Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-15

anu three good sheaves of rye straw if wet will b,
sofficlent bind a ton. In gathering them op nnt
laying IN lunches, an active boy will do as muci
as man In thus way the whole expense Of gather
ing, binding and loading, will not exceed 70 cent.
per 'on As they are very bulky, for want of barn
room,i have Them stacked near the barn. yard 4
funk may safely say TINT my cattle eat more
pounds of stalks from an acre gathered IN his wav
thanthey would from the same acre, # gathered IN
the usual way. Il may be objected 10 this that they
are not ms good and nourshmg n others MS To hat
matter, am not able to say bur 1t the cattle
good Judges IN the case, and think they ought "a
DC adIn'ited as such, they quite as good and
qute as hoar'shlhSi Tor they ar eaten apparently,
with quite as good relish In adalon to his they
are obtained without bro king off ears or breaking
down hills In hauling oui occurrences quite frequent
IN The other case They also furnish more than don.
ole the quantity OF bedding for the yard an item Of
no small moment IN the list of creal urc comforts -
during our cold winters. And lust though not
least they make more than jnubla the quantity of
manure, the value Of ~hich will be duly apprceia-
Ted by every good farmer, without argument II
may be sud that the butt stalks can be altered at
ter harvest, and furnish the same quantity nfluer
and manure AS IN this case TINT Is trne but the
expense ofeatherng both perts IN that way from
The butts beng 50 short and announcement 10 bind
would be three tunes much as IT IS TO gather
them whole Thus viewing the subject in various
points, think this method of managing corn talks
is much better than the old one, aid TINT lutte OBJ
setva,on and experience will convince the most
seeptloal that this branch o agriculture IS not yel
brought TO n state OF perfection that there is yet
room for Improvement
In passing through field ofcorn, about The first
OF September, noticed that my clothes contracted
strong smell of smut, en1 not being aware that
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led TO examine IA little 10 ascertain the cause |
found many Of the corn leaves ueaiy covered with
rust (some'hlng similar 10 that observed on The
stalks OF English grain, preceding bilght,D aud
ihtermineIed with the rust was an abundance ot
very minute bslers Of smut, or something which
had the appearance and smell of smul. AS had
never observed any thing of The kind before and
SMUT Is SAID to be injurious to caul have thought
thai som thing of this nature might w occasion.
ed the difference of oplnlon enterta -cd h2 some
OF your correspondents last faIl, IN record 10 the
uity Of feeding mich COWS with green corn stulks
Feeding cows with smotly stalks, even II" fed to
The full" would probably tend to dry them up
while feeding them pentifuy with healthy stalks
in green state would undoubtedly increase their
milk
In conclusion, | would enquire, if you can
Chrough the columns of The Farmet) give us the
detail or result Of any experiment made 10 uscef-
'hia The damage sustained by pasturng or feeding
English gram on moving land. think this an
important subject OF inquiry 10 every New Eng
land farmer, and submit II Tor the purpose Of oh
tanning information. That good crops soue-
Ilmes gathered after feeding, is well known; but
facts are wanted, which will fairly exhibit the ef
feet of feeding those lands Although this practice
Is handed down 10 us with the claims of u
sage for its support and perhaps might huve been
np,Iia Il
scryaton, have little doubt that accurate expert.
ment particularly with English gram and young
clover, will prove it to he species Of farming slmI-
lar to that of topping stalks, and equally dsas-
trouS in lis cfiec S. WM. CLARK, Jr.
| Northampton, March, 1882