Show PASTURES FOR A DRY FARM 1 ne I of most difficult problems as lit LI tili tie can be done for conserva tian of moisture the growing ot of pastures on the dry land farm Is fine of its most difficult problems this arises from the tact fact that but little can be done on these thes that will aid in conserving moisture but this will not apply to all of theta them equally this does not mean however that it la Is not impossible to prove upon the pastures furnished by 00 nature unaided in the dry country 01 among the pastures that may be g v 0 grown on the arable farm in dry mo areas are winter rye grains sown tor for oab pasture brome grass sweet clover e bo d and a mixture of alfalfa and awes sweet olds clover when more experience has ha been obtained in growing these 11 1 val will be found that much more food can be grown from a given urea area than dov would be obtained from the tha game it it beg were native pasture ell prominent among the grasses that will be grown in providing pasture la Is tev winter rye it may be sown sonn should but this be desired as early as juno june when thus sown it will provide much if grazing during the summer but on rev the condition that it Is kept down by md grazing it will thus produce more or 01 64 less grazing from within a few weeks past of the time of sowing until the advent val of winter the amount of the grazing ABC furnished will of course be largely I 1 dependent upon the amount of the th sw precipitation the following spring th the rye will furnish much grazing ru this grazing will te be two to three Z weeks earlier than grazing from any other source and it will continue through may the ground maj may then tb be summer fallowes fallowed should this be desired tr one fine thing about this graz 91 ing is that by the judicious use ol of the harrow on the grazing the moisture moist T mar be conserved much better t than would be possible under other conditions in fit areas of 0 scant ra rainfall intall there EL a time when the native grasses cease to grow this time Is usually in late july all ot of august and a part or all ot of september now something can be done to meet this condition by sowing grain to piti provide vide pasture that Is to provide pasture through the tha months named or at least through a part ot of them for such grazing spring serl ag grains will probably be the roost most suit eble as they will grow more rapidly at such a season than winter grains these may be sown with the best advantage in the early season they must be kept down by grazing to prevent jointing and this will prolong the season of 0 grazing this kind of 0 pasture like rye has also the advantage of 0 permitting the use of the tha barrow to aid in the conservation of 0 moisture this pasture may be plowed up in the tall fall and when the land Is thus plowed it la Is left in a good condition for or growing cai corn E thi the following year |