Pastures in New York. 



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already present. A seeding costing not over a dollar an acre v/ill usually 

 suffice. 



Doubtless the most satisfactory manner of renewing many old pastures 

 is to plow them up if possible and reseed after growing one or two culti- 

 vated crops. Oats, rye, or wheat may be used for nurse crops. 



Care in grazing the pasture. — Many pastures in New York have been 

 seriously damaged, especially in the last year or two, by too close 

 grazing. It was no uncommon thing during the past autumn to find 



Fig. 158. — A pasture Held before cutting the brush. It required only 68 

 hours at twenty cents an hour to cut, pile, and burn the brush on 8 acres. 

 This is at the rate of $1.70 per acre, and it is done once for all. 



pastures bare and brown at a season when they should have been pro- 

 ducing fair yields. It requires a long time for a misused pasture to 

 regain its former vigor. It is true a large part of pasture difficulties of 

 late have been caused by severe drought, yet much trouble can be 

 saved by careful management. 



Frequently live-stock are turned into the field as soon as grass begins 

 to grow. Most soils at this season of the year are soft. The trampling 

 of cattle or sheep damages the roots of plants, and tends to puddle 



