Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-07-10
From TIE ViHags Record.
AGRICULTURAL.


AGRICULTURAL.
went down to see my friend, B.
III. at his delightful farm at "RosE
HILL" last summer, (and he might
as we'll call it Peach Hill, for I ne
yer saw finer, red, rare-ripe peaches
than he and his goodlady shook from
the trees for us.) When there, 7 OBJ
served, that instead of putting his
COWS in pasture, they were kept up,
and the grass cut for them. AS a
good deal has been said on this sub
iect, of so,Ling. asst is termed. and
as We had published several essays
respecting il from an intelligent corr
respondent in Buckingham, Bucks
county, desired Mr.. H. to give me
some account of his experience in
this mode of managing. He has
kindly done so. We lay his commfu-
nication before the public with plea
sure, and thank him for his polite
attention.
Rose Hall Farm, Aprat rs, 1924.
FRIEND CHAs. MINER,
have not forgotten to answer thy
request of last summer, made just
before my illness, which caused the
delay. But the time of year is ap.
preaching very fast when we shall
begin to keep our cattle in the yard,
and cut grass and feed them there,
for saving both pasture and manure,
which is now the main point.
In the first place, we have been
giving, and shall continue to give,
( to each mich cow, eight quarts of
meal and chaf per day. with plenty
of good hay, until such times as the
grass will be fit to cut, and then We
shall NOW and give them their grass
in the stable.
In Che second place, one of the
boys, as soon as heis up in the MORN
ing, goes TO NOW grass, while the o.
Their boy and man take the cart and
oxen and draw it to the barn. and
put the grass in the racks to the cows:
milking being done by this time, we
go to breakfast, soon after which the
cows ars ready to turn cut. then they
will go and drink their fill OF pure
sweet spriag water, and return to the
barn yard under the sheds, where
they remain until about IL O'Clock;
when the old cow (Gentle) will be-
Gin to stir about, and if the boys do
not appear, they will soon make
noise enough to notify them what
wants doing. They then go through
the same exercise as above stated.
and then shortly so to dinner, and in
one hour after being put in, they are
done eating, then out they are turs-
ed, and they commonly so to water
after dinner, and return to the yard.
Contented till about four o'clock,
when they will be heard again, and
then they are turned out in one COR
nsr of the fieid, and boy can herd
them on one fourth of an acre in one
hour or more; then they are easily
cent to the yard satifed; and by let
ting them have but small piece to
range on, they will clear the grass
as they go, until you get them round
the field; after that. let them have
the field. Last summer we had thlr-
teen cows, and they Only went over a
q six aero lot of pasture, and 4 sup
pose we did not NOW more than tour
acres of grass. But the grass was
very stout and lodged; but they ate
it all clean, except some that was da-
mayed by laying, and got mouldy.
Thirdly, to know about the bnsI-
ness to a nicely, after giving this
heavy grass to them, we made in one
week 81 pounds of butter for market,
and the next week we turned them
out to pasture to seek for themselves
about the 7th Of July, and We had as