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Saturday, March 20, 1915 - (5) 277, Good Pastures on Eveky Fan Article No. 12 on "Diversification and Independence in 1915!" By TAIT BUTLER l .HERE is wore in green grass that1 mere feed lor flvestocK, Richer soils, larger crops, anu better living are "" - V 't Lnv good pastures. A carpet -of . Ki o'er hill and ; dale does, more fh n furnish a beautiful landscape to gladden the eye; it oetoKens ,,a which has always nourished a strong, and happy people. Pasture plants, which furnish rich creen feed tor avestucK, icquu c warmth and moisture. . The South has' ,ormth. moisture and : good soil of. Pasture plants, which furnish rich teen" feed for livestock, require KtiHance for the production of the best pastures, hile'rjich: soils; produce good pastures, pastures also tend to produce rich soils. In other words, rich soils are the result as well as the cause of good 'pastures. Temporary pastures, or those which are only to last for a few months, br at most a few years, are made Ion cul tivated lands or those suitable for cultivation, and the pasture is merely ; a part of a rotation in the "cropping system. The permanent ..pasture, is largely made on land unsuited to cul-, tivation, and in a farming, system'1 which seeks the largest returns from the land, probably the permanent pas ture should only be made on lands not suitable for cultivation. y - All land must produce . some crop, to be of permanent value. v If riot growing timber, or garden j or field crops, then the aim should be to have it produce grazing for farm animals. .There are millions of acres in the - South -producing - no - crop-of - value,"" which should and could be furnishing grazing enough to supply the meat, milk and butter now costing us mil lions of dollars annually. , toft : , -"' ," - r. Vi , f Put the Idle Acres to Work" UE WOULD not be regarded as: a " wise business man who Jcept half, his capital Idle, nor is the manufac turing plant likelv to lie nrnsnprmis' which runs or operates only up to half its capacity ; and yet half the lands of the South are producing no i crop of value. Those lands which are fring ing m no revenue are consuming the lruits of our labor from the cultivated acres. It takes too large a part of we crops of our cultivated-acres to pay the interest and taxes on the idle, acres. . - t, therefore, follows that the lands X?,a!"e Producing nothing of. value Me-put-intorpef manent" pas- w5 1 !! a,sTrconditions and capital vi? dlv T e mention capital ad- fr 11 re(iuires mony to. E 7 Pastur' An area waste and does not become a pasture' by JS L?dl1 withafence. ' It is mzin, SUfynd wiU Produce.some gmg,and lf .t wiU;furnish We lPay.f0r the fence no k5Srt,,!this fenceen that te making take" towards fence aWg - i the pastureJ but a P Zr?lli ? tCn PFOduce a Pastnr. n SPutnem lands.'- plants S re slw-growing S'owinir ,, "y rank or vigorotis- maeTeref?r'. in mating i per d0 tt tre 'S4t0 dt'y.and keep ext"t this i, i- done. or to the ? value 0f ZaCt,Cab'e' wiI1 dPend it Will su ; hV?ast?re and.the;feed 1 Pasture S , 1 1 '?lrd essentlal to "P'and orVtJmhi .leaSfin the. sections, is-to 'pre- March 27 UCIes n -the series SSS?P; S1SS 2? 8S Before It Fun8us si2rssr pest,; ;insecb,- vent the soil washing away until the pasture plants .establish and fix.them- selves" thereon, when' they will pre vent further washing.. yv:' : -The fourth, step towards a pasture is the sowing of the seeds of pasture plants. 1 '-- The warmth' and moisture of the . South result in a vigorous growth of ; weeds and non-pasture plants. Our heavy rainfall and the nature of our soils cause erosion or a : washing away of the top soil in exposed places. These two facts account for the abV sence of grass-covered roadsides, va canT; lands and untended areas. These conditions; relieved' or overcome " by man then pastures or grass-covered fields, that will support livestock in ; vast numbers are as certain i in the South as night follows day.jjust keep the non-pasture plants from growing on a: part oPthe pasture, if nothing x more, and watch the results. Permanent pastures are summer pastures. Winter pastures must of necessif J " be ' temporary. We hear much of - the long grazing : season in the South. $ It exists only in the ' im agination or in the possibilities from better efforts on v the part of: the stockman. Winter pastures are also uncertain. Some winters, much grazing may be provided; .while other winters little will be, obtained by the best manage ment, and . yet, more or less winter' grazing is possible . every season throughout the Cotton B elt. But, after all, as; has been said,the only "reliable winter pasture is a silo. Good management may lengthen the grazing period by starting it one to -two months , earlier in the spring and adding twoto four weeksin the; ?all ; but grazing from permanent pas tures can not be depended upon . for more thn from seven to eight months - in the northern half of the Cotton Belt and eight to nine months Jn the southern half. Cattle may suc ceed in living on the "range" or