Show home course in live stock farming VI pastures and forage crops by C V GREGORY author of home flame course in modern mo ern Airi agriculture culture makina man money cy on I 1 the t ile farm etc copyright 1309 1909 by american pre press association cheapest galas gains on firm ard THC T mats are made with fled fed attal should be mide to hue a plentiful supply a 01 hand nt it all time there inere will mil be the clover mei dows of course which will nill le be usla for ha hav occasion ally there will nill be a luxuriant crosth of till fall feed on them which can lie be used tisch for pasture to ad vintage tun this second growth clover is especially val liable for mill cows cal calve eq and hogs Per permanent manen pastures pictures ites should be totaled where possible where a tour four yeat rotation oa 6 practiced one oae fourth of the cultivate ed land will vill be to IQ grass grabs L each beai eat this thid vill gerie ally tally be mon than is needed for hay iu in which case part of it can be used abed for pasture in a addi adda lion don to this there is usually so some na e land on every farm tint thit Is ii too w wet el or too dougli to be lied for ana aa thing but b ut per abe aj ne picture e la in too loo many cyses aises bermi aleut these u pa pastures tures are weedy and ad unproductive A docic of sheep or goats will to do much to get rid of the file weeds if there are any thistles whistles es they should ou id be cut while in bloom and a mindful of salt put on the roots W where bere an area of laud land has been very seier severely ely overgrazed over grazed to in the past it will bo be absolutely necessary that it be very carefully pastured for the first two or three years rahe native grasses and forage plants must have a clince to their former vigor and to go to seen seed A very large number of stock men advocate ado cate resting the land that Is keeping all strict off air for a i period of three or four beirs that this remedy will bung about the desired results has has been definitely proved in numer ous oils Inq instances Vinces to increase the product iv ity it will tie be necessary essny essaiy to thielen the stood and loosen the soil the yield of pastures can otlyn be doubled by running a dil d wet them in ill the spring ibis is especially true it if A few pounds of grass seed eed to the acie ate aie usta at the same time lucre is nothing bettel than alsehe cloel for the file wet spots redlon it 11 llao ilso good la in such places at al though it is not liked well enough by the strict to warrant its use w aucie if cie better gushes will grow alside alsike loret hybrid um if i clover whose appearance suggests 1 l t hybrid between red and white ciders but it is 19 not a hy hybrid briLl it on soil too wet tor for red clover but on OD ordinary soil is proba bia not to be so ao highly recommended it should be sown with grasses to give the best results the standard pasture grass eras through out the corn belt is blue grass I 1 or birly spring and late fall pasturage ge nothing cin equal it it la Is nutritious the stock like it well it is not easily injured by tramping and it la is i good 3 ielda the chief objection to it is that hat it practically teases eases growth groth dur ing the hot dry days of mid midsummer sumner cr at time it is necessary to supple ment the he blue grass pasture with some forage crop or liae have a fresh to turn the lie tock stock into many stock men hal aae e several beveral different pastures ihei stoel stock one heavily so that it will be oaten eaten down close in three or four weeks eals then change the animals to a areli arc U oric one while the grass in the first gets gels another start in tins this way great grat er bilue can be got out of a certain mount of pasture land it Is a good pill pi in to illow part of it ahr blue gra grass land to make 1 I 1 growth of slit sir or eight inches before w inter binter this makes ex cellena dialer picture for bou booi cattle arid and barbes lail ind they will thisie ind fittan on it horses will nill diw through veral everad ladies ot of suo to gei to it blue enss nall thrive airey fairly airly well in d arv ind ad unsheltered lya tiona 11 it will ill do bettee where shaded moil mod geralel land partly covered with brush and short timber is a i fa a I 1 place pl ice to secure a good ata stand ad orchord grass gras is 11 next to blue gras grall in importance ii I 1 a pasture crop it n bardl as nutritious not noi Is 14 it liked as well by slink but it miles mikes a more nold growth and to agton throughout the summer months NN lien ilea sown in a mixture of other gra grasses 11 as it usually llly is I 1 th the stock are liable e tj t eat the mure palatable gras first lei heuing ing the humbird urel nril gals to grow up ind become bird ii ird ind woody ak where the plan of changing pas luies i is heed there li Is little trouble from this source a as all the grass is 13 eaten caten down quickly A mixture to wv sov on old pas ture tore before dailing ii eight pounds of 1 blue lu glass joa Ss two to pounds pound of orchard grass r r and d two or three pounds of e elair bow kind kindo of felmer red clover Is good but doo not last janiz ong in moil regions where blue gras flouri aies white do clo ver will work orl without ig in a few years f mixture ot of anike and redtop scattered around the wrt wet will complete the renovation of th tb pasture from this time lime on a good disking every spring will keep the pa pait hire I 1 ii I 1 condition itty thin spots which ankli aawar iu in be b at th sime e time ime k rein fen ihei hire a ami itaf d I 1 alk t cre ro the be pio ina uit 11 the e aloi k iliin firul 1 in I it inid llila summer forage crops willi will alii 1 b baat t s ul ui I 1 A c d gilliu ac bild ho borne bolie 1 ta chivi g u f feil la j i sir t pec 1 11 ay tin the Mid butil la nici et t that tinn not of belr alini be it airi and aid kimt hi lit me ill e worst I 1 i ala li I 1 ddn la in lo 10 id ill ply ly nn int ill i 1 1 I asi sa la in gun un boung stol und tind in mill flow the cos bell ell plin tied or fol fo age tius at J tl if is S ime gac birgel fol foi ve s iud gjud uel u el than limn lallithin ea ls that ITI in bp bf grown I 1 ort orise e crops cju call often 1 li u cd 0 to o guild is atch claps hete other crops line haiie filled 11 g grow ur aftel elt else 11 int IS been d korige amps tup ly by keeping tul lie I 1 lind ind led A itta ith i I 1 i ink gro broil it K crop crip help to lo litel hii d lu in clity it alls enible mole moie stock to ii apt on the 1 inu thin bin would be tho ive ie erv ie e oil ne of the best fone crops is i i ila it 11 ir r 1 N crops of nf et ellent feed aped it is ii esp 1015 al uble for los loog jud and heep ibey anjil excellent gnus ou on rape particularly if a lieth grilc Is n bif n in elp shurld le ile so admi it in the llie ariu at the rite or of labout tout pounds to tue the acte acie 01 ji to aud and one li alf llie ifie sied bd should be w wl 11 dred red rho gi eitt anic luat of feed per acte acie 13 I 1 it if the ampe is id cut and ami fed JL A econom it il way ay of hand handling liag it as far is libor is 13 concerned 13 to have movable pens or a 1 divid i I 1 ell ed into it small lot letb and change lae the stock j frequently from one to the other lf if ilat too long ia one place they eat the file rape do down n so closely tint chit it is 13 killed or the groi granth th set seno bously LIje checked cled sweet corn is a valuable forder fr fir all classes of stock A k variety which stools should be selected 1 and the planting be thick it if cut and fed fresh every day it is great ly relished it Is 13 esp espI dally ally good for milk cows cowl often doubling the yield sorghum anil and kaffir corn are also used considerably as aa forage crops es llly in iii the southam sout liela states about fifty or sity pounds of seed to th acre are when sown bro or halt half as much when drilled it cau bp b sown a ith ita a gram grain drill by stopping up eiery other bole the saccharine va rieti s cault the best feed it if all the life sor sorghum ijuan is not used as gryn green feed it can be cut and aad stio shocked cLed for winter use it will have to be left lu in the held field until needed for feeding as it spoils when tacked stacked |