Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-07-17
Agrieml
OyerStOcked Pastures.

1t is not uncor mon to see pastures over
stocked and fed 50 closely as t. expose tie
grass roots to injury from dry weather anu
the scorching suns of summer. The in
stances are by no means rare in which far
ner has the hay and fodder sufficient t,
winter larger amount of stock than HE
pastures will carry in summer.
Every farmer knows that as a matter OF
economy it is desirable to keep a. much stock
as it possibl to feed, and that as "a genera
rule it IS better economy to buy grain and
even hay, than 1t l. TO buy any OF the con
centrated or commercial manurts. By keep
ing large stock and buying feed enough t.
carry 1T along. that is enough in addition 10
the amount raised on the farm, the amount
of manure made is vastly increased Inde,G
any amount required may be made in this
way and the fertility of farm be almost
indefinitely increased.
Cotton seed meal is in our opinion the
cheapest feed a farmer can buy at the pres
ent time and at the present prices of other
feeding substances. Indian meal costs nearly
double while it possesses less of the elements
of nutrition Linseed meal costs about a
third more, that is 500 Il ton with cotton
seed meal at SIS n ton, while we owed ii
few weeks ago that the latter is quite equal
to lInseeds and if We take into consideration
the value OF the manure made from it the
cotton seed Is more economical of the two
even if the price were the same.
A gentleman in this vicinity recently made.
the following statement. IIe bought jersey
cow of Ex. Gov. Gardner, some time agJ
and when she was giving only from eight to
ten quarts OF milk per day. He gan t.
feed her on cotton seed meal and in a very
short time the flow Of milk increased to SIX
teen quarts a day, while the quality was az
much better as the quantity was as much
larger. The milk, he said. WAS nearly. il
not quite as good, in his opinion as what was
sold tor cream in this market.
Another farmer in Hampshire county. in
this state, says that he can make nearly twice
the butter from cotton seed meal, that re
can from any other feed and the same con
fidence in i quality is expressed by other
practical men, to which might be added the
complete endorsement Of Prof. Voelker, the
first scientific man in England, which We
gave a few weeks ago.
We can speak with all the more confidence
of the feeding value of cotton seed meal for
mich cows and sheep from our own expert
ence and observation. The cheapest dam
aged corn We have been able 20 find in this
market was 81 Is bushel and very poor at
that The cheapest beans fit to feed to sheep
were 81 20 a bushel and 50 full of OLD
plaster, nails g'ass and other rubbish as t.
make them very dear at that price We
have found it better economy to buy clean
fresh. cotton seed meal, decorticated or
hulled, as 1t Is prepared by the Union On
Company, at Providence, at S545 a ton, than
any other substance in the market The
cows take hold of it with the utmost relish
and the sheep not only eat it with avidity,
bnt thrive wonderfully upon it.
Now with the best of management, our
pastures, even if not overstocked, will often
get dry in summer and the cattle will need
something on which to IKE out short supply
OF grass. What is there either cheaper or
better than cotton seed meal? We know OF
nothing that will 50 surely increase the flow
of milk, Nothing that vii adj SO much to
the value of the manure and through the
manure t the fertility of the ia IN AMI OF
the two We prefer To buy feeding su distances
and run them through the stocs than t. be
compelled to buy manure. 1t make ma
nure ON the farm, We know, at least, what
it is. and we know how to use it to advan
tage, all we can make, and more if We had
IT. Concentrated manures may be 9 nd, AZ
many of them are, but there is a sort of Con-
fdence and satisfaction after ALL in big pile
of manure under our own barn or in our own
yard and the only way to have it is to keei
stock and good deal Of it. If a large stock
eat down the iced in the pastures they must
be supplied from some other source or they
will not only run down, but fall off in pro
duction and profit and soon show that there
is no profit in them.
Cotton eed oil meal can be easily tried BY
any farmer who find, his pastures getting
short. From two to four pounds day to a
CIV will not add much to the cost of ket u
ing, nor pound day to a sheep Plough
man.