is eaten closely until
cold weat er comes, and 1t IS next to I'm
pot bic for heavy rooted sod to form on
it The grass and clov roots grow 10
the tops and when the latter
are cor stautIy beiug elten of, the root
growth must be checked IN proportion.
have d field Cot toiLing five acres,
" hich last September had tine aftermath
and, needin the pas ure | turned into 1t
This spti0g two acres of 1t Is planted to
and | ,stInate that the diminu
ton in the yield Il otatoes on account
Of this pasturiug will exceed The value o.
he pasture obtained IRON the whole field.
Of course this Is only guess Wolk but
know that heavy aftermath is an import {
ant help in growing potatoes, On the
other three ocrrs, which have been saved =
Tor meadow the lrass Is only about high
enough for pasture, A little plot was
fenced Il snu Was not pastnred, On this '
he grass IS at least 100 per cent. better a
ban the field, G. NJ d 10 n Y. Tribune. e