Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-21
AGRICULTURAL.

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SEED CoRN.-In my boy-days I tried
some experiments with seed corn taken |
from different parts OF the ear to try, to as
certain whether there was any difference
In the products. / then satisfied myself
that it made but little if any difference
whether seed was taken from the butt, the |
center or the tip of the ear, the product |
being about the same. -" '
But in the last year or two several expe- |
riments have been reported in the papers |
showing different result. One correspon- |
dent of the Former gave in substance the |
following: stPlanted three rows, one from |
the butt, one from the center, and one from
the tip of the ear, with the following re- |
suit: 1.-THE products of the seed taken from |
butt of the ear was ill-formed ears with
irregular rows, yield not satisfactory; that
taken from center satisfactory in eve
ry way, while that taken from the tips pro-
duced nothing but nubbins." s5,s n 20 %
In view of this report last spring pre-
pared my seed corn by taking off the corn
centre. 7 however planted two rows in
the middle of the field, one from butt and
one from tips. l have just gathered that
crop from three rows,to wit: one from butt,
one from centre, and one from tip, and find
it takes just the same length of row of eacE
kind to ill the measure. Iplaced the three
kinds in three piles side by side and it was
impossible for me or my hired man to de-
tect any difference in appearance or quail
ity.
The experiment of your correspondent
and tn at of.mine, were precisely the same
so far as can see' then why W.T.. the disparity aaI
Mr.VERNoN, o. sd. rFE es
MICH Cows IN THE FALL.-In the first
place, we should keep no more cows than
we can keep aoeU; but it Is much more
prof tabl !, to get eight pounds of butter per
week from one well fed COW, than to get
ten or twelve pounds In the same length
of time from two cows that are but poorly
kept. aS-~r---sgT. ~ - voEFT CT
Every one who has had any experience
in keeping milch cows knows how poor
and insufficient feed affect the milk of the
COW, both in quantity and quality, and of
course understands the importance of feed
ing them we'll. Inexperienced dairymen
and farmers, in their haste to make their
stock pay full return for the money in
vested, sometimes lose sight of this fact,
and overstock their farms, and then Won
der why they do not make as much but
ter and cheese in proportion to the num-
ber-of COWS they keep, as their
neighbor$ does who possesses more
feed and pasture, and less number OF
COWS than themselves. l never found q
rule this side of the rule of three, ,oand
beyond this it W as said that q farmers boy
need not cypher--that told how to obtain
something for nothing; though some of my
neighbors, who have had the advantage of
better education than myself, seem to
have found such rule, and attempt to ap-
DIV 1t, among other affairs, in the manage
ment of their cows. They base their hy-
pothesis upon certainty, mathematical
Calculation; and then of course expect their
COWS to give plenty of good milk, and es-
pecially so if they belong to breed of
cows noted for their dairy qualities, wheth-
er their food be good or bad, much or lit
tle.- If they do not meet the expectations
of their owners on account of their not be-
ing well kept, they at once condemn them
for milk and butter, and either butcher
them themselves. or trade them off.
It's difficult matter to determine, as q
rule, how much pasture to allow for a
cow, as they differ so much in the quality
and quantity of the grass they produce.
About three acres, however, OF such land
as is usually pastured is little enough for a
cow: though one acre OF ordinary soil could
he made to produce enough pasuurdge for
any cow, If it was only rightly managed.
During the fore part of the season there
will be an abundance of grass, but when
the hot weather of summer sets in, the
grass will dry up SO that a cow Will find it
q difficult matter to obtain living or
nearly twice as much of rich feed only 8
few weeks before.
In the latter part Of summer, when the
grass begins to dry up, the practice of soil
ing can be resorted to with profit. = By
"soiling'' is meant the plan of keeping
COWS up in stable or small yard, and
cutting the grass and feeding it to them
instead of allowing them to run in the pas
ture and gather it themselves. Indeed, this
is preferred by many of our most success
ful dairymen, who think it the cheapest
way of keeping cows, not only in the fall
but tluring the entire season. At any rate
this is the best method of keeping cows in
the fall Of the year, when the grass is
short. "A very good feed for cows at this sea
son of the year Is the green, succulent stalks
of corn that had grown from corr
sown, in drills, at the rate of one
and half to two bushels per acre. This is
the best substitute for grass that can be OBJ
tanned. One square rod of this feed cut uI
and thrown over to cows, beginning about
the first of September, will feed quite a
herd. With regard to how long cows
should go dry, take exception to the
common practice on the Western Reserve
in Ohio, where cows are MIXED only until
about the time winter sets in, and then nj
lowed to go dry until the next spring. BY
this practice, they have four or five months
that their dairy yields them nothing, and
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