Show pasturing meadows in his work on grasses ind forage plaats charts L flint disc ases the effect on meadows of fall feeding he quotes the s of farmers in va rious sections all of whom deprecate it even those who aie compelled to practice it and close feeding was in every case condemned mr flint says the tall growth collects the ele ments of a thrifty growth the following spring these are stored up in the roots over winter for the early use of the plant it it Is closely fed the growth must be proportionately later and feebler young orchards that are kept perfectly clean by cultivation are seldom injured by mice under snow there are some instances however where mice will attack those that stand near the boundary fences or in proximity to grass and sometimes a hard crust of ice or snow may be formed on the surface over which mice will travel beneath a second fall of snow in corn their depredations mirth Is natures best remedy for 1 |