
Well-Managed Pasture 
One important thing is to 
get cows in there early and 
keep that grass down to less 
than 4-inch average. Soon 
as the grass gets too high 
too quick and too early in 
the spring, the cows can’t 
handle it. Gets tall and 
pokes them in the eyes and 
they wander around taking 
a bite here and there. While 
it is low and thick, they go 
slowly and_ progressively, 
move their heads from side 
to side and take it all as it 
comes. 
Applying manure in the 
middle of the winter when 
the ground is frozen is a 
very good way to get pas- 
ture to perk up quickly in 
the spring. 
Hay Comparison 
Late-cut hay might fill the 
mow, but won’t fill the milk 
pail. The amount of nutri- 
ents in early-cut, well-cured 
hay is way above that in 
hay cut too late. 
Inoculate Soys 
If soy bean leaves looked 
yellowish-green last year, it 
might have been a sign that 
not enough inoculation was 
used. Remember to inocu- 
late soys this time. 
Farm Wiring 
In farm wiring it’s best to 
do a job in the beginning 
which will provide ade- 
quately for the future— 
later additions are expen- 
Sive. 
Best Timothy 
Timothy hay seems best har- 
vested during early bloom 
stage—more palatable and 
higher in nutrients and vita- 
mins. 
Farm Fact 
Clover growing over a farm 
brings more good luck than 
-a carload of horseshoes. 
Hog Pasture 
An acre of good rape fur- 
nishes grazing for 30 hogs 
for 6 weeks. 
Plant Treatment 
Plants should be considered 
as living creatures, whose 
food supply needs to be well 
proportioned and _ within 
reach at every stage of 
growth, from early life to 
maturity, for best growth 
and maximum yield. 
Mastitis 
For tips on prevention of 
Bovine Mastitis (garget), 
write for Leaflet 101, Pa. 
State College. 
Losing Millions! 
The U.S.D.A. estimates that 
U. S. dairy farmers are los- 
ing millions of dollars of 
income annually by not pay- 
ing enough attention to 
maintaining the highest 
quality product at all times. 
New Ideas 
It’s not always wise to swal- 
low whole the other fellow’s 
way of doing things, but 
studying his ideas may help 
you modify yours to good 
advantage. 
Orchard Cover 
Mixed crimson clover and 
winter vetch with a light 
addition of millet or rye as 
a nurse crop has given re- 
sults. This is not worked 
down until the crimson 
clover is past full bloom and 
much of the dead cover is 
left on or close to the sur- 
face of the soil. This makes 
the soil so loose the new 
seeding must be firmed—by 
using a cultipacker. Rye 
grass makes an _ excellent 
ground cover, but must be 
ones down at the proper 
ime. 
Should Be Retired 
Authorities state that more 
than 438,000,000 acres now 
under cultivation in the 
U. S. should be retired to 
grass or trees because they 
are too steep, too much sub- 
ject to erosion, or too stony 
for successfully growing cul- 
tivated crops. 
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Seed Beds 
Adequate liming when get- 
ting a seed bed ready, fol- 
lowed promptly by thorough 
harrowing or discing, is very 
important. Lime should be 
worked down deeply as pos- 
sible to become. effective 
sooner. 
Top-dressing winter grains 
with manure protects, fer- 
tilizes, brings improved re- 
sults. 
Cover Crops 
Regard cover crops as helps 
in maintaining fertility, not 
as means of improving de- 
cidedly poor soils. On poor 
soils it will be difficult to 
get good enough stands in 
competition with the main 
crop or enough growth of 
root and top growth to add 
materially to the soil’s or- 
ganic matter supply. 
Clean Milk 
The cows’ best efforts in 
producing clean milk can 
easily be ruined by a dirty 
milker. 
Green Grass 
It’s a wise farmer who 
makes the grass look 
greener on his side of the 
fence. 
Pasture Improvement 
Where no manure is used, 
the average recommenda- 
tion in Pennsylvania and 
other states is 400 to 500 
pounds of superphosphate. 
New York State recom- 
mends 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. 
Soy Bean Hay 
Soy beans should be cut for 
hay when the pods are well 
developed but before there 
is much yellowing and drop- 
ping of leaves, to obtain the 
largest protein and mineral 
content for feed, according 
to results of Experiment 
Station tests. 
