Show GRASSES FOR PASTURE grasses Con from the standpoint of a mixed husbandry T at an ohio tanners farmers institute where the interests teresta in of stock breeders bleeders bre eders was especially biall v considered a long paper waa was read zead on pasture grasses in which occurred the following how ilow long land should be oe allowed to continue con tinne in pasture oc or wll vill depend much circum atances Bt ances bly the best plan tor for farming is the at mixed hus bandry raising grain and fattening do tic 13 y abl joo ethod a rota mia vm T lon is 3 afe cess arn ana the PI d of the land laud and crop failures are rare in the pra practice atice of most famera farmers meadow lands are seldom continued more than three or four years without change to the plan pastures are undisturbed for a longer time usually determined by the in indications of failure to produce remunerative crops As a rule drainage ia is as beneficial to grasslands grass lands asto as to tilled lands the tion of grasses depends upon circumstances such as soil drainage habits of growth etc new grasses should be introduced trod but cautiously pasturage Pas should be adapted to the soil and tho the kind of stock kept cattle horses and sheep are dif different lerent in their feeding habits cattle want grass long and luxuriant horses and sheep delight in short but sweet grass judicious management of stock upon pasture is essential do not turn on too early give tho the gr grass nass time to taake make a good start sheep are most destructive to torn tam on grass too soon as they cat the heart out of it it is a nice question to determine when to take stock off of pasture in tho the fall this will depend upon the season when running on pastures too late the land ia is injured much by tramping and breaking tho the sod in mixed farming a variety of grasses with clover should be sown and an abundance of seed used these can be sown for meadows and pastures blue grass timothy redtop rye grass and clover and they can bo be sown with or without grain rolling meadows in the spring harrowing and sowing fresh seed on thin places will improve them top dressing with dinep fine well rotted manuro is of great benefit the permanent pastures of the country are mainly made up of native grasses the most nutritious and valuable of these is blue grass which Is indigenous to ohio and most of tho the middle states and the mississippi valley pastures should never bo be grazed too close early in the season should the roots be exposed to the hot dry weather of the summer it would result in serious damage somo some fall growth is necessary to give the plants strength for a good start in the spring A little grass left upon pastures in june should not be a source of anxiety during july and august the growth of grass is not sufficient for stock with the very evident increasing tendency to drought in this country the farmer should provide supplemental plem crops to supply deficiency fodder corn and sorghum are amona amon tho the best of such crops in the discussion that followed the reading of tho the foregoing a farmer present said the suggestion to prepare for the shortage of pasture that comes along in august and september by having corn fodder is a good one but I 1 believe there is a better way than that even I 1 have found that our blue grass pasture of july becomes very woody in the stalk to obviate this difficulty I 1 use orchard gi grass ass I 1 sow it in the spring it makes a better stand by sowing in april or early may than in the fall by cutting in june wa we have a good strong grass it docs does best when the blue grass is short dont turn on to the orchard grass until after you on have taken off the seed and then you have a good grass to pasture with and you will find in feeding that cattle like it horses and sheep like this bettor better than anything we had on the farm in november and they ate it down dawn close I 1 find that in sowing tho field with orchard grass leaving the blue grass stand I 1 have in tho the spring an excellent blue grass pasture and when thia this has grown up and burned down I 1 have the orchard grass if lf in severe winter weather an occasional run of mild weather comes such a pasture ia is quito quite a godsend to the stock |