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the corn, and thus plant the seed, doing the work of plow and 

 harrow. 



This, to say the least, is a slovenly plan, and though possibly 

 securing a good stand, the ground is so roughened it can never 

 make a beautiful pasture. 



If the land is loose, as some soils are, it will answer a very good 

 purpose to scratch up the surface well with a sharp-toothed harrow, 

 and this is especially the case where the roots of undergrowth exist 

 to a great extent. 



AFTER TREATMENT. 



Of one fact there cannot be a doubt, and in this lies the whole 

 secret of having remunerative pastures of blue grass ; and that is 

 do not pasture it to death. It is true it will stand almost unlimited 

 grazing, but there is a point beyond which it will cease to be profit- 

 able, and that limit should never be passed. The better plan is to 

 have the lots divided, and allow the stock on one until it is cropped 

 down, and then, when no longer any pickings can be taken from 

 it, do not allow the stock to continue to tread it, simply to have 

 them on a grass lot. It will not only do the stock no good, but, 

 by constant tramping, the grass is unable to throw up any foliage, 

 and in time it will die, for the roots must draw some nourishment 

 from the atmosphere, or they will perish. Allow the grass to re- 

 cuperate by changing the stock from one pasture to another, and 

 never overstock it. Grass that will keep ten oxen in growing order 

 will fatten five oxen quickly. Stock of all kinds are constant 

 feeders, and there should always be forage enough to enable them 

 to get plenty to eat without the labor of hunting for it. 



There is much variety of opinion on the amount of stock that 

 ought to be put on an acre. This arises from the difference in the 

 capacity of the land, some soils, being rich, dry and porous, will 

 stand much heavier grazing than others. It is safer to err on the 

 safe side, and it is better to put in too few than too many. If 

 stock are fattened quickly, they are more remunerative than when 

 fattened slowly. Then, when one lot is sold out, they can be re- 

 placed by others. Ordinarily., two acres of grass are requisite for 

 one three-year-old ox, and what will fatten one ox will fatten ten 

 head of sheep. 



Blue-grass should be allowed to go to seed once or twice, or 



