SOTJTHEKN CULTIVATOR. 
NORTH DEVON BULL, 
‘^FKANK QUARTLY/’^^ (205), 
BriED by J\!r. Joiu^r Q, 1 'arti.v. Winner of the 1st prize as tin ag^ti Bnll at the New York State Show in 1854. 
fei prize as a two-year old at the New York State Show in iBOd. and Ut prize ot the Atnericau institute in l85S. 
:Si««5€! by Earl of Exeter (3-8), sire Baronet (G), dam Curly (961, by Favorite (4o), &.c. 
Catted March, l85t , Bred by Mr, John Q'JAaTi.Y, of MoHand, Devon. Property of and selected by L. G. Morris, 
»» Toi’dham, IVew York, in 1859'. 
Sire, Earl of Exeter (38), gvandsire Baronet (6); dam Curly (96) by Favorite (43), grand dam Pretty Maid (366), 
dam Curly, great great grand dam CMd Curly. 
B. — Curly and her dara' were esieouicd by Mr. Fra.n’cis Quartly two of the best cows he ever bred. 
-^Davy's D€<i’'on Rcrd Book. 
BYE MiB B.aB,LSY FOE WmiSE FAST17EAGE. 
LivtNG'in about thie same latitude as your correspon- 
dent in Texas who is desirous of knowing the qualities of 
and Barley for winter pasturage, and having had 
3010© experiertoc in winter pasturage, I will give lam the 
hoj3ing it may have the effect to induce further ex- 
perience among some of your numerous readers in this 
■tisetiora. 
I have ascertained Ci'om experiments that September a5:!d 
€k;itober are the best sea.sons for sowing rje and bariey for 
ipi'mter pasturage. And if sown in rich soil it will be 
s&itable for pasturing in January, and can be constantly 
jjastiired until April or May, when it. becomes tough, and 
'■jibov/E a tendency to go to seed. It should then be turned 
witlja large plow 8 or 10 indies deep, and the land 
»i?i be in a good condition for a summer crop. If the 
ry® h left to go to seed the .straw is of little value and it is 
Ti-©2 liked by stock, and has out litde nutriEnent. As re- 
gasQs the comparative value of rye and baidey, rye has 
psefgrence, being more tender and nutritious. Biirley has 
■tiit® advantage of a more rapid growth at fir t, but it decays 
-miles and does md grtiw a.s tctpidly as the rye after hav 
ref; been fed off, and d-e rye is j (referred by stock 
l.&ad, a few year.s since, a field of rye and one of bar- 
Ti^.a.t'»joining The enclosure was open so (hat the stock 
ce^jid feed itiLoth or either, tursd, I found (hey ate tlie rye 
off close to the ground, v,'hilst tiie barley was from 6 to 8 
trsches higli. I also tried the experiment of keeping a 
milch cow for a week on the different pastures, and I 
found the week’s p>asture on the rye had the preference 
both in quantity and quality of milk and butter, since 
which titne I have abandoned the barley pasture and only 
sown rye, I have also been experimenting with several 
of the northern varieties of grasses, such as Timothy, 
Os-chard grass, Kentucky Blue grass, Lucerne, Red and 
White Clover, kalian Rye grass, Iverson Rescue, and the 
South American Evergreen. The seed of the latter I pro- 
cured last fall froin Dr. N. B. Cloud, editor of the Ameri- 
can Cotton P!a'!itci% and which 1 am inclined to think is 
the best adapted to our section of any of the varieties I 
have tried Although the past winter has been a very 
unpropitious season for grasses, having been very dry 
and colli, still this variety has continued to grow, and af- 
forded good pasturage all the spring, and is still looking 
well, iiuving now commenced to go to seed. I intend 
saving all the seed I can for further experitnents this fall. 
My experiments with red and white clover have also been 
very satisfactory, and have convinced me tiiat, with the 
use of proper fertilizers and care in preparing the ground, 
we can grow as fine crops of clover here as in any other 
part of (lie Union. I sowed my clover alinuf the first of 
November last, which, by (he by, is aiiout one month 
since, ;uid it is now from 8 (C 10 inches high, and in bloom ; 
but to get a good stand of clover for a permaKeiit winter 
