Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-06-22
From The Caifireior.
Selling CATTLE.

makes his views ufon subjecl doobly |
valuable.
From the many l-iers addressed to me /
since the arbitration n your Novrmb'r r, /
numbt of a communicative rel 'iIng To
Bokhata clover aud stiina, y seems ne
ce,ssry thai shout exGl aia v hal appear
IN 10 my respectable corrrsPt ients so
,x,raotiinary-,he wing f'd so naner-
Gus a herd rom so small qulhtiIy Of
land.
NV sta, Of cattle for tho last three
wears hiss not been !, s. than 40 10 ad,
which had pastured them in the usual
way, would have eertainly consumed all
the grass on my farm, leaving none 10
NOV, which obvated, as | SAID, obs
keeping them 10 good cnnd tinn on some
three or four acr S." It would have en-
bett had said, with the ii Of thr,e or
four acres IN lucern, rye, and clover,
which enabled me 10 save more than 100
tons OF eo9d bay.
must olso add, or throw IN the &C
count, lot Of or 0 acres. n which
there is stone CURRY. It's conltinn
may b. understood when say, had II
been allotted 8 lily to one COW for the
Sc son, she would have been doomed t.
short commons. There was. however,
cool wotsr in the loi: this, with the change
aud exercise il furnished, made il Of con-
side able value for the purpose Of soIling.
Il may also be Iriter TO remark, that
own a wood land larm, distant about two
miles from tho home steal. Thnher |
send, 10 the spriug, about dom dry cat.
tie. TITS division left me 0 hand, last
summer, 10 provi'e for home, about 30
head full grown cattle, and t few full
| b ouded h Tiers and several calves.
My resources were two acres IN rye
and clover; both seeds sown Mt the same
tine, the prrv'oas August, and one acre
nf lueefn, in the spring Of lS4l. also
sowed, in orior 10 be fully provide !, an
acre Of Indian corn, bro I'd cast, which
was cut and used for winter foddr. |
began 10 cut the rye for the cattle in the
middle of April; IT was very thick and
quite tall, shooting into head; before thro'
with it, the heads w,rs formed. II was
Gu; high tn save the young clover that
S.OOQ Win W. IHC FNB Nu WI, lHc lu-
ern was ready; stalks rs high as two
and half to three feet. When the lu-
Germ was fed, then the rye d clover
was fl for cutting; and it was surprising
t. see the second crop OF rye 80 thick and
tall. This time clover cut with it. This
through, the lucera, which may b. called
cut and cone again was provokngly
tall, and yielded b aver crop than at
first. Tten the cover, which had been
once cut, was really, and before through
with il, the lucern was again fit for cut
ting. /, and the clover was cut alter
nar ly, or Re together, as convenience or
fancy might determin'. Before my sea
son for soiling (rhe mi Idle Of AugusU
ended, The lucern's third AMI clovei's
second crop, were not consumed. The
rema nier was cut for the hogs, which
had ali III eavings olthe cattle pr vious
~. In fact this proved very beneficial 10
them. have No Ut 20 large hogs, and
some sow5 and pigs. In the hot weather,
ctnine as they were TO their pens, what
the cattle left OF the rye, Iucern, and clio
yer, was refreshing and C ding to them.
said my soil NJ ended IN the middle
of August. Why' Because cut 40 50.
cond crop for hay. Tie cattle were thea
,urn"d in upon III" orchard grass and clio
yer field, up to the eyes, and from the
middle Of Septemb, TIL first of October
on the timothy Fl, Ids in all some &C n.
cres, on which they made but little i'm
preston. Early 10 Novrmbtr they ~era
withdrawn, and put to iurnips md other
roots of which have generally large
supply for winter.
No one can see my grass fields 10 win
ter, without b. ing SURPRISED Ut the thick
and ct se'y matted so that so pei city
covers them. ladc, d. were a sensible
farmer l. d over them blindfold, he could
not bit apple, late tn lr toadirinn, for
their s. ness and Elasticity would Prove
it to him; and this too on some at the
highest, nds in The highlands of the conn
ty Of Philadelphia, washed by the S, huNl-
kill, md tn, more romantic and Trocipi.
tate W s'ahiccon, on whose banks, IN my
70 m sdiate neighborhood, the laurel g ows
us luxlran'iy rs On the sh living slopes
Of the Blue Mountains.
But 10 r,turn TO the (efdiGg the green
food. That cut late in the aft moon was
fed ar'y next morning; that cut in the
morning was fell at noon; that cot a6ou,
noon was fed shat evening. This was
tho general practice. No more was
b. ought into the stables at one time than
what was supposed to be required Tor one
feeding. When the cattle were fed in
the morning, they were turned out 10 the
yard, and there left to t,nd for at least
half an h ur, or while III ir troughs and
stables were being clean. d; then drove
t. the quarry lot above described. Tn
yad was then cleaned, every dropping
put away carefully on the dung hean. -
Before, or by IL O'Clock, thy were
brought home and fed; and by four in the
afternoon, when the sun was Ching,
turned out as in the morning, drove 10
the lot; frrm which they were brought
back by sun setting, and fed remaining
ia the stables ell night. The cattle had
no eth fnod except occasionally little
good hay, which they were provoked to
eat a h ndfu' OF, as often as possible, and
which is very necessary where so much
green food is consumed. If the hay be
thrown to them in quantity, while on
..on., God shan mil buf .U.stH mot