360 



PASTURES YIELD :\rORE THAN MEADOWS. 



leavi' the land in fine condition for tlie ^n-assos proper, including 

 tlio cereals. 



It wonld 1)0 better for the farmer if he looked more ujx)!! grass 

 as a leading croj) in his rotation, instead of one of minor 

 impdrtaiice. 



l*jistiire Yields more Nourishiiieiit than Meadows.— The 



following e.\j)eriment is reported by C. L. F. DeLaune in Jour. 

 Iioy. Ag. 8oe., 1882: "After the grasses and clovers had grown 

 one year and had become well established, one plat Avas mowed 

 twice, and a similar plat -was mowed six times during the year. 

 The latter was to imitate the frequent cropping of grass by cattle. 



Total IV-r 

 Acre. 

 Tons. 



Green, cnt twice 17. 0(! 



Dried, *• " 4.49 



Green, '• six times. ''1.20 



Dried, •' " "' ;>.G03 



" The following shows the amount per acre of the most valuable 

 substances contained in the hav: 



"We see that, from the second piece cut six times, deficiency in 

 weight is nuide up for by superior (ptality. It contains 7.12 lbs. 

 of nitrogen, S.Ol lbs. of phosphoric acid, and 1.78 lbs. of potash 

 more than the first crop. It is lower in percentage of lime and 

 nnignesia, which, however, are but of secondary importance for 

 feeding pnrposes. It is certaiii then that cattle grazed on the 

 crop of the piece cut six times would have been better nourished 



