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Show COWS EATING 8TRONG WEEDS. When Pasturage Gets Short They Are Apt to Eat Weeds That Taint Milk. Much troublo is experienced in somo localities In tho summer from cows eating Btrong woods. When tho grass Is flush they cat tho grass. It Is only when tho dry time of summer approaches ap-proaches that tho cows turn to tho woods. On pastures that aro partly worn-out, worn-out, tho grass In tho summer time bo-comes bo-comes very dry from tho fact that the sod Is thin and tho roots of tho grass do not reach down to soil molsturo. Hut tho weeds havo long roots and thoy reach far down into tho moist soil and keep themselves supplied with moisture. So tho cows can find in tho leaves and stems of tho weedB moro succu-lcnco succu-lcnco than In tho blades of grass, The eating of tho weeds gives tlio milk a weedy flavor, nnd this Is npprociatcd by the crenmoryman or tho cheeso maker. It is Impossiblo to mnko good butter or cheese out of such milk. So, war should bo mado on the weeds or on tho drought, declares th6 Farmers' Itovlow. Tho woods can be mown and partially kept down In that way. To mako war on tho drought, Im-prove Im-prove tho pasture by plowing nnd fertilizing fer-tilizing portions at n tlmo. Tho rich er tho pasturo, tho bettor will it sustain sus-tain itself against tho drought. Ordinarily shallow plowing is prof-orablo prof-orablo to deep plowing, but as nn untl-drought untl-drought measure, deep plowing Is good Tho deeper tho plowing tho nearor will tho bottom of tho furrow bo to soli water, and tho easier It will bo for tlio grass roots to get a constant supply sup-ply of molsturo for tho grass. So long as the grass can get a supply of molsturo It will keep green. |