The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-01-12

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Half pound seed, . ~ %
Hoeing first, time 3 days, s'oC C
second days, OS Oc
third Z" days, 2OC
Flowing between rows, 90
Harvesting, . OC
Interest OF land, va ''0'
5000
No. Of bushels, $3.50 bush. 10 ,un.
Price a bushel, % cls-Salue Ss4'oo
Profit, s'4'oO
s,atemsn, OF A. o. Buddinston, Of Ley
den -
Tho amoun, OF land sown Tor this crop
was nine rods, OIL which carrots had been
raised four years. The general state OF The
land was good. In 1853 il was manuEet
with fifteen loads OF stable manure, and
produce 500 bush. OF carrots. In The
snrinr of 1854, manured with fifteen loads
ot stable manure, forty bush. 10 The load
spread the manure, plowed as deep us
could. rolled the land aud sowed win IL
oounJs orange carrot seed. II was sowec
Tho o5,h OF MAY, and harvested with ihC
shade. 356 bushels wsge raised, averag
inc so pounds to the bushel. The expense
OF The seed, manure, labor aud cultivation
wa, si5. The value Of the product Of 1854
sll4. q,
Another farmer Of Sunderland on l-sti
q, an acre, raised 1870 bushels, worth So
40. at a cos, OF SlI.75; this would give a
proli, per acre Of $li2
Il world be difficult 10 any other business
in which the capital invested would return
such pI oft, Our farming rcadeTs 'Lorld
nav GOOD attention 10 their roo, crops.
H1,r much should eor cat. Since the
Jrouyh, has become severe, the mllk.maids
lbrin. in light pals of milk, and the butter
ldimiuishes in quantity, in proportion TO the
number of cows MIXED. The reason, as
we all know, is because the cows do not
obtain food as succulent and nu,riSe as here
iolore. and also, because they do no, obtain
enough OF what there is 10 ea'.
How much should a COW have 10 ea'!-
According 10 a series Of experiments, care
fully tried by persons well yeTsed IN the
principle Of feeding, in Bavaria, ,sansla.
II lion Of the repot, on which we ind IN the
Coun,ry Gentleman. oi the l7,h ult, fur
ni,hed for that paper by s. w. Johnson,
who is a, present in that country, II should
be one.,hirtieih OF the cows live weight
Thus, If the COW weigh 600 lbs. she should
have 20 pounds.
The following is an cIirac, from The re-
port - a.,
cows, 10 give the greatest possible quantity
of milk, must daily receive and consume,
one.,hit,ie,h Of their live weight in has, or
an eouiyalen, therefor II more feed be
given, i, goes TO the formation Of flesh and
lh,. without occasioning corresponding
increase in the yield OF milk but IL on
the contrary, less feed be furnished, the
Iamoun, and value OF tho milk will be
greatly diminished"
We cannot, now, say what number oil
lbs. OF green grass would, as general
thing, be equivalent 10 one 10. or one
hundred lbs. OF good hay, hut |, is pretty
evident, tina, mos, ol the mllch cows IN
our vicinity do no, obtain enough now, in
the common pastures"
The same cxperimenteTs also lay II
down thai, in order iha, the cows may
yielG abunLan, and good milk in winter,
lihey must receive a certain quantity o.
concentrated food, such as bran, meal
or rape-cake, the substance leh after ex
pressing the oil from rape seed-similiar Il
oil.cake.) One pound Of rape-cake coult
no, be replaced by two pounds OF hay
When the a,iemp, was made, there wa
found especially decrease in the amour
Of butter contained in the milk. The quaint
" Of cake may be increased to two pounds
daily, per head, and rs in the remainin!
fodder, the amount, Of bse,s, carols ant
straw, is liberal, bad taste in the butte
will be less perceived.