Winter Pasturage

ïhere is nothing that eqnals blucgrass for winter pasturage. It grows thick and when once well cstablished on a soil, posesses great vitality. Timothy and red clover, the most fashionable of all our forage crop3, and the ones most generally eultivated, are entirely uusuitedfor winter pasturage. They grow quickly, mature large stalks and considerable seed, but a comparatively small amount of fohage, which loses it value if it is cxposed to the changea of the weathcr. Orchard grass, thuugh excellent for anrmnpr pasturase, is very poor for pasturage during l-he winter. The stalks ave too tall and the leaves not sufflciently üue to pack close togetlier. The coarse grass that grows naturally on the prairies is objectionable on the latter account. Red-top is the best substituto for blue grass or any of the more comuion grass. Of course winter pastures are of no valué in portions of the country where the ground is covered with ehow for four or five months, and they are of comparatively little vaiue in most of the extreme Süuthem statca. The best winter pastures in the states are found between the thirty-flftli and forty-second degreea of north latitude. Some believe there is no economy in winter pastures now that grass can be cut or put in staük or mow by the aid of machinery for a dollar per ton, and in some places for aleas sum. iiui ine best stoekmen in this state tliink otherwise. they say that a mixture of green and dry feed like that afïorded by a winter pasture of blue-graas that has not been disturbed during the summer months is the best for stock. The saving of labor effected by having a winter pasture for cattle is very considerable, lt not only saves eutting, curing, and stacking the grass, but save? the trouble of feeding it out to the stock. Col. Gülett, of Logan county, states that he considers the product of hisland devoted to winter pasture of equal value for stock-feeding puiposes to that of the corn raised on the same number ot' acres. He keeps stock away from lus winter pasture3 during the slimmer, as he does frorn öelds