PASTURE FOR STOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3614, 30 December 1905, Page 4

PASTURE FOR STOCK.

Keatlu In the Year of Grass k|l |)’ ln|e to Produce Good ■MBits With Feeders.

is kept in j. hat may be termed more or less pasfound advantageous, most out of the pasbest to divide into and in many still One to the barn and reserved especially for the cattle and sheep, and hogs, not only is a change beneficial, but the pasture ■BBeatcu down much more evenly, ’When all stock pasture together in one field there seems to be a natural inclination to keep a part of the grass down close while a part of the Ktass 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 nil of the grass will be eaten down' more evenly and there will be kuch less waste. Tc provide the necessary pasturage it should be arranged for in good season ma that after grass starts up in the Hking they can be ready for use when Bet Jed. While it Is an item to have ■enty of good pasture at the same time B is 1 not advisable to have so much in shape that more or less would b( ■steel. Pasturing cattle on grosses eight months in the year is thf ■topeat way to raise good feeders, and should be no waste.—Dakota ■B and Farm.