GRAZING INDUSTRY OF THE BLUEGRASS REGION. 
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or stables. It is often remarked that a the pastures are robbed to 
keep up the fertility of the plowed fields." 
Perhaps one of the greatest sources of loss of fertility from pasture 
soils results from the poor location of the shade trees and brush. 
These should always be set on the higher portions of the field, and not 
along the banks of running streams, as so often is the case. (Fig. 11.) 
With good grass, the animals do not graze more than one-third of the 
Fig. 11. — Cattle in the shade on an elevated part of a pasture (upper part). Trees should be located 
in such places and not in the valleys or along running streams, as shown in the lower illustration. 
time; the rest of the time is spent lying down or standing in the shade 
fighting flies. Hence, much of the manure that is made does not get 
back directly on the land that produced the grass. If the manure 
produced while the animals are not grazing is deposited on the tops 
of the hills, its beneficial effects on the grass may be noted for several 
rods down the hillsides. It is easy to believe that if one-half to two- 
thirds of the manure is lost from pasture fields and none is added, the 
crops must gradually deteriorate. 
