St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-12-24

81 NV nuns. llc leu lnem again up
on hay. He watered but once a day
A nelghbor of Mr.. Spaulding bore testi
mony TO the thriving condition of hi
stock under the mode of treatment mar
rated
Mr. Drew cut twenty or more acre,
OF gram. lie cut it early and took rs
much pains with it as he did with hi.
hay. lie fed straw and found it useful,
especially so when roots and grain were
fed with ii. lie cut his grass early, and
almost finished haying before some Others
commenced. Late cut hay he esteemed
OF very little more value that straw.
Abel Goss, of Waterford, wished to
inquire if cows coming in, should be
kept i'll or turned out during winter T!
He kept his in. Mr.. Cole answered,
saying he kept his teu in last year. They
all did well, better, much better than
they did when he let them run out a por-
tlon of the day.
Joel Fletcher, of st. Johnsbury, re-
marked that, according to his experience.
cattle should be kept in warm stables.
and turned out TO drink only once day.
Then they wonld always drink. He
found ii useful to mix straw and hay in
feeding cattle. lie had wintcred two
years old cattle almost exclusively upon
straw, and by giving them good pasture
the succeeding summer they had thrivcn
quite well. He was Of opinion that the
custom, so common with some farmers
OF feeding and moving their NOW lands
a second time. was ruinouS. lie had
witnessed, side he side, pieces moved a
second time and unmowcd pieces, when
the result fully substantiated this opin-
ion. In regard TO root crops no farmer.
large or small. could afford to raise less
than one acre of turnip- yearly. They
should he >owed early to insure u crop.
even before the tim Of planting corn.
Mr. Drew, Of Danville, concurred
with Mr.. Fletcher in his views in refer
enc 10 feeding moving lands, and the
and manner of raising tur-
nin>,
Auorrw Warden, of Barnet. sa;l lie
had found that mice did great iuiury
when the second crop of grass was al
lowed Git considerably to remain uncut
or untrd. lie had found il profitable to
pack ms straw and corn fodder and feed
in the tall or early winter. Clover also.
cut early, was better for milch cows
than grern corn fodder 1t greatly in
rrca-cs the flow If milk and also liz rich
hess
y. J. Willard, OF ST. Johnsbury. -ug-
gc~trd that III regard to food for stock it
was ot consequence t" "-,ert"i" lrtr ar
liti'- NoIldill'l Tue 1lpSl lulIllntlt.
Hay and straw Gu; early were much
more nutritious than when cut la.c
Stock, il ted upon carly cut hay, would
increase a. fast IN winter ~ upon grass
i'll the summer l.. \. Parks. of Wa
tcrtord, deemed il necessary to cut
crops carly to insure the best result, in
%rowing stock. lie used straw for bed
ding. Was III the habit of feeding his
sheep with shorts and turnips. and his
cows with grain. He found the second
crop of grass most excellent fodder for
sheep i'll early winter Was not i'll favor
of feeding moving or of cutting a second
crop of gra>> only 10 a limited extent.
When the crop was large did not think
serious injury was sustained 10y so doing.
Other gentlemen made brief remarks,
when the club adjourned to meet Fri
day, Dec. n. at the Hall of the Avenue
Hotel, at 10 o'clock, l.. VI. Subject for
best way of fattcning
stock"