Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-29
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A correspondent of the New England
Farmer writes:
SCI lind an extract from the Rural
New Yorker on the subject of feeding
green rye to stock. The writer, Mr.. 1.
u. G. Nelson, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
says he has grown rye for a number OF
years, md considers it a valuable early
spring aud summer feed for all kind,
OF stock except mich COWS. He con
siders it his duty to caution dairy mel
against its use, MS he finds that It i'm
parts Il very disagreeablo odor to thu
milk aud butter. Now / consider il
my dnty, after a two years. trial o1
green rye for mulch COWS, to say that il
does not impart any disagreeable otlol
to either the milk or the butter.
sowed enough rye last fall, ut three
different times, to give mo all. that !
could feed to my stock while it would
be soft and tender. On account of the
peculiarly of the season, this spring il
has not lasted in a feeding condition as
long as it would had the weather been
different. The spring was extremely
dry till the 10th of May, so that the rye
did not thicken up, as it would have
done had til re been more rain, aud then
when the showers came it heated right
ont and was soon to hard for good feed.
Last year 1 commenced cutting the 9Th
of May, and had it thick enough to
make good swath. This year the
first was cut on the 10th of the month.
and it was too thin to be of the best
quality. The later sowings are much
better. 1 have cut enough today
June 5,-that was lodged, to last prob.
ably week. My COWS are very fond
Of it. They eat it very much bette,
than they ever did any kind of millet.
As soon rs they commenced eating it,
they increased in their quantity Of
milk to large degree. And the but.
ter made from them is of a much bette,
color, and certainly of as good qualit,
rs could be made from any kind Of
feed, except the best pasture
grasses. I have much faith il
rye rs soiling crop, and sl,al
continue to raise it in the future. II
lasts but a few weeks at most. but
while it is in feeding conditlon,i it is on,
OF the best crops 1 raise, judging b,
the quantity and quality Of milk AMI
DtUtcT pIOuuceO, as we'll as 10y the wa
the cows put it out Of sight when it wa
fed to them. There can be little risl
in putting in q small field of it. for j
it is not needed to feed green it can re
main for seed, and with present price
of rye and straw it cannot be yer,
Improbable crop. can not conceive
how MIR. Nelson could have come t.
the conclusion that his milk or butte
was injured by green rye, for it is on,
of the sweetest kinds Of feed whe1
young and tender, as any one can prov,
by simply chewing q stalk of it for
few moments, and while cutting IN,
handling it it gives off pleasant otlor
very unlike the dlsagreeable, puDgen
smell of green Hungarian grass.
1 have just delivered forty-pound
churning of butter, made this week,
chiefly from green rye, and several Of
my patrons exclaimed when the boxes
were opened, elbow sweet that butter
smells! think your COWS have been al
pasture this week - which was u mis-
take, for I have not yet turned out a,
all, hut have fed only hay, grain and
green rye. And the more rye feed, thu
better has been the quantity md
quality OF the milk and butter,