The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-13
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Having reosntly focad " necessary 70
drive through parts Of fss or ,if Of oar
GOOD farming towns. ! hsve sssia bses
fofcibly Impressed viih soUe ihisss that
have noticed nany times before. While
. thirty mile nis sivss 90 opporiuai'y 10
zee many ihipss suggestive Of thought. II
I. Of The pss,utes thsi ! With to SPEAK 81
this tine
Thr1ugLoni ell The eastern par, Of this
coartry. aud especially 10 Nss-Enslsnd.
ue ere eobirostsd sith this proposition:
Shall se give up cur pastures sad ns,ri
70 soiiins. OF shall ve renovs,s and i'm
prove the pasture lsndsf
No topic sasc,ins the tsfn interests OF
the E.s, Ia more important than this 81
psttntes. What the ultimate results viii
be csnno, be ioreiold: 20, ! en- inclined 10
The opinion that . combustion OF the sys
tome OF pss,nriDs end soilins oil. for
msny years 10 come. prove the moot profit
able method on most isrms.
Some pasture land should be slloued 10
revert 70 forest, IL never should have been
cleared for pasture spyssy. Tho. rocky.
isdey soil, does not produce feed enough
to pay for fencing. l have come Of that
xin6. aud so have n,py OF my resdtrs.
Let this lspd raise wood,
Whist shsll be done with the lands that
ere Lsturslly adapted 10 psstnrss.f To
belp TO solve that problem snd Hnd . cor
,ect sDswer TO tia question is the purpose
Of this article.
Daring ny div passed several pastures
ia. appeared 10 be 10 good condition.
end looked rs though they might iusnisn
an abundance Of feed ibtous boot the sum
msr. Wherever l saw . pasture Of this
Kind | inv,risbly cav hock Of sheep feed
ing 10 it. Nearing my destination, l came
into one OF the beet farming towns oil
Name, wnere The farmers have slwsys
Kept sheep " . part Of their farm stock.
Although The cresmtry hss got solid foot
ing IN ,hst place. most Of the isrmep still
keep shetp and dod . good profit 10 the
business. Here sre some OF the best PES
lures 10 the state, and the sheep have
gses. deal to do With II.
Asking one farmer il sheep we're . bene
dt to the psstures. ne emphsticslly said
they werei This seems the general opip
ION smong these men. Ons thing 10 sure.
their pastures are srovipg sweet and no
tri,ious grasses. while many Of Us are rails
lng alder bushes snd gray birch hoop
poles.
By oil odds the best pasture / have ever
seen Is iu this neiebborhood. and viii
give the owners method Of osIing Tor 1t.
It feeds scme fifteen COWS and forty sheep,
9th their lambs. This does not ovtr
stock the pasture. ss tho lambs ere renov
cd siter hsyins. bat keeps it quite we'll
fed fl. Should there be spots Of erase
and weeds not fed down they are burned
over 10 the spring. This, With the occs
sionsl cutting Of bush which may escape
the Jaws Of the sheep. Is oil the care given.
Sheep and tbs burning keep down the
weeds and bushes.
Asking one young farmer. Who has bad
experience in clearing pasture land oil
bushes, il sheep would clesr The land Of
bushes. be replied that they would not
destry old bushes, but would feed down
III the young sprouts. His method is this:
10 cot of some bushes each yesr and let
lhe sheep kill the new growth that springs
1p.
Here. then, may be found one great
,elp 10 our time Of need. Having pss
ures now 10 good condition. they msy be
,ept so by little csre snd the cid Of .
lock Of sheep. With pastures thst ere
growing up to bushes. It will be wise to
,ut 10 the sheep and cut Of % scre or so
i bushes each year end trust the sheep to
.eep 1t clear.
Bot those poorer soils we'll covered With
rood and timber are worth more % they
re, SO let them alone and sdopt some
Method Of farming that calls for less pas
ursge.