Pasture Improvement 
Good pastures mean black ink in 
_ the farm’s books instead of red ink, 
because “summer milk is cheap 
milk.” There is no cheaper feed 
for livestock than good pasture, 
obtained by liming, manuring, fer- 
tilizing, clipping, scattering drop- 
pings, and managing the grazing. 
3 Rats or 2 Hens? 
Three rats will eat, contaminate 
or destroy enough feed for two 
laying hens. With feed having to 
stretch like nowadays, it’s not pa- 
triotic or good business to let them 
have it. 
Mulch Berry Beds | 
Apply mulch to strawberries when 
ground freezes. Wheat straw best. 
Chopped rye straw, barley, buck- 
wheat or oat straw. Even corn 
stalks, potato vines, shredded fod- 
der or leaves, better than no mulch. 
Clean Gardens Quickly 
Promptly after crops are removed 
is best time. It helps control vege- 
_ table diseases next year. Some dis- 
eases harbor over winter in trash. 













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‘““TRIPLE-PURPOSE MIXTURE”: 
(1) Hay (2) Pasture (3) Grass Silage 
Works fine for either purpose, as seasonal con- 
ditions dictate. You can well afford best crop- 
land for such a producer. . . . Full formulae given 
in Alfalfa Section—page 18—please note. So you 
can know exactly how many pounds of each 
seed to order for your particular plan. 
; Hay uses of this mixture are discussed under 
Ladino,” pages 4 and 7, also under “Alfalfa,” 
page 18—please read. 
Pastures of this mixture should be given fre- 
quent rest periods. Either by not pasturing for 
several weeks at a time to allow the legumes to 
recover .. . or by several hours’ grazing after 
each milking. Such recovery is essential to make 
good new growth and build food reserves in 
roots. Some dairymen put the milking herd on 
triple-purpose pasture only several hours each 
day after milking, then put them over into an- 
other pasture. If other such fields not available, 
fence off sections of this triple-purpose field, and 
alternate. The plan of several pasture areas is 
excellent. Some use up to four fields, grazing 
each one heavily for about a week in turn, thus 
allowing up to 3 weeks for each part's recovery. 
In late months of the season, when growth is 
slower, grazing should be lighter. If grazed too 
closely, then Ladino and other plants, too, will 
tend to more easily winter-kill. 
This seeding, properly managed, is doing a 
wonderful job . . . taking over the place alfalfa 
once held as chief meal supplier on many large 
dairy farms. It can surely be put into needed 
use this year, with seed for new alfalfa projects 
just about impossible to get. 
““BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL’ 
Low-growing, perennial, stout root, bearing nu- 
merous slender spreading branches 6 to 18 
inches long. Its main use has been for sowing 
into pastures. Starts slowly. Lasts longer through 
the season, too. Valuable on moist or somewhat 
heavy soils. Has thrived on ground too poor for 
alfalfa. Note page 5, first column. 
