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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 5 
HANDLING PASTURE LANDS. 
Seed and Plant Food Required. 
Needs of Different Soils. —The 
question of reseeding old pastures, espe¬ 
cially natural grass land, is important. 
Delaware Co., N. Y., has splendid pas¬ 
tures of clean, thick sod. They suffer 
in times of drought, as closely-cropped 
fields must feel the effects of infrequent 
showers, but maintain a wonderful pro¬ 
ductiveness and are natural grazing 
lands. The rough, hilly lands of north¬ 
ern New York do not seem able to hold 
that same clean sod, and are losing in 
value, weeds taking the place of grass. 
On natural grass land surface cultivation 
alone may be enough to promote a new 
and vigorous growth. I should say that 
one could easily conclude what is need¬ 
ed by the appearance of the grass that 
is found growing. If it is vigorous, with 
a wide leaf and dark green color, it is 
probable only seed and cultivation are 
needed. Where the growth is scanty 
and leaf narrow and lacking in color 
the land needs manure. If stable ma¬ 
nure is at hand, use it. If not, try the 
following mixture: 
Lbs. 
. 100 
.. 300 
Muriate of potash. 
Acid rock . 
. 200 
.1,400 
Apply according to the conscience and 
pocketbook, harrowing the surface until 
the mixture is well covered. 
Seeding. —Different mixtures of seed 
may be used according to soil, Orchard 
grass, Red and White clover, Blue grass, 
the fescues, Timothy, Alsike and Red- 
top. On the high and dry lands use Blue 
grass and Orchard grass with White 
clover, and on the low lands Red-top, 
Alsike and Timothy. Everyone is finally 
obliged to accept the grasses that find 
the soil most congenial. We have seven 
acres seeded to Orchard grass about 15 
years ago, and constantly pastured 
since. For a few years the Orchard 
grass made a splendid growth and stock 
liked it. Gradually, the Orchard grass 
became less and less evident until now 
June grass, or a modification of Blue 
grass, has full sway, and it is only a 
question of fertility to keep that pasture 
in good condition. Everyone has seen a 
fine stand of grass come over a recently 
cleared field in a single year when the 
soil was rich in available plant food, and 
clover will often follow a fine top-dress¬ 
ing of stable manure. 
Cultivation. —A friend of mine has a 
system of sowing a small piece of worn- 
out pasture each year with fertilizers 
and grass seeds, including one-half 
bushel of rye to the acre. The rye makes 
good pasturage and he is improving his 
pasture lands. We are plowing and 
cropping and placing our own fields in a 
regular rotation. The practice certainly 
greatly increases the per acre product 
over any possible pasture plan. I con¬ 
sider grazing on our soils an expensive 
system because I do not think our soil as 
naturally adapted to permanent meadow 
or grazing as for crop rotation. The 
soil is a sandy loam underlaid with lime¬ 
stone. If reasonably well fed and sup¬ 
plied with humus it will grow clover 
with certainty. Another system having 
much to commend it is the feeding of 
sheep or hogs upon these lands. By 
fencing off small areas, putting on twice 
the animals that the grasses will feed, 
and then feeding wheat bran, the ani¬ 
mals will have a craving for coarse food, 
and so eat weeds and all else in sight. 
The extra food will furnish the required 
available fertility. These lands have 
lost vegetable matter io such an extent 
that tame grasses, with their delicate di¬ 
gestive apparatus, cannot thrive. Na¬ 
ture true to herself, abhorring a vacuum 
and anxious to work over crude plant 
food, sets out a weed; we call them 
weeds, but after all is not any plant a 
weed that is found out of place? Plants 
differ in their powers of assimilation 
much as do men. If we will therefore 
provide the necessary soft boiled eggs 
and toast for these soils in the form of 
readily available plant food the valuable 
plants will quickly assert mastery. 
H. E. COOK. 
Good Results from Cut Fodder. 
My experience with cut fodder, though 
not extensive, has been quite satisfactory 
thus far. Three years since I had a 
few loads shredded; the following year 
a few loads cut with an elevator cutter, 
and last Fall, about November 20, had 
about 15 loads cut and put up in barn 
with a blower filling the bay of small 
barn almost to the peak of roof, and 
it has kept in perfect condition, as 
bright as when put in. The stalks were 
for the most part dry and well cured, 
but occasional stalks were apparently 
nearly as full of sap as when cut from 
the stubs. I have always spread salt 
over the cut fodder occasionally as the 
bay was being filled, but as to whether 
that accounts for its keeping all right 
I know not. It may be of no use, but 
it surely does no harm, and improves 
the palatability of the fodder, if we 
may judge by our own fodder when 
given us without salt. I prefer the cut¬ 
ter to shredder, and for very best re¬ 
sults, regardless of the work for the 
engine, a cutter with very dull knives, 
set not too close to cutter plate, leaves 
the stalks in the most desirable condi¬ 
tion, with most of the stalks mashed as 
well as cut; much of the real fodder gets 
through uncut, and our stock eat it 
better than when cut too fine. I can’t 
see that we get any more feeding value 
by cutting, as stock will not eat the 
stalks unless on short rations, but it is 
quite a satisfaction to have the fodder 
in the barn during cold, stormy weather, 
and you can put 15 loads in a small 
bay, where you would have hard work 
getting five loads of uncut stalks. The 
cut stalks make fair bedding and are 
art excellent absorbent The improve¬ 
ment in the manner, both in quality and 
convenience in handling, will amply 
repay the expense of cutting. The usual 
price here for cutting is about 75 cents 
per hour, for engine, cutter, and two 
men. J- e. s. 
New Jersey. 
Warranted 
to give satisfaction. 
GOMBAULT’S 
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A safe, speedy and 
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Removes all Bunches from Horses or 
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As a II l MAS REMEDY for Kheu- 
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