Pastuees in New York 



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Second, cleared or partially cleared lands that are too brnshy, 

 stony, steep, or otherwise unsuited to cultivation. This class 

 includes many small areas near the farm buildings, used as night 

 pastures for the dairy herds, A large proportion of the total acre- 

 age is without doubt in this class. 



The third class is most hopeful of all, being those lands which 

 are entirely capable of cultivation, but left in pasturage because 



Fig. 694. — Woodland With a Scant Fringe of Cleared Land Around 

 It. Herbage Is Largely Smartweed and the Cattle Find Most of 

 Their Comfort at the Water-trough. 



of their natural adaptation to permanent stands of grass or because 

 so required by the economical management of the farm. This 

 character of land has played an important part in the dairy 

 supremacy of the Empire State. 



The fourth class is of limited extent and hardly worthy of the 

 name, although furnishing a fine quality of feed. It includes the 

 lands in regular crop rotation, which are pastured one or two 



