PASTURE FOR STOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3533, 10 June 1905, Page 2

PASTURE FOR STOCK.

Eiarht Months in the Year ot ««••• Feed Is Snirc to Produce Goo* ‘ Results With Feeders. \ If the stock is kept in l the best health and thrift through what may be termed the growing more pr less P®** turage will be found adva'b-t a & eouß * But in making the most out of P 8 lures it will be found best to divide'.to to at least two pastures and ini mMftf cases three will be still better. One should be convenient to the barn and should be reserved especially for the teaimst With cattle and sheep, and horses and hogs, not only is a change of pasturage beneficial, but the pasture will be eaten down much more evensy~ When all stock pasture together in l one field there seems to be a natural inclination to keep a part of the gm« eaten clown close while a part of the grass will be allowed to grow up and mature seed. But where the stock ate changed from one pasture to another every two or three wrecks all of the grass will be eaten down more evenly and there will be much less waste. Tc provide the necessary pasturage it should be arranged for in good season so that after grass starts up in the spring they can be ready for use when needed. While it is an item to have plenty of good pasture a t the same time it is not advisable to have so much in such shape that more or less would b* wasted. Pasturing cattle on grasses nearly eight months in the year is the cheapest way to raise good feeders, and there should be Vio waste.—Dakota Field and Farm.