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Woodlands Make
Poor Pasture
“Woodlands make pool pasture” says Forester William C, Vemam of the Virginia Division of Forestry. Cattle and trees are similar to alcohol and driving, they don’t go together.
Grazing livestock severely bark and wound the roots and trunks of trees at or near ground level opening the way for insect and disease attack. Rot and othei types of defect are the result with the butt log, the most valuable part of the tree for lumber usually being a total loss when the tree is harvested at maturity
Grazing animals also browse and trample young seedlings, the forest of the future. Seedling! that are not killed outright by the animals become deformed anc develop into low value tree! producing low value product! when harvested.
Research shows that 9 acres 01 more of woodland are needed U support one cow while 2 acres ol improved pasture can do the sam< job only much better. Trees anc grazing animals do not gc together.
To get the maximum retun from both livestock and trees Forester Vemam recommend fencing woodland tracts tc protect them from grazing Federal cost sharing assistance k available to landowners interestec in fencing their woodlandi through the Rappahannocl County Agriculture Conservatioi Program. Landowners interestec in cost sharing assistance on i woodland fencing project shoulc contact Mr. James W. Coates a the ASC Office in Washington Virginia and sign up for the fencing practice under Forestry Practice B-10 Improving a Stanc of Forest Trees. Fence now fo benefit of cattle and woodlandi 5S
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