

Pasture Improvement 
Where no manure is used, the 
average recommendation in Penn- 
sylvania and other states is 400 to 
900 pounds of superphosphate. New 
York State recommends as high as 
800 pounds per acre. 
It would be better to use as 
much as 400 pounds of 0-14-6 or 
0-14-14. Potash brings on white 
clover quicker. 
Ventilate Barns 
To maintain healthy herds and 
produce milk with a clean flavor, 
many dairymen .should improve 
ventilation in their barns and sta- 
bles. Plans are available from 
aay, agricultural extension of- 
ces. 
A Calf Well Started Is a Calf 
Half Grown 
After weaning, 1% quarts milk 
twice daily is enough for first 
week. Two quarts twice daily, the 
second-week menu. Large, thrifty 
Brown Swiss or Holsteins might 
get slightly larger meals. One au- 
thority said: “Start the calf on the 
dry starter at a week or 10 days 
old, and Keep it before the calf at 
all times. If milk is increased, the 
calf will not go on the starter fast 
enough. When the calf is eating 
4 or 5 pounds of starter daily, con- 
tinue at this amount until 3 or 4 
months old, and then change grad- 
ually to a good calf-growing or fit- 
ting grain mixture.” 
Pruning Fruit Trees 
Pruning may start after leaf-fall 
nears completion. ... Not too early. 
Apple and pear are hardiest, there- 
fore earliest pruned. Plums and 
some cherries next. Peach and 
cherry are most tender—delay their 
pruning to after middle of Feb- 
ruary. 
_ Green, succulent, tender grass is a 
good source of vitamin A, riboflavin, 
and other water-soluble vitamins, . 
_ Furthermore, clover and blue grass | 
ranges furnish protein, calcium and _ 
_ Phosphorus. An analysis of 25% — 
_ protein on a dry basis has been. 
_ found in samples from good poultry 
astures in Pennsylvania, ... For 




Ranges,” write direct to Agricul- 
lege, Pa Extension ie State. Sor Me 
Good oaigee for S oning ‘chickens - 
__and turkeys save feed, as grass con- 
tains many important nutrients, : 
free leaflet, “Improving © Poultry 
“KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS’”’ 
The leading pasture grass for good soils, and 
perhaps the hardiest of perennial grasses in most 
Eastern sections. Prefers sweet soil for top re- 
sults, and responds quickly to applications of 
phosphate and lime. Rarely exceeds two feet. 
sow 30 to 35 pounds per acre. A slow grower, 
therefore best sown with quicker-growing seeds. 
These take hold and are replaced by the Ken- 
tucky Blue to form a tough, permanent sod. Fine 
on sharp slopes and for our limestone valleys. 
“FIRST-YEAR PASTURE”’ 
For a pasture in your wheat field the same year 
you harvest the wheat: Heavy first-year pasture: 
2 pounds alsike, 2 pounds Ladino, 4 pounds 
sweet clover, 4 pounds alfalfa, 8 pounds orchard 
grass. Use spring-tooth harrow before seeding. 
sow with disc-drill after honeycombing of soil 
is past. Follow with spike-tooth. 
“ORCHARD GRASS” 
Since “married” to Ladino, this grass has won 
back the admiration of many folks who once dis- 
liked it. A very hardy, tall, leafy grass, popular 
for pasturing. Grows most anywhere, all types 
of soil. Very early and lasts late. For hay sow 
heavier and cut just as it blooms for best quality 
and yield. Hay quality also is improved when 
sown along with Tall Meadow Oat Grass and 
Meadow Fescue. 
““POULTRY-RANGE MIXTURE” 
Ten pounds perennial rye grass, 6 pounds Ken- 
tucky Blue and 4 pounds Canada Blue (or 10 
pounds Kentucky Blue if soil is sweet), 2 pounds 
Red Top, 2 pounds Ladino, 1 pound Dutch 
Clover. On 1 acre. ... Sow late summer. Use 
following April. Needs frequent clipping—7 or 
8 a summer. Carry 500 to 700 pullets per acre. 

