Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . op-dressed with light api)lications of manure, greatly to the benefit of thegrass. Such top-dressing has been found profitable wherever manure isavailable, or may be purchased at low cost. The better sod resulting isalso beneficial to the crops which are to follow the meadow. It is unusual to apply manure to pastures once established, since thedroppings of the animals, if properly distributed, go far towards meeting MEADOWSAND PASTURES 141i the needs of the soil.
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . op-dressed with light api)lications of manure, greatly to the benefit of thegrass. Such top-dressing has been found profitable wherever manure isavailable, or may be purchased at low cost. The better sod resulting isalso beneficial to the crops which are to follow the meadow. It is unusual to apply manure to pastures once established, since thedroppings of the animals, if properly distributed, go far towards meeting MEADOWSAND PASTURES 141i the needs of the soil. In all probability the manure can be more advan-tageously used on the meadows and other crops. Experiments at several of the state experiment stations have demon-strated that moderate amounts of complete commercial fertilizers can beeconomically used on meadows. The more perfect the stand of grass, thelarger the increased yields resulting from such treatment. While the com-;position of the fertilizer will differ somewhat for different soils and grasses,that for the grasses pro])er should contain about equal percentages of thu. Good Pasture Land. three fertilizing constituents. Nitrogen is essential in increasing vegetativegrowth. A home-made mixture consisting of 150 pounds per acre each ofnitrate of soda and acid phosphate, and 50 pounds of muriate of potash, isrecommended. This should be applied broadcast very early in the springjust as the grass is beginning to start. Since nitrogen is so expensive, clovers should be used in both meadowsand pastures for the benefit of the grasses. They also increase the proteincontent of both the hay and grazed product. Utilizing Aftermath.—The amount of aftermath or second growth onmeadows depends on the nature of the grasses, the time of cutting the first Courtesy of The Macmillan Company, N. Y. 142 SUCCESSFUL FARMING crop and the weather conditions which prevail. With early cutting of thefirst crop and favorable subsequent weather cond
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