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Show SCOTTISH FARMES KNOW ' GOOD PASTURE PRACTICE The most successful dairymen are first of all good farmers, according to O E. Reed, Chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry, United States Department De-partment of Agriculture. They appreciate ap-preciate the importance of raising a large part of the feed for their cows. In this connection, he says, the American Amer-ican dairymen might profit from the experience of the Scottish Dairy farm-3i- by giving . more attention to the management of his pasture land. During a visit to Scotland last summer sum-mer Mr. Reed had an opportunity to study the pasturing methods in use there. On several farms, as well as at the agricultural experiment stations, sta-tions, a rotation and fertilization sys-em sys-em of handling pastures was followed fol-lowed At the Kilmaruck Dairy school, 65 cows were pastured on 42 acres of grassland divided into seven fields of six acres each. The sixtv five cows were turned on one field and allowed to remain there for four days. Then they were turned on the next field for four days and so on until they had spent four days on each LV'!e" ?.astures- . Every twenty-j ' l-kenlT1' 65 the CouTTT- tken from each pasture it w' aS '-th'1 hrrowt battel the droppings. Then It n-o- Biven an application of com, n Uc 'fertilizer. nv n,i- .. "J'"m,!c.iU method. Undcr the OKlinarj j in the season ana Tct carl,w than usual. The Zn 7" 0,1 lntcrl a richer feed, shice L 1,rovlc1 contains a h gh por "Z&n n.ore nearly comparable to trJ5""0!" concentrates t ho ,3 the prftl the entire ration lon? furn,shwl those that prodded as rn',WS Cxcp,t Pounds per day much M f'fty PasU,ringCcoTiniSsr?n;Cnt'Pd for ty Agricultural Agent' by Ul Co'- I |
