River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-09-16

lace ny bue dctlOn OF tue noe, VIII
receive and hold the rain water thai
falls, while a hard soil will allow most
Of 1T to run into the valleys and streams
as it falls.
Let us hoe thoroughly all the season
until the crops are perfected, and while
engaged in the work observe and discuss
the benefits we may derive from It,
~ II. Fdrmer.
The CrOps--A Forecast Cor winterinu
Our stock.
L. q. writes as follows to the Coun.
try Gentleman.
The hay crop is short. Hay is high
in market, and will probably be higher
There is a bad prospect ahead foi
dairymen; yet this need not be to the
extent it is, for there are resources
that can be worked up to advantage.
We still have our straw and our corn
stalks, and there is cheap corn which
the West IN its abundance is Offering
us, Corn, however, is not the thing
for the dairy il is only help with
other things. To feed n UGH corn to
mich cows is, in general, to lessen the
milk, heat the system, and to take on
fat-iust what is not wanted for the
dairy. Straw cut or steamed, and a
little corn added, will keep a dairy
through the winter in fair condition (;
better if one feed day is of good hay,
or what is preferable, early cut clover
And now will farmers consider what
they have long been taught, but what
they little needed, namely: will they
secure their straw in better condition
They have it to do, and it is almost of
incalculable benefit, now when hay is
so scarce, both the present growth and
old hay. Can they afford to feed hay
at thirty or forty dollars ton9 Per
haps, if the right kind of hay but
there will be little of this in this sec
tion, as it has already July y passed
the period when it should have been
secured. But the straw of our grains
can be saved and made highly avail
able. Cut when the berry is in the
dough, as when it has just reached that
state the stalk will yet be comparative
ly green, and its substance much more
available than when cut ripe. There
is considerable substance in such hay
for it really is hay-and, as 1 have
said, it is available TO stock.
The grain cut in this condition may
be all saved; there will be no Smelling
from over ripeness; the crop will be
less lodged and stand more even; il
will, Id a word, harvest the better
Let it be tied in shall sheaves put il
stocks, capped with sheaf In Oh,
usual way to ward off the rain. / fine
the best curing done when there is g
little air permitted to circulate among
the sheaves. In forming the stock, dc
not. therefore, make il too compact.
Bind and put up as soon as cut, but in
no case when there is the least dew or
rain OH.
When cured the straw will come out
d fine, pale green, and fragrant the
berry will be plump and bright. Such
straw will be fair feed II fed twice a
day, with little corn meal once day,
and one feed of good hay. Ii is all that
is needed to winter cattle and horses,
hard working horses excepted, which
need oats in addition. Where hay is
quite scarce and horses claim it, mich
COWS may be wintered on this straw
and meal aldfe, few quarts of meal
for day, more il the condition md
size of the animals require it. This il
a cheap feed. II the straw is the usual
straw, ripe, there is but little available
substance in it, and much feed must be
fed. Save the nutriment of the straw
by early harvesting, especially as IL
also improves the Detty and has a
cleaner and earlier harvest.
Cornstalks are probably Of still more
benefit. Although they areas hay with
| the Grains. yet they seem to contain
more substance, or at ibast more that
is available, and are better relished,
only, however, when cured the same as
straw. Cut when the corn is glazed,
and put IN stocks, az with the grain.
IL the fall is a favorable obs; long and
dry, the stalk will be so well cured that
it may be put in considerable bulk, il
not packed too close. Otherwise, il
the season is rather moist, IL must be
more distributed or " will spoil. Some
of our best dairymen feed tho whole
stalk Others pass it through cutter.
There seems TO be but little difference.
There will be but little left il fed in
small quantities. OF course, IN stitch 9
case il would be done oftener. The
way is, as we have noted with the
greatest satisfaction, TO divide feed.
Give half the feed some half an hour
before the regular time; and then,
when consumed, give the rest. Thus
there will be little or nothing left q
breathe over. We presume this would
apply to.straw or hay as WE'LL