. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 442 MEADOWS AND PASTURES MEADOWS AND PASTURES. Drought injures grass-land in several ways. It not only reduces the water content of the soil, because of which some grasses suffer more than others, but it causes the soil to bake and crack and so injures the roots. Under such conditions, deep-rooted grasses, as tall oat-grass and awnless brome, may survive; and grasses having nar- row, bristle- like leaves, such as sheep's fes- cue, tend to Kg. 670. Root digg
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 442 MEADOWS AND PASTURES MEADOWS AND PASTURES. Drought injures grass-land in several ways. It not only reduces the water content of the soil, because of which some grasses suffer more than others, but it causes the soil to bake and crack and so injures the roots. Under such conditions, deep-rooted grasses, as tall oat-grass and awnless brome, may survive; and grasses having nar- row, bristle- like leaves, such as sheep's fes- cue, tend to Kg. 670. Root digger or grass-hoe. Some- Increase, times used for destroying weeds. wnile SUC n grasses a s red-top, which have iiat leaves, will lose ground. Thus the changing seasons may be one of the prime causes for changes in the herbage of a pasture. (5) Injudicious management. Timothy may be ruined by too early cutting, time not having been given for food to be stored in its thickened stem, which would tide the plant over the summer droughts. Grazing too close has the same effect, especially if done late in the fall. Grasses may be pulled up by animals or the land may be poached by the stock if they are turned oh when it is too wet. Certain grasses, such as timothy, are perennial by means of stolons. The stolons are formed about the same time the seed is developed. Anything which prevents the formation of the stolon causes the death of the plant and a bare spot in the pasture. Renovation of worn-out meadows and pastures. One of the best ways to renew grass-land or to maintain it in good condition is to fatten cattle or sheep on it, feeding the animals concentrated feeds and, in some cases, hay and forage in addition. Sheep are most highly esteemed, because they eat so many weeds and because their droppings are scattered uniformly over the land. In the case of cattle or horses, the droppings should be distributed every two or three months by running a chain harrow or a weeder over the land
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