PASTURE FOR STOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3550, 22 July 1905, Page 4

PASTURE FOR STOCK.

ElffSit Month* in the Year of Gram Fee# Id Snre to Prodace Good. Rear..: » with Feeders. H the stock is kept in’ the best health and thrift throng’ll what may be termed the growing season, more or less pasturage will be found advantageous. But in making the most out of the p;r tures it will be found best to divide hi: at lecst two pastures and in. ’ .cases three, will be still bet I c . should be convenient to the bn should be reserved especially for u,. ■teamu, With cattle and -sheep, and horses and hogs, not only is a change of pasturage beneficial, but the pasture will lie eaten down -much more evenly. When all stock pasture together in one field there seems to be a natural indication to keep a part of the grass eaten down close while a part of the grass will be allowed to grow up and mature seed. But where the stock an changed from one pasture to a mother every two or three weeks all of ih'’ grass: will be eaten down more evonh and there will be much Jess 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 at the ha me time it is not advisable to have so much in such shape that more or less would be wasted. Pasturing cattle on grasses nearly eight months in the year is the cheapest way to raise good feeders, and there should be no waste. —Dakota Field and Farm.