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Re-Seeding In general. a pasture that has less than a 50 per font stand <V desirable grasses and legume-, should be io-seeded. Tne proper se of lime, liberal use of a complete fertilizer and re-seeding is the quickest way to bring back a run-down pasture. One Field Not F.nough The most days of grazing can. not be had with one pasture field. A system of pastures must be developed, using mixtures which give hijjh yields at different times in the year. Seeding Date*
Seed aftei first good rain in September and up to October 1, or during February or early in March. Fertilizer And Lime
1. Have soil tested. Lime to approximately pH 6.0.
2. Thfo..maximum rates of fertilizer " sh<e" Id be used on soils low in plant food.
Ik At time of seeding-, 1 se 600 to 1000 lbs. of 2-12-12 per acre.
4. Topdress each spring, use 000 to 800 lbs. per acre of 0-1212.
Lower Cost Milk Will Be
Made From Good Pasture
(By Jamei N. Leckie)
High producing dairy cows and plenty of good pastures provide the ideal combination for the dairyman that must lower milk costs. Good pastures fed to poolproducers will not produce low cost milk, neither will poor pastures fed to good cows. The combination of good cows and good pastures- will provide the foundation for low cost milk production.
A large dairy cow will eat from. 100 to 150 pounds of grass^daily* if it is available in sufficient quantities so she can graze it quickly. If she must walk over a large area for several hours to get a fill, she will not produce too efficiently, because so much of the food energy is consumed in locomotion, that should go into production. In the end the cowwill lose body weight and therefore will not maintain a long level of production. This is especially true of high pTTxlucing cows in their peak periods of production. The ideal pasture is one in which the cow will be able to glaze her fill in from one to two hours twice daily and which' will furnish an abundance of quality food nutrients. The cow consuming her pasture in two or three hours will have from six
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