The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-09-04
lRx M. cOYERDEL.L.,

(BY nj. LOV EftDELlslAJ
Through that thief of time, pro |
crastination, carelessness, and a zeal
to keep every hoof of live stock pos
out Of every one
hundred farmers overstock their pas
ture lands, and by the time the most
trying portion Of the season comes
on, their stock are without sufficient
pasturage to keep them in even fair
shape, and while the detrimental ef-
feet Of such management is most no
ttceable on dairy cows, 1t Is prac'
tically the same with all other stock,
since it stunts them in their growth
by depriving them OF proper nourish-
ment for most important part of
the season.
Another very discouraging feature
of such a course, is, live stock that
thus have been deprived of ample pas
turage during the summer season,
will be in poor condition to meet the
rigors Of winter. for, once they fall
off in flesh at this season, there is not
apt to be any more luxuriant
growth of grass spring up that year
with the result that the animals not
only are unfit to start through the
winter, but they will consume more
| high-priced grain and roughage, and
| yet not regain the loss of flesh sus-
tanned by poor or insufficient pastur-
age at the proper season.
It is imperative, then, that the
farmer do one of two things: Dispose
of his live stock till he has only what
his pasturage will keep in prime
shape through the entire season with
out taxing 1t to the limit. or continue
to SOW forage crops to supplement his
pasture till the latter part Of July. To
those who think this too late to sow
such crops, we would state that we
have sown as late as August 5, and
the crop not only made good
growth for pasturage, but reached a
height that made it most desirable
winter roughage. With proper man
agement, such as crop might be util-
lied for light grazing early In the
fall: then mown for roughage, but, OF
course. one must be governed in each
case by conditions.
One of the most commendable fea
lures of sowing crops for late sum
mer and early fall pasturage, is. thai
in many cases they can be grown
where some other crop has failet
earlier in the season, or the frs
growth has ripened and been re
moved from the field. Where whea
. or any other small grain shows tina
1t will not make a first-class grain
= crop, it should be harvested just a
= soon as possible-either bound o
mown and stacked for winter rough
:, age. The field may then be sown an
:, of several crops, and will produce
= abundance of excellent grazing IN
. very short time. Spots which wer
- too wet or. too dry at regular plan
!. ing-time may be utilized to a goo
-. - advantage in this manner. One ca
. even we'll afford to cut few row
y, of corn near the pasture-lot, toss
- over the fence to the stock, and so
:. some sort of a catch-crop on tt
ground from which 1t was take
- Then, there is sure to be some. par
- of such pasturage left in the soil. ar
=. =. this will serve as a fertilizer to O
~ set the double drain on the land.
~ As to the different sorts Of crol
that may be sown for this late pa
=. turage, one must be partly govern
~ by such agencies as weather cone
:. tons, conservative handling OF tt
~ soil, rapidity of the crops growth, Ell
80 Oats will make a rapid growth al
~ fine pasturage, but If the lateness
-: the season makes 1t risky to sow the
~ on account of early frost falling, tn
~ should not be sown, as frost rui
-" them the first time it touches the
NC to any great extent. Millet wol
'1'0 not develop quite as rapidly as GA
~. but it Is not so pervious to the da
40 aging effect of frost, and for this r.
y, son it is liable to prove quite sat
10 factory in the majority OF cas-
80 Cane and kafir corn are also exc
w, lent for pasturage, but should
~ sown or drilled very thick SO Il
ny the plants will grow up in GRO,
~ ed condition. which causes them
'e. . be small, tender and juicy for y
10 turage Rape will make a gu
't1 growth, and is excellent as past
~ age, especially loI uoSS' oA0ep
10 cattle. Wheat or rye will also n;
Inc no good pasturage, but both are Sol
~ what slow OF growth in the ear
stage of their development, which
apt to throw them too late for
seasons grazing. The cost OF tn
eta seeds is also to be taken into c
cat sideration, as they are higher Il
ond most others. However. either of tn
ave plants will form the finest OF pas
.or. age early next spring. All of tn
forage crops will reach stage