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Pasture Goals Similar
To Virginia Corn Program
One cow to an acre of Virginia pasture is just as possible and practical as 100 bushels of corn on one acre.
So says P. H. DeHart, Extension agronomist at V. P. I., in a report on the development of Virginia Pasturs Clubs.
Clubs or contests are now underway in Washington, Nelson, Diniwiddie, Halifax, and Pittsylvania counties, with several other counties in the process of organizing. •' ' %s»DeHart
says there are almost 6,000,000 acres of pasture land in Virginia with an average grazing capacity of one cow or steer to each four or five acres. This from the standpoint of efficient use of land, is about equivalent to a 26bushel corn yield.
The corn yield in 1949 was 47.0 bushels an acre over double the 1924-44 average.
The Virginia pasture program can do the same thing for grazing capacity as the corn program did for the corn, DeHart says. When this is accomplished it will add over 175,000,000 to the annual purchasing power of Virginia farmers considering increased production of all forms of livestock.
DeHart explains that the Virginia Pasture Club was organized to provide opportunity for every one to take an active part in the pasture program. A certificate of membership will be issued by the V. P. I. Extension Service to any farmer who is a member of a county pasture club and who has at least five percent of his open land in pasture tltat. will, provide^ % grazing for one cow to the acre for the equivalent of 200 days.
If you have a farm, see your county agent and join the pasture club. Find out about the rules and start this fall to develop pastures that will qualify you for membership in 1951.
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