796 Grasses and Leguminous Ceops in New Yokk 



TILLAGE 



When preparing to seed land to pasture, thorough tillage is 

 just as important as in growing any other crop. Therefore, 

 whenever possible, pasture areas that have become poor and are 

 to be reseeded should be given cultivation. In many cases corn 

 or potatoes are grown the first year after the old pasture is broken, 

 grass seed being sowed the following season with oats. In 

 other cases, buckwheat is grown the first year and then followed 

 by some other crop with which seeding is done. In still others, 

 the land is fall- or spring-plowed, worked during the summer, 

 and seeded in August or September without a nurse crop, as is 

 sometimes done by the best hay growers. 



Fig. 697. — An Improved Pasture in Early Junk. Result of 

 Small Amount of Cultivation, Lime and a Proper Mix- 

 ture. 



Of course, it must be borne in mind that there are many 

 pastures on which procedure such as is outlined above would not 

 be practicable. Some of the fields can be quite thoroughly broken 

 by passing over them several times with a disk or spring-tooth 

 harrow. On some no tillage can be practiced. 