in the :.Mane-Nbrakes,-'but the man who de pends on these for the feed of his ; herds and flocks is the' one who finds livestock unprofitable, or-"just can't have any luck with stock." As a. friend of the writer's recently put it, "Cattle will live on cane until they starve to death." - : We have expected and wanted pas tures' with too, little effort, on our., part. We . have sought in vain for -todc;that- would-"rustle,"-instead -of-doing the rustling ourselves. As stated, it takes money and labor to make pastures ; a little money and. i labor to make a little pasture and much labor and money to make a large one. The man who ' has ' little money and time for making pastures should not,, however, fail to use what he has. No man is justified in doing nothing because he. cannot do much. If a large pasture or one of 10 or 20 acres is iot possible, that is ho rea son for not having one or five acres of good - pasture.' s Primary Points in Pasture ; Making FOR emphasis, we again name what we regard as. the, essentials in. the. making of a pasture, in the order, of their. importance: .. . . l.-A fence that, will confine the animals to be grazed and keep out those which' .are not desired. ; ' 2. ih removal and.continued Me.-, structiori of non-pasture plants. ; .The grubbing - axe and the . mower are as essential to;-a good f pasture Jn the South as v sunshine -and ' Tain" are abundant. ( ' 7 -" . ' -; 3.; -The prevention of washing . or, erosion Grass cannot grbw in the making of gullies.- --'--:.- '.4. -The- sowing of -the seeds of those plants which . do best and fur nish the best grazing on the soils and under the conditions where the pas ture is to be made. : : . Many thousands of dollars have been wasted in the South by sowing grass and clover seeds of kinds not adapted, to the conditions, or without suitable preparation of the soil. The basis of a pasture in any section should be the plant or plants which grow most generally 'and freely - in thai section, or of some plant or plants' known to do well under similar conditions. 'i4;i;'Kvt';f, :.;W :, In addition to plants that are known to make good pastures in the sefction, or under similar conditions, the aim should be to get such a. va riety as will secure the earliest as well as the latest grazing practicable. For instance, Bermuda grass and les pedeza are our two best pasture plants for the hot summer months. One, the Bermuda, stands drouth wellVwhile lespedeza, although seriously affected in its growth by drouth, will come on again .with wonderful rapidity, when moisture comes. But 'neither of these makes ah early pasture and should be combined with bur, alsike,' or white clover, or all three, to insure early grazing. , ; '. Jn short, a large variety of pasture plants is desirable,' because more feed will be obtained and Vthe pasture will furnish grazing under varying condi tions of soil, moisture and temper ature and for .a longer period in each Some Grass Mixtures That Are Good FOR average lands of the South, pos sibly three to six pounds of Ber muda grass seed sowed on a well pre pared seed bed from April to July, or Bermuda sod -scattered and; covered at any season of. the year when there is mojsture ; one : to two bushels of bur clover seed in the burs and three to four pounds of white' clover per acre sown in jthe early fall and one bushel of lespedeza seed sown in Feb ruary or JMarch will give the most satisfactory results. When Bermuda is objectionable a good permanent pasture is more difficult to maintain. For damp lands the following may be used: v.'-';:...:; . v :, - '- '" ".- . Redtop x. ; 8 pounds Alsike clover ................... 6 pounds -White-Clover . . . . ; rr. ; . .-i . tTTTrr 3 pounds Lespedeza ................. 15 to 25 pounds For uplands : . ; ";:v ' " Orchard rass . f . . . . . ........... 15 pounds Bur clover (in burs) 10 to 20 pounds White clover 3 pounds Lespedeza ................. 15 to 25 pounds In the Gulf Coast region carpet grass (Paspalum compressum) may take the place of Bermuda, but it-Is not as good a pasture grass, although on some of he lighter, soiUJt may do better than the Bermuda. Bur clover: and lespedeza should always be added to any Southern pasture if they will grow and there are few places where they will not grow. :;' .v, v For fall and winter pastures the cereals oats, rye, wheat and barley, with rape on rich lands, must be our chief dependence for green grazing, But for an abundance, of fall grazing cowfceas and velvet beans in the corn fields should be the main dependence.. For spring grazing the same. cereals, and spring-sown rape on rich land, with 'the addition ;of crimson clover, bur clover and vetch, all of which; do well practically, ill ; over , the , South, afford the Southern; stockman ah 'bp portunityto start- his grazing"seasdn one i to ; two; months .earlier than is ; generally practicable. bH . the - perma nent pastures. . '..' 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The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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