- Corstorphine pasture C. B. 191
- Aberystwyth pasture-hay S. 48
- Cornell hay 1777
The two pasture types (Aberystwyth pasture S. 50 and Corstorplpasture C. B. 191) are of special value because of their creeping habi growth, which results in the production of a close sward and in persistence of the plants under grazing conditions. Unfortunately, supplies are not plentiful. If improved strains are unobtainable, commercial timothy should be used.
Wild white clover
- Kent old pasture
- New York old pasture
Seed of these strains grown in New York should be certified by the York Seed Improvement Association. Seed grown in England should certified as Grade A or Grade B by the Ministry of Agriculture. Uncertified seed should only be accepted if it has been examined and approved by Division of Seed Investigations, at Geneva, New York. This applies; to seed of strains of perennial ryegrass, timothy, and birdsfoot trefoil
Other constituents
Commercial strains of Kentucky bluegrass, Canada bluegrass, rough-stalked meadow grass, and yellow trefoil should be used, as improved strains are not yet available.
Inoculation
The legume seeds included in the Cornell pasture mixture should inoculated when sown in fields that have not grown similar legumes We previously. The inoculation culture required for wild white clover is same as that used for red clover. Yellow trefoil requires the same type culture as that used for alfalfa. Birdsfoot trefoil requires a special cull obtainable from the Department of Agronomy at Cornell University should not be sown without inoculation.
PROVISION FOR ADDITIONAL GRAZING IN JULY, AUGU SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER
THE PASTURE growing season in most of New York is from about Apr l to November 1. In a normal season, good improved pastures w, grazed alternately may provide grazing from about May 1 to October
Usually pasture growth is most rapid in late May and early Septem when soil temperature and moisture conditions are most favorable. ' period of least growth is between June 15 and August 15. Slow gro' also occurs in October. The development of a dense sward of wild w] clover, by improving soil and soil moisture conditions, leads
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