6 BULLETIN 964, U. S. DEPARTMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The land should not be pastured heavily the first summer, as this 

 will injure the pasture materially for winter-pasture purposes. Land 

 so seeded and handled makes a good pasture for the first winter. 



By this method much larger areas can be seeded at one time. If 

 the land is cultivated, it not only delays seeding but also limits the 

 amount which can be put in pasture each year, and also when the 

 grass is seeded in the corn it is necessary to let it grow one year 

 before it can be used at all. 



All undergrowth and sprouts must be kept down regardless of the 

 method of seeding that is used. If the method of seeding in the corn 

 is followed it is not difficult to keep the undergrowth down provided 

 the land is gone over at the proper time. These pastures should not 



Fig. 3— The type of steers, and some of the rough land in the experimental work. 



be used for winter pasture for more than two years in succession, 

 after which they should be alternated and used as summer pasture. 

 The seed is the greatest expense in getting the land in grass. 

 Burning the land over and the actual sowing of the seed are very 

 small items. Considering the fact that a crop of corn is raised for 

 two years when the first method of seeding is used, there is very little 

 difference in the cost of the pasture. Either one of these plans can 

 be followed throughout the mountainous sections of the State. 



METHOD OF FEEDING AND HANDLING THE STEERS. 



All the cattle in Lots 1,2, and 3 each year, and in Lot 5 in 1918-19, 

 were wintered in a barn. They were fed twice daily about 8 a. m. 

 and 4 p. m. One-half of the ration, hay in the case of Lot 1 and silage 

 in the case of Lot 2, was given in the morning and the remainder in 

 the afternoon, the steers in Lot 3 being given corn silage alone in the 



