Pastures in New York. 495 



With the second seeding of oats was included ten quarts of timothy 

 and three quarts of white clover per acre. Three hundred pounds 

 per acre of guano was applied to the oats in order to insure a crop. One 

 and one-half tons of unleached hardwood ashes were applied per acre 

 with the seeding. Regarding Mr. Wilson's success, he says: "Our 

 pasture is very satisfactory where we have cultivated. To farmers in 

 like circumstances I recommend to do likewise. Plow well, harrow 

 well and clean off the stones thoroughly at each plowing and the result 

 will be satisfactory." 



It is safe to recommend the addition of red or alsike clover, Kentucky 

 or Canadian blue-grass and red-top with the seeding. The pasture 

 would probably be more satisfactory in later years with this addition. 

 Stable manure, if available, may be used instead of guano, and about 

 fifteen hundred pounds of lime per acre may be substituted for the ashes. 



It is not thought advisable to enter into the methods of control of 

 other pasture weeds. No doubt if the pasture is mown in June before 

 the ordinary weeds produce seed, a large percentage of them will be 

 gradually killed out. This process should go hand in hand with other 

 methods of improvement. (See Professor Roberts' discussion of the 

 Roberts pasture, pages 387-389 of this bulletin.) 



THE PRESWICK PASTURE 

 Paul J. White 



This pasture is located on what is known as the Preswick farm at 

 Cornell University. It contains about twelve acres of land. The north- 

 eastern half of the field is fairly level, while the western and southern 

 areas are very steep. Much of the field is too hilly to be used to advantage 

 as farm land. The soil of the leveler part is Dunkirk clay loam. The 

 remainder is mostly stony clay and silt loams. 



During the five years preceding the beginning of the pasture experi- 

 ment, this field had grown clover and oats, these crops alternating. 

 In August of 1903 an oat crop was taken from the field. The land was 

 immediately plowed, the plow being set seven inches deep. The ground 

 was harrowed at once after plowing. About the middle of September 

 the land was again plowed with a three-gang plow, this time cutting 

 only two and one-half to three inches deep. It was harrowed three times 

 with a spring-tooth harrow. On September 21 and 22 rye was sown 

 broadcast at the rate of one-half bushel per acre. This was harrowed in. 

 The last of September the field was seeded with various grasses. These 



