CHAPTER IV 



CULTIVATED PASTURES 



Experience has shown that, conditions being equal, a 

 greater amount of forage can be g^o^vn 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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