Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-09-21
House, Farm and Garden
/. d. r. COLLINS, Editor.
RAISING BarIey---Feeding Cows.


The venerable John Johnston of Gene
va, n. Y, was able to visit early this sum-
mer his friend, Joseph Harris of ROches
ter. Mr.. H. alludes to this visit in his
"Walks and Talks on the Farm" in the
Agriculturist, for August. We copy the
following paragraphs:
All this time. Mr. Johnston, who was
tired by his journey, said little. Like all
sensible and agreeable men, he is a good
listener. But after dinner we got him talk
ing about his own farm experimental
what rich experience it has been When
he made his frs purchase, "You will starve
on that land" the neighbors said. He
drew out large quantity of manure that
had been accunulating for years, and put
it on to a field lie was about to SOW to bar
ley. "You are throwing away your time
and money" was all the encouragement he
received and what was worse than all, the
barley itself seemed to confirm their opin-
ion. TWAS miserable crop! Poor John
stOn 1t must have been bitter pill to
swallow. But his faith was strong, ana
he kept busily at work. He moved and
got together what little barley there was,
and ploughed the land twice, narrowed it
thoroughly, and then sowed wheat. And
this time he gothis reward. 1t was great
crop. NO crop" he remarked, requires
! and tbnrot,rrh a
as barley. Land that is rich enough TO
produce good crop of barley will be rich
enough after the barley is off to grow
good crop of wheat without more manure"
The next mcning, after having been to
the BARNARD. where the men were milking
the cows. be asked, What makes your
cows so thin? You could not have win
tered them we'll This remark took me
down" considerably. l rather prided my
self on feeding tie cows so well in winter
| And have been for several weeks feeding
them steamed ptatoes and a little corn
meal and besiGes this their pasture Is cap
| ital In fact. / have been a little afraid of
getting my COWS too fat. | feed higher
than anybody disc in the neighborhood,
and then to be old that the COWS are thin
Well, if Mr.. J. 3ays 50 all right. | will
feed higher. | believe in supplying all
the food a COW can turn into butter. And
| believe, too j. making COWS fat in win
ter being satisfied that with good COW,
we get all the fit back again in the form Of
butter during tie summer.
Mr.. Johnstor's cows are grade Short
horns, and are very fat, but they give a
large quantity Of milk. He says, there is
nothing like D1rhams." He has Just sold
a two years oldheifcr to the butcher foI
SIG. She weighed 1900 pounds or 50
Except for the last few months, she haG
nothing but crlsS and hay. But then hi:
grass is Of thebest quality. He believes
as | do, that On dry land, the more YOU
cultivate it, and the more manure you Use
the more nutritious will be the grass. Few
understand wat an immense advantag,
this is. Mr.. J. has to milk his cows three
times day, and gets pailtul each time
and the COWS have nothing but hay anC
grass, winter md summer But the trutl
Is, that it would take two or three quart
of corn meal to make . pound, Of ordina
ry hay equalto that Mr.. J. gets from hi
thoroughly mderdrained clean, and richl,
manfred Lame Those of us who are try
ing to improve our farms should take en-
enlargement, the advantages to be game,
are greater it every way than most Of u
understand