. Western agriculture. n pastures are more valuable, par-ticularly for milch cows. As cattle eat rapidly, they bloat,especially on alfalfa wet with dew. Since horses worrycows, both ought not to be grazed in the same pasture atthe same time. Sheep do best on small pastures used in rotation, in orderto keep down parasites. Shading is valuable to sheep, as isalso fine feed. Resistant sod is preferable, as they eat closeand injure the root of alfalfa and some grasses. If there areno trees in the field, sheds should be provided to give shelterfrom the sun. Hogs do well on small pastures, because t
. Western agriculture. n pastures are more valuable, par-ticularly for milch cows. As cattle eat rapidly, they bloat,especially on alfalfa wet with dew. Since horses worrycows, both ought not to be grazed in the same pasture atthe same time. Sheep do best on small pastures used in rotation, in orderto keep down parasites. Shading is valuable to sheep, as isalso fine feed. Resistant sod is preferable, as they eat closeand injure the root of alfalfa and some grasses. If there areno trees in the field, sheds should be provided to give shelterfrom the sun. Hogs do well on small pastures, because they require littlefood at one time. Shade and water in the feed lot are impor-tant. As soon as one lot is eaten off, the hogs should bemoved into another, with abundant feed. They should notbe allowed to waste feed by tramping it down. 17— 25S WESTERS AGRICULTURE Poultry also do better with across to green of Pastures. Land not easily handled inthe regular cropping system is usually grazed. The rocky. Figure 100.—A stump pasture. (Warren.) and very rough areas will, for a long time at least, be left inpasture, as not much else can be done with them. Remov-ing many rocks is rather expensive. Draining will much improve meadows that are too wetin the spring or throughout the entire season. Some spotsmay be too dry. A combination of drainage and irrigationcan remedy this condition. Brush lands generally needpartial or entire clearing before they become good pastures. Rushes and sedges tend to give way slowly to the morevaluable grasses after the lands are drained. Plowing andresowing may substitute this slow method. The bunches of grass that occur everywhere are rejectedforage around a spiny weed, such as a thistle, or around amanure dropping which seems to taint the grass or drive offthe animals by its odor. Harrowing two or more times a PASTURES 259 year with brush or spike-tooth harrows, or even disking,loosens the soil and scatters the manure. The harrow,su
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