Show irrigation FOR A PASTURE in n 0 order ader to secure good stand for first fart year seed bed shoud bo be carefully prepared I 1 we often have inquiry for or the seed las in g of 0 it pasture tut fur dairy cows alfalfa of course la is the most prodoc live single plant but tt it la in not always aval taLle common red clover will also produce a good crop but it ro re quires caro care in pasturing A mixture composed comp 0 sei of the following should give good results on our gated lauds lauda Ti timothy mothr six nix pounds bromo gras live pounds meadow fescue alve it v pounds tall oat grass three pounds pound s akaike clover three pounds alfalfa two pounds making tt a total of twenty four pounds of seed bead to the tha acre and a little red top way may be ba added a for wet says aada the denver field and farm the brouto and tho the tall oat grasses are tho the eat and I 1 will produce the bulk 0 of the pasture the first season beason tho the seed bed should boclear be bo clean and well prepared and tb the e seed sown early in the spring since a permanent pasture Is expected to last for a number of 0 years it Is very necessary that A rood good stand bo be obtained the tha first drat season in ordet order to secure this care should be taken in tho the preparation of 0 tho the seed bed in tho the seed and in tho the caring of pasture until it 11 Is well established it if the sowing Is done dona in the fall the seed beed should bo ba put upon igind that has boea been summer fallowed fallowes fall owed it to ie also a good plan when sowing cowing in tho the spring to summer tallow fallow the land for one reason previous to tho the seeding and in so boma me cases it to la a good practice to bury or plow under at least one crop in order to supply the land with humus and plant food the seed la Is usually sown by hand after it to la thoroughly h mixed care should ie be taken to secure fill an even distribution of tho the seed in some cases it toay be necessary to sow BOW the larger varieties of 0 scads first ond and then go over the land again with the smaller seeds in nearly all cases the seeds can be covered deep enough with a harrow and boale folks fenish with a As AB a usual thing it la Is not considered good practice to graze a permanent lia pasture sture tho the first year A better plan Is to mow the crop on oft and leavo leave th tho upon the land to act au as it a mutch mulch this also aids in keeping down the weeds the closeness of grazing will depend upon the soil an anu climatic conditions dit ions it should not be fed otoo close in summer months when tho the weather la is hot and dry as aa the plants aro are injured by the tramping and tho the loss of moisture on the dry light sandy bandy bolls chose grazing should not tie be followed ond a permanent pasture pastura nver to grazed when the land is a BO 0 wot we t that b a t th there er a la Is danger of injuring it the afat minnta by tramping them into anto the soil got it t to la a good plan to feed different classes of animals on the same pasture tho the taste of each ant rou mal Is different and therefore ther eforo the pas tures urea may bo be grazed grated oft off more evenly the different animals may bo be pui put upon the pasture at tho the same ame time or at dit different terent periods of tho the season another mixture that should prove sue suc easm la car ur irrigated consists of timothy twelve pounds at al bike clover three pounds alfalfa ali alfalfa alfa three pounds and small white clover two pounds making a total of twenty pounds to thin the acre this pasture to Is especially well gutted butted to dairy cattle the mixture of the grasses tr asses and legumes prevents pro vonta tho the animals from bloating it also furnishes succulent feed for the greater part of the season the grass comes on quite early and con finues to grow until late fall orchard grave gnus and colorado blu bluestem estern added to mixture also increases tho the feeding value for this mixture the seed bed Is prepared tre and the seed planted in much the same way as tor for meadow however soma people have had success by sowing tho the seed upon old pastures very early in fit the spring the melting snows and spring rains will usually furnish cover tor for germination taking it all in all however the better the seed bed Is prepared the better the results will be on the dry lands of the west the best grasses for maintaining a permanent pasture are bromus and western rye both of these will grow on oft nearly any kind of soil sell and of all the pasture grasses these two have the tha greatest drought resistant powers A mixture of ten pounds each should prove prova very successful upon the tha dry lands landa especially on the light sandy bandy bolls on the bench lands tho the follow ing mixture should give rood good results reBul ts timothy four pounds bromus iner min six bix rounds pounds western ryo rye gribs grass four pounds and alfalfa found pounds making a total of ot eighteen pounds the acre another good mixture especially in ti tin winter wheat districts la Is brome seven pounds meadow fescue are founds tt ninda tall oat grass five pounds anil and alfalfa three pounds pound a total of twenty pounds of 0 seed coed to ahe the acre the pasture on dry land will not last so long as on irrigated land but it if the soil oll la Is well cared tor for ij it should lt tor for quite a number ot of years |