Show tast pastures need 1 1 aid i in in summer sumin e if V ee T ds and bushes are allowed bogrow to grow grass will be injured L ilov how tile the pasture Is handled during tile the midsummer determines tile amount and quality of 4 fhe ohp grazing to be obtained bained from it da during ring tile remainder e r if f the loii year there are two iwo big things to look 0 out 1 for with the pastures matures in midsummer says 8 A j karby pasture specialist at north carolina state college if weeds and bushes are allowed to grow the he grass will be shaded and the tod and injured uneven grazing will also reduce both the quality aud and quantity of the herbage son some 1 e pastures got off to n ap ibor start blurt t this his spring becu because ilse 0 of f the coote dry weather this provided a favorable environment for weeds native grasses and sedges seil nes but was hurtful artful to new plantings af nine 9 grasses even old pastures were uril hurt weeds rob pastures i X if these weeds are allowed to grow they will rob tle tile pasture plants of light moisture and plant fowl states mr hr kirby all pastures in which the we weeds eds have made a start should be mowed in owed bushes should be cut also some childe Is 19 good for the live stock that uses use a a pasture bui the close dense shading produced by low growing bushes and shrubs will kill the grass and clover plants bushes are especially bad in pastures newly seeded on or recently aleal 0 land uneven grazing harmful mr kirby finds that uneven grazing Is another of the detriments to good pastures this results when not enough animals are placed on the grass to keep the sod grazed evenly when only a few animals are 1 in the pasture they will graze heavily heally lu in some places and allow the other oilier parts to grow grov unhindered those grosses grasses and clovers growing tail fall and going to seed become hard fibrous mid and unpalatable actable whereas had bud they been properly grazed would have hae been succulent tender and palatable if grazing to Is uneven now mow the parts not grazed grayed or better still add a few more dairy cows to the farm states mr air karby |