Coalville Times | 1910-02-18 | Page 8 | Proper Start of Pastures

PROPER START OF PASTURES Cloaa Attention Should Be Paid to Preliminary Cnltivatlon( That Means Economy Econo-my la bead. IHT W. It. IIII.HKIIT ) Close attention should be paid tn preliminary cultivation, aa thla means economy In the seed. In the first place It Is necessary that the soil should be thoroughly cleaned and that annual weeds aa well as couch grass should ba destroyed. An Important consideration consid-eration la the manurlal condition of the soil. Although grasses are benefited by nitrogenous manures, It Is seldom desirable de-sirable to apply such manure either Juat before or Immediately after sowing sow-ing the seed. The first effect of such manuring would be to Increase the quantity of straws produced by the grain crop with which the seeds have been sown and thus to repress rather than aid the young pasture planta.