CHAPTEE XL 



THE GRASSES, FKESH AND CUHED STRAW. 



I. Grass for Pasture and Soiling. 

 Digestible nutrients and fertilizing constituents. 



257. Concerning pastures. The time for turning stock to 

 pasture is hailed with delight by stockmen, for it means exercise 

 and outdoor life to animals long confined in quarters which at best 

 are not as satisfactory as those afforded by the change. It means 

 dropping a large part of the " chores " which bind together with 

 a cord of duty all the daylight hours of winter. With the live 

 stock caring for themselves in the pasture comes the opportunity 



