. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). FITTING AND PUTTING DOWN LAND TO PERMA- NENT PASTURES AND PASTURE GRASS MIXTURES John H. Barron, Ithaca, N. Y. Assistant Professor of Farm Crops in charge of demonstration work, New York State College of Agriculture. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS In IS^ew York State there are approxi- mately thirty millions of acres. The United States Census shows that about one-half of this area is improved and the other half is unimproved. Referring to the unimproved area, it appears that there are ten millions of acres occupied
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). FITTING AND PUTTING DOWN LAND TO PERMA- NENT PASTURES AND PASTURE GRASS MIXTURES John H. Barron, Ithaca, N. Y. Assistant Professor of Farm Crops in charge of demonstration work, New York State College of Agriculture. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS In IS^ew York State there are approxi- mately thirty millions of acres. The United States Census shows that about one-half of this area is improved and the other half is unimproved. Referring to the unimproved area, it appears that there are ten millions of acres occupied by forests, three millions by pasture, and two millions of acres are waste land. Study- ing- the improved area in the same way, it is found that there are seven million acres of pasture, five million acres of hay and forage, and three million acres of other crops. Without stopping to analyze the agricultural significance of these figures in detail, it is evident that, so far as area is con- cerned, pasture is more important in New York than any other crop or group of crops except forests. On tlie other hand, these pastures are almost universally poor. They are nonproductive. They are weedy. They have a poor stand of grass or none at all. They are often overgrazed and otherwise abused. For the most part, they have received little or no intelligent care. Perhaps the very fact that the area involved is so large accounts in part for the present condition. Before any study of means of improvement is made, it must be borne in mind that many so-called pastures cannot be improved. The cost in some cases would be prohibitive. In many other cases the location could not be made to grow grass, presenting a problem for the forester rather than the crop farmer. [795]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Y
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