Show pastures in early spring do not pasture your grass linds lands before the ground settles anil and the sod is firm by too early lia aaring the tops are kept closely cut off and tile the roots are much injured to gain and thrive the grass needs bome green leaves where thin and unproductive harrow the alie surface burbace add and sow on other kinds hinds of grasses and cl clovers vers with a top dressing of 0 some fertilizer ti if the cattle are arc fell fed or other rich food most of it goes to fertilize tile the land they graze on oil scatter tile the droppings of tho the cattle thit that no offensive bunches of tall grass may gi glow ow around them that high eng engleh authority J B D lawes says bays it is better not to feed fecal young grass the first year he opposes mowing wing it the second year laving found from practice tico that this destroys deb troys the clovers arid and the lesser grasses by en encouraging conra ing the stronger species instead of mowing lie faedi off tho the grass with cattle lie ho prefers to sow a variety of grasses leaving in tho the best to bold their own A pasture i tire cannot do much above gi ground aund until after the formation of a largo large bulk of roots below A pasture often falls off after two or three years this can be avoided by feeding the stock that graze raze on it oil oilra rueal eal or ol oil cake leake |