. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. MEADOWS AND PASTURES MEADOWS AND PASTURES 435 Permanent and temporary grass-land. Land may usually be kept permanently in grass on (1) Hillsides subject to washing. (2) Upland at a distance from market, and where labor is scarce or high. (3) Lowland subject to flooding. ^4) Rocky or stony land. (5) Swamp land. (6) Heavy clay soils that can be tilled only at considerable expense
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. MEADOWS AND PASTURES MEADOWS AND PASTURES 435 Permanent and temporary grass-land. Land may usually be kept permanently in grass on (1) Hillsides subject to washing. (2) Upland at a distance from market, and where labor is scarce or high. (3) Lowland subject to flooding. ^4) Rocky or stony land. (5) Swamp land. (6) Heavy clay soils that can be tilled only at considerable expense. Sometimes it is profitable on high-priced land which could readily be tilled if desired. Temporary grass-land is especially suited to sandy or light soils where grass and clovers will not hold for more than one or two years, and is of especial value in almost any rotation. Some of the advantages accruing from its use are : (1) Usually a larger yield of produce is secured per acre ; and when leguminous crops are grown the crop-producing power of the soil is increased. (2) The introduction of grass crops into a rota- tion reduces the labor bill. (3) It furnishes an opportunity for improving the texture of the soil when the humus has been exhausted by several years of tillage, by adding humus from the mat of roots and stubble. Whether temporary or permanent grass-land should or should not be adopted on any particular farm depends entirely on the conditions, and must be decided by the farmer himself. If temporary grass-land is adopted, it may be accepted as a general rule for the grass-growing region of the New England and northern central states, that the clay and heavy soils may be left longer in grass, with profit, than the lighter soils. Whenever permanent grass-land, especially pasture, is the aim, it is well to remember the English adage, "To make a pasture will break a man, but to break a pasture will make a ; Making per- manent pasture is slow work. Once the
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