CHAPTER IV 
CULTIVATED PASTURES 
EXPERIENCE has shown that, conditions being equal, a 
greater amount of forage can be grown from a given area 
if the plants used are cultivated. In the broad sense, the 
term cultivation is here used to include the sowing of seed 
or the setting out of plants. But cultivation in the usual 
sense means also that the soil has been prepared for the 
reception of the seeds or plants and may include still 
further the subsequent use of tillage implements. Culti- 
vated pastures, besides producing a greater amount of 
forage, have the further advantage of the choice of plants 
to be grown. Forage plants are cultivated for several 
purposes, as previously indicated, but in the present 
chapter only their cultivation for pasture is discussed. 
Cultivated pastures are usually known as tame pastures, 
to distinguish them from wild or native pastures. In 
regions where native pastures are rare, the term pasture 
may imply that the area has been seeded. Tame pastures 
are conveniently divided into two kinds, permanent and 
temporary. 
PERMANENT PASTURES 
24. As permanent pastures are here included all pas- 
tures that are seeded down with the intention of using 
them for grazing for more than one season. The plants 
used for permanent pasture are primarily grasses. 
Legumes and other plants may be mixed with the grasses 
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