Show more and better feed from pasture fields A 74 acre pasture at the Mas achu tiu experiment station has been div ing us something to th ab ut dur ing the past post three beirs by the pasture into several swiller iiller sn fields and with the application of fertilizer eitl lizer and the rotation of the cattle from one pasture to another in grazing the treated land has given two and a half times as many pasture days as has similar land not fertilized along with this improvement in the car carrying capacity of the pasture there has been a great reduction in the quantities of feeds required as in barn feeding this work was begun in 1928 and dur ing the third year or 1930 1030 less than one third as much silage was used as in 1928 grain was reduced one half beet pulp four fifths and hay one quarter the fertilized pasture gave a net return of 73 74 above feed fertilizer and land costs as compared with only 2038 on the unfertilized pasture isn t it about time we learned how to grow more and better feed on some of our land devoted to pasture ex change |