Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-06-27
WINTER FOOD FOR sroCV

Rich, loamy ground, will bear oooJ ,.o. e
English flat, or the Norfolk bullock turner's aGer
crop of grass has been cut. Turn The soS 81,
nicely, spread on some rotted manure, compost. or
leached ashes, harrow well with light sharp har-
row and sow the seed with machine, or by hand
10 rows eighteen or twenty inches apart, and when
,he plants are fairly out Of the way of Insects thin
sne'n 10 eight or ten inches in the row, if intended
TOT s'ock IT intended for the market they should be
.GKer' 70 prevent their growing too large for the
,;n,o. = ouI 70 hve hundred bushels, and some
hn even '" ice mat quantity, may be grown to
tne acfe' ana ,hey are good food in connection with
straw Tor cattle and sheep, till the middle of The
winter, when they become 'corky,' that the VAL
ne is much lessened. The crop NAV be- cu,,vo,sd
without much expense, if the weather only hnnnens
to be fayorably moist at the time of sowing. and
tlll The plants get into rough leaf. A very small
narrow, with sharp knives SO set as to cut the sur
iace OF the ground clean after the harrow teeth. il
the best tool we have seen for cutivating turner's
on light land, and turneps can hardly be grown 10
advantage on any other.
indian corn will give a good crop Of fodder on
rich land, sown or planted any time this month Ia
not Inc Kind called sweet corn, best for this pur.
pose? We are inclined to think it is. II sucEsrs
great DEAL and the stalks are said TO be as much
sweeter than common cornstalks, as its grain ia
sweeter than other kinds. Some varieties of il
grow large also, and would probably yield as much
weight as any. Another advantage about it, is the
sotness OF the kernels-if 1t make ears the cattle
eat them without waste or at least with much less
waste, than the kinds whose kernels are almost as
hard as flint. II is the opinion of some farmers
who have tried it, that this kind is best to raise for
failing cattle, where it is intended TO feed stalk
and ear all together
WIN The exception of new land, or that Which
Is free from weeds, we think it best to plant or sow
corn for fodder in drills rather than to scatter il
on the ground broadcast If it is in drills, chance
IS afforded to work with harrow and cutivator,
and keep down the weeds. Mr. Newhall of Mas.
sachuseits, whose farm management was spoken
OF In our January number, prefers the drill mode
rows three feet apart, and two to three bushels of
seed per acre. He has raised very large crops in
this way--larger than we have known grown BY
any one else. Another advantage of the drill
mode, is the convenient curing. It may be cut
with common corn cutters or stout sckles, laid e..
venly and regularly the ground, and when fairly
wllted, bound close to the tops in small bundles
and set them in small shocks, open at the bottom,
and well protected against the weather at top till
dried enough TO put in the barn or stack. 1t makes
capital fodder in this way-better for cows than
timothy hay, or indeed almost any other hay, ex-
cepting the best of clover
Ahuet is good crop for winter feed, on suitable
land; that is, light, Tor not heuvy,) soil, of mid
ding richness. There are several kinds of millet,
but the German and the Italian are most common
y cultivated. We prefer the Italian Some think
halt bushel of seed is sufficient 10 the acre. own
broadcast but no more than that quantity gives too
coarse a stem, which does not make so good hay
We would therefore bushe of seed to the
acre. We have raised this grass in times past and
found 1t to make very nutrcious and paatable hay.
II should be cut while the seed is in the milk, well
cured; and when fed, it is best 10 cut it with a
machine 1t will yield from ton to three tons per
acre, according to the state of the ground the sea-
son, &c.-.4ib. Cultivdtor. =.