Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-06
agricultural.

FACTS IN SoILING-WHAT TO Sow AND
HOW To GROW ir.--Mr. George Warning, the
excellent manager the Ogden Farm, at New
port, Il. l., lays down the following programme
for herd Of twelve cows:
l. Early the previous Autumn, SOW three
nom May Is to june 10.
o. EARLY In April s'w three acre. Of oats, ~
he cut from June II " July l., -, 80
8. Late In April, SOW two acres of oals or
barley, to be cut FROM july L 70 Jaly 10.
4. Early In May, SOW two acres in oats or bar
ley, TO be cut from July 10 TO Aug. 10. '--'-
8. Middle Of May, SOW two acres Of oats or
barley, 70 be cut from Aug. 10 u Sept. l.
q. Middle Of june renlant plot No. l. with
corn co which y 70 be cut from Sept. 70 Sept.
I. Early in July rssow plot No. with bar
ley, to be cut from Sept. 20 until roots and
cab6ages come In, which Is usually Octobsr
to Is.
g. In September three acres Of plots Nos. 4
aud o are to be sown I'm Winter rye Tor the next
Springs use. =
Mr.. Warnings experiences dsnonstralss two
general principles: .e.-, sel'. q
First, the earliest abundant food will DO &C.
cured by the use Of Winter rye.
Second, the best and most abundant food tor
the latter Summer and earlier Autumn time
will be secured by the use Of Indian corn
An experiment was made last year BY tile
officers Of the Agricultural College Of Pennsyl-
vania to determine the amount of food per
acre. Seed was planted May 10, at the rate Of
seven bushels per acre, onehalf drilled la drills
two and half feet apart, the other sown broad
cast. On the goth Of August began cutting, and
on the drilled part gathered $4,000 pounds, or
| 1874 tons per acre.
Hungarian grass is quickly-turned food foI
cattle On the same fam three pecks were
per acre on the zlst Of May. Aug. 2, sew
| - I1v ufta 4, IL
and dried, making o,S04 pounds Of excellent
bright hay, which the horses and cattle ate
| win a relish, liking it full as well as they did
| the clover.
| Josiah Quincy's method Of soiling 10 as fol-
lows:
May 20 to July /. feed Gu, fodder from early
clover, rye or orchard grass.
| July to 81, cut FROM oat field which was
| sown in April.
Aug. to 81, feed sown corn, planted from
| Nos l every ten days.
sept. l. to 80, recut the oats on field No. l F.;
ass ieed one acre late corn, sown In June, every
ten days.
octooer to November feed tops Of vegetables
AFTER December to hext May feed hay and
roots mixed and fuels cut or cooked.
hhcefhe Is most valuable for soiling. 1t re-
i'cs no le-seedins every year. The fist yeai
Yields two crops-June and September. In
succeeding Years it will yield four crops eacl
| ,' '"''e, 'uiy, August, and September
apnut ION per acre from each moving. Mosl
:" lis io'irishment comes from the atmosphere
h'mce u Is anenriching crop us u green manure
Inc following will be found good praclica
schedule for a herd of II COWS. For green fee,
during Summer SOW:
acre early rye the prcvislis FALL
acre carly oats.
acre sowed corn, May l, resown Aug. Is.
| acre cabbages.
/ acres hicerne
acres shSar-heets and mangelS.
10 acres.
f"r Winter iced cut hay from ten acres o
cio'er or timothy, and roots from three 10 liv
a'4eS "dditiolai' As the ground becomes NOR
and more rich, the feeding capacity a, eacl
a'r" WIN he increased; aud in time doubled. 81
.nat twenty acres can easily maintain twelve /.
Illtern head the year round. All the lnan,ir
must bo returned us a top dressing.