MEADOWS AND PASTURES 45 
waste from trampling. ‘This method also permits the 
grasses to grow to proper maturity, so that the amount 
of growth isa maximum. Another method of accom- 
plishing the same end is to divide the pasture by 
means of temporary or permanent fences, and allow 
the stock to remain in one inclosure till the grass is 
closely eaten before admitting them to the next. 
Meanwhile the herbage in the inclosure first pastured 
is allowed to grow up again before it is eaten down a 
second time. Both of these methods require much at- 
tention from the herdsman, and are hardly practicable 
on farms where beef production is a prominent fea- 
ture. One or the other of these intensive forms of 
pasturing might be practiced with profit with dairy 
cows, sheep, or hogs. Both of them are close kin to 
the method of soiling. 
In many parts of the country the cereals are used 
extensively for pasture with excellent results. This 
is particularly the case in the South. Oats are used 
more frequently for this purpose than the other 
cereals, though in part of western North Carolina, and 
adjacent regions in adjoining States, a Southern va- 
riety of rye is used extensively. Around Sherman, 
Texas, a winter variety of barley has recently gained 
much favor, and is extensively used for winter pasture. 
It is said to yield more abundant feed than oats, rye, 
or wheat, while stock eat it with greater relish. In 
favorable seasons—that is, when there is no drouth to 
check growth—any of the cereals sown the middle of 
September in the South will furnish considerable feed 
by the first of November. Stock may be kept on 
these pastures till in the spring, when the grains begin 
