Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-02-23
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farm have two acres set spar; for sowing
corn broadcast, and a Ike smoubt for
sayar Leets. 1t should be good land, deep
soil, and convenient to the tsrn.
The laud designed for corn should be
sowed about the lss Of May, and Lot less
than 3 bushels of seed 10 the acre. -Four
bushels viii generally do better than less.
After sowing, the grcuod should te.welI
narrowed, AID there is then no more work
to Be doue Until it is wanted for feed. by
the middle O.sJuly, j, vii. be from five tc
six fee, high, if.the land is rich, aud the
stalks will be very slender aud sGceUeut.
When pasture is nearly exbsusiet, OF
seorched BY the heat Of summer, there is
DO food at once SO acceptable AID Gouri, b.
ing for cattle as these cornstsiks, and j, is
tui little trouble to Gu, load each eve
ming and haul it into the yard. Cows viii
yie.d the best of mi L aud cream on this
food, aud stock cattle AID hogs will thrive
with astonishing rapidity if fed Oh it. Il
Is ready for use ju-t when most Of the
farmers are scarce Of pasture, ard also
when stock iLf,cts the creates; damage to
land oy running upon it; AID the yield i
immeuse. As much as ten tons may be
gathered frem an acre; ana if 1t is not all
u-ed for feeding before the usual time fer
cutting otf eoTn, the remainder esn be Gu,
and cured as fodder, aud will make the
best Of dry winter feed. 1t is an easy
experiment 10 make, and We eu,Teat every
farmer to give it just one fair trial. We
feel persuaded THAI those who try il Ouce
viii be likely to SOW their corn r sam.
mer feeding with as much regularly a.
they pl.at their potatoes, AID it viii, We
nust, lead them Ic pasture less each year,
until miad!e fences aud pas.uriug entirely
disaf pear.
Another experiment should be made By
every farmer. The reason for the general
failure Of butter 10 the winter, both in
qnaniiiy and quality, is the want of fresh
food 10 give COWS. Slops, with the refuse
Of. potatoes, cabbage, turpips, &c, may
keep them up tOleTaO!y well; but unless
there is bOuuiitui supply of juicy food
for cows, they mus, fail under the best of
care, to furnish large yield Of milk and
cream. Tie sugar beet is the very best
substitute for the rich, kucculent grass Of
early summer, and, with a good crop of
the beets, cows may be made TO yield rich
milk, aid plenty of it, during the whole
winter. 10 England, where root crops
are raised with the greatest care, they
depend upon the beet, or ruta baga, almost
exclusively, to wiu,er their stock. TheJ
do SO DC. only because i. is the very best
food Tor cattle, but also because the yield
Of an acre Of land of roots will 60 twice or
thrice as far, TO feed stock, as the yield Of
The same amount Of land in grass. 1t is
not Uncommon there to raise as much as
| ,O00 bushels of beets or .urDips On N
acre, and 600 bushels Is an ordinary
yield. Here We have not yet learned the
value of land, and We do not understand
It's vas, fruitfulness under proper culture;
but, With proper care in the preparation
IF the soil and the culture Of tie crop, 500
bushels stould be raised to the acre.
With 1000 bushels of teets to put away
10 the fall, tie number Of cows usually
Kept on farm could be made to giTe
almost as bOun,iful supply of milk as
hey do with fresh pasture, aud toe quality
would be bu. little impaired. The land
or the beeis should be stock ground, and,
10 good order, need not be worked until
arly in June. l, should be we'll MANFRED,
'lOwed very deep, and we'll narrowed
The plants should be procured and set out
q the same manner in which teets are put
ut in the garden. Some prefer to dill
be seed in tie ground, and i, is probably
be bes: way 70, those who understand the
usiness well, and give the crop the prop.
r culture; but, in iDdolens or ignorant
ards, the weeds would get the better Of
be beets and the crop must fail. After
be plants get started, they wan, jus, as
,uch work With the hoe and cultivstor as :
necessary to keep the ground perfectly
ean, aud iu the fall each acre should d
ield 500 bushels of the very best riu,er
'Od for milk cows, and for all kinds of
title, that land can produce. They need :
u; little care after they are gathered. A
nigh board box in the stable or 10 a cellar, 8
Used no, less then six inches from the
-ound, 90 that the air can traverse the =.
lie freely, will keep them fresh until the o
ring grass is on hand. We have twice ;
led the beet crop on . small scale, aud ii
e are confident that for feeding cattle, ID
ID especially for milch cows, in winter, n
is the most profitable tha, can be raised. ii
We ask our farmers to try these e{psri-
euts just one season, and they will not r
ed 70 be urged TO repeat fhem-beets =