Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-09-17 | Page 5 | Forwarding of Pastures

FORWARDING OF PASTURES M By W. R. GILBERT. f,fS Close attention should be paid to , preliminary cultivation, as this mean v. : economy in seed. In the first place it is necessary that the soil should be thoroughly cleaned, and that annual weeds as well as couch grass should. be destroyed. ' 'm In the second place a fine tilth and a fine surface are necessary. A fur- I ther Important consideration Is the V manurial condition of the soli. Although grasses are benefited by I nitrogenous manures it is seldom do- f V. sirable to apply such manure either H just before or immediately after bow. iN' '; ing the seed ; . Tha first effect of such manuring I would be to Increase the quantity of 1 I straws, produced by the grain crop With which the seeds have been sown, i I and thus to repress rather than aid j young pasture plants. Phosphatic manure, such as basic 1 I day or superphosphate, on the other I hand, should be used liberally, and may perhaps best be applied to the preceding root crop, though it can he worked into the land during the win-ter win-ter months before sowing the seed, i j' In dry districts and on light soils throe pennyweight to fivo penny-weight penny-weight of superphosphate should be I applied, but for most soils four penny- I j weight to 6lx pennyweight of basic V ' clay may be recommended I