HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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FERTILIZERS 



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one because of tlie fact that it niu.'^t be 

 accomplished at a minimum of e.xpense. 

 It is quite true, as already stated, that 

 good pasturage is worth a great deal to 

 the dairyman, but it does not follow that 

 he can atford to go to a great expense to 

 get it. He is getting it at present for 

 the cost of fencing, taxes and interest, 

 and just making ends meet. His busi- 

 ness is based on pasturage virtually with- 

 out cost. If it cost as much as the feeds 

 which it replaces, his business surely 

 would show a loss instead of a profit. 



The problem of growing more and 

 better grasses and clovers in pastures is 

 about the simplest agronomic problem in 

 the world if the agronomist is allowed to 

 spend the necessary amount of money for 

 labor, fertilizer, lime, manure, seed, etc. ; 

 but it is a horse of another color when il 

 must be done, as it certainly must be if 

 done at any profit, at very little expense. 



Why must it be done at such small 

 expense? Why will it not warrant the 

 investment of money enough to produce 

 results Simply because the product, in 

 open competition with the world, will not 

 sell for enough to pay the bills. Why is 

 that? Well, it may be that it is because 

 there are too many farmers, or because 

 farmers work too hard, or because far- 

 mers are not organized to grab more 

 than theii- rightful share of the world's 

 wealth, or something of that .sort. Cer- 

 tain it is that at present the product of 

 one hour of the farmer's labor will not 

 buy the product of one hour's labor of 

 other classes nor yet of forty-five minutes. 

 However, that is aside from the mark. 

 We started out to talk about pasture im- 

 provement. 



The invariable rule which governs all 

 such difficult operations where the 

 margin of profit is small at best, and 

 particularly where capital is limited, is to 

 make expenditures first where they will 

 do the most good. That involves, in this 

 case, selection of the right pasture con- 

 ditions as to soil and vegetation and the 

 right fertilizer. Such tests as have been 

 made show quite conclusively that the 

 best results come fiom improvement of 

 naturally good grass land, that is, land 

 with a good body and well supplied with 

 moisture, which carries a faii'ly good sod 

 at present. Application of acid phosphate 

 to such land almost invariably increases 

 the growth of white clover, and that in 

 turn enriches the land and improves the 

 grasses. 



If the cattle are allowed to run on it 

 regularly they will keep the new growth 

 eaten down so close that it is difficult to 

 make any estimate as to how much im- 

 provement has been effected, but if the 

 cattle are kept off it for a time the dif- 

 ference is striking. As a matter of fact 

 cattle ought to be kept off every pasture 

 for a few days at intervals to give the 

 grasses a chance to recuperate. All 



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