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Soil Saver Notes
D. French Slaughter, prominent dairyman and owner of Brooltside ^ farm near Mitchells, haa recently completed another open ditch drainage project. Last Summer Mr. Slaughter installed one system of drainage ditches on another drainage area on his farm. “The open ditches that were built last year are doing an excellent job,” said Mr. Slaughter,” “and the land around them has dried out very well.” % Nearly every farm in Culpeper and Rappahannock counties has some land that is not well drained and could be benefitted by either closed drains or a system of open ditches. “Swampy areas in pasture fields are a great disadvantage in several ways,” says T. <3. Ragsdale, manager of Beauregard farm, Brandy. “They cause an inconvenience in mowing pastures® they do not produce desirable ■ vegetation for cattle and most important ef all they encourage foot rot in cattle which may prove to be very costly, and even the loss of the animal.”
Many farmers are- whipping the ■;;» rainy weather his year by utilising their first cutting of alfalfa as grass ensilage rather than attempting to make—hay. The grass— and legume" mixtures may be placed in the silo directly after mowing providing a preservative is used. If the grass is allowed to wilt in the field before picking it up no preservative is necessary. Both methods are used satisfactorily in the Culpeper Soil Conservation District, by many farmers.
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