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the soil. The plant should have sufficient time to recover from the 

 winter before being grazed. In the early part of the season there is 

 never so much grass on the field as appearances would indicate. 



It is too often the custom of farmers to leave the cattle in the pasture 

 as late in the fall as they can find any grass. This practice is not good 

 economy. It is very damaging to a pasture to go into winter with 

 no protection. The farmer has learned that it is not often wise to cut 

 or graze the aftermath in a meadow. Why not apply the same principle 

 to the pasture? 



Fig. 159. — The pasture shozvn in Fig. 158 tiuo years after the brush was cut. 

 It is a simple matter nozv to moiu the pasture annually. 



It is good practice to put enough live-stock on the pasture to keep 

 the grass fairly well grazed. Difficulties arise, however, which hinder 

 the ideal management in this respect. Grass grows much faster in the 

 early part of the season than it does during the heat of summer. Insuf- 

 ficient grazing is not so great an evil as too heavy grazing. If the grass 

 gets the start of. the animals it may be mown. This will give a fresh 

 growth which they will relish. 



SOME SUCCESSFUL PASTURES 



Plants found in a neglected pasture. — There are many neglected pas- 

 tures on the Volusia silt loam type of soil which have become so poor 



