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20 THE RURAL VOICE
pastures is also a responsibility of the
managers. Quinte pasture, for
example, near Napanee, tried no -till
seeding. They sprayed with Round-
up, August 10, 1989, says Shier, then
planted August 20, 1989. In spite of
the fact that "the sprayer did a good
job and the drill — excellent, we're
not happy with the results. We're not
sure what happened," says Shier.
"There was some winter kill."
Thessalon farm near Sault Ste.
Marie, tried frost seeding, also in
August 1989.
"Three five -acre plots were sown
with Palaton reed canarygrass and
meadow brome so that the
Seed varieties
tested in action
performances of the two grasses
could be compared," says Shier.
"The summer was extremely dry
so germination was very poor. In the
spring of 1990 Sonya white clover
was frost seeded into the plots."
He says the meadow brome/white
clover plots were thick in 1991, while
the reed canary plots were not.
By 1992, "the reed canary plots
had started to thicken and the
meadow brome plots still looked
good."
Pasture upkeep not only includes
seeding methods. In Rainy River it
also means clearing brush.
"Brush had gotten to be 10 to 20
feet tall and two to four inches thick
at the base," says Shier.
Two methods of controlling the
problem were tried. "One was to
bulldoze the area during the winter at
a cost of $100 to $125 an acre, and
the second was to use a 15 -foot brush
hog in November at a cost of $50 to
$75 per acre. The bulldozer did the
better job, however the windrows
must still be burnt and replied."
The brush hog, he says, left
stumps and some sticks four to five
feet high.
A number of the pastures have
paddock rotation, another
responsibility of the pasture manager.
Quinte farm recently updated their
rotational grazing system.
"The goal," says Shier, "was to
increase animal gains and stocking