PASTURE FOR STOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3587, 19 October 1905, Page 4

PASTURE FOR STOCK.

BisUt Months in the Yew? of Grass Feed Im Sure to Produce Good Results with Feeder*.

If the stock is kept in; the best health and thrift through what may *..5 termed the growing: season, zoorc or less pas* •'rage will be foun/d advantageous * !r. making the most otit of the pas- . <i it will be found best to divide into

a I least two pastures and in ma\ay eases three will be still better. One should be convenient to the barn antf should b.e reserved especially for the team a With cattle and sheep, and horses and bogs, not only is a change of par/turage beneficial, but the pasture ! will oe eaten dowu much more evenly. When all stock pasture together hr one field there seems to be a natural inclination 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 are changed from one pasture to another every two or three weeks 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 at the same time it is not advisable to have so much in such shape that more or less would be wasted. Pasturing cattle ok grosses nearly eight months in the year is the cheapest way to raise good feeders, and there should be no waste.—Dakota Field and Farm.