Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-19
eAasitan Mral


oeiu,xs Cnora.s-A correspondent q lhe
American Fdrmer gives some ACCOUNT " his
management OF soiling crops. Hesays: "bly
herd numbers about thirty head, mixing. Tue
last Of august or first Of September broadcast
two bushels OF rye on one acre OF eound, and
Eve bushes Of wheat on two aerstrthe land
being rich and well prepared, and as convenient
to the stable a. possible. As eafy " ne
Spring IS tie season v VI allow tls rt ~ tnres
Bx the time half the rye 10 fed 20 wheat b
ready 10, commence on. \ mix With the
rye at trst, 70 an extent that viii prFent scour-
ing, which the sudden change from winter to
ali green feed viii produce. As 5pons asI be-
gin cutting the wheat, the rye 4at Is left Is
made into hay, and the ground Repared and
sowed TO corn, two and q half TO TREE bushels
to the acre, broadcast. l am nov satisted,
however, having tested 1t last year that better
results are Obtained by sowing be corn In
drills, two and half or three faethpart, Guilt
waiting first with the Thomas harrot, and then
twice working with cultivator.
The wheat l cut twice and hau cut three
times. The wheat left il made ito hay, and
the wheat z: ound put into soweJcorn. The
oats were then fed until the cord OH the rye
ground was ready for feeding. Ihave some-
| times had to feed few days Oh clofer between
oats and the first corn. but usually have good
| lot of oats TO make Into hay. -s4
From six acres, a. shove, beside, that fed to
thirty mich cows, feed six homes to some
extent, and have Of rye, wheat, oais, and cuisd
corn fodder enough to last until alter the holi-
days. Bowed corn, HUNGARIAN grass, sugar
beets--plan,s grown to set out al this time-I
put in oats ground. My practice is to cut all
my green feed with straw-cuttef and mix with
wheat. bran. corn-chop, &c. Cured corn-fod d
der and fodder from planted cGn l cut with
Wagner j. Mathews fodder. cuter, which al
ter cutting II in lengths Of two or three inches
passes them between masticatoit putting 1t In
better condition for feeding than any machine
have seen. There Is then no danger OF sore
mouthed cattle from hard or Sharp edges OF ctil
corn-stalks, but the whole Is made soft, and
cattle and sheep eat it clean. "a
stabilized altogether, and an careful 10 havt
my land well MANFRED and pu, into such con
dillon as will insure good soiling crops. thlnl
by this system only can we make the amount
Of MANURE TO use so literally and besides fint
great advantage in having only the one LOT
with shade and water for cattle TO run in
They are not restless as when pastared, look
ing for changes, and produce more milk and
butter by being kept quiet.
The particular crop Of todder-coru mention
ed to you and concerning which you now Ia
qyire, was one bought when carrying on
milk farm near Baltimore. For one acre
corn paid $3.50, and cut and hauled it a mil,
and even at this cost believe il was the cheaI
est food bought that Summer.
My experience with Hungarian grass last set
son was very satisfactory ! sowed one bush,
" the acre about the middle Of Jure. II gre
oil finely and yielded me fully three tons to II
acre, as | believe. 1t makes most excellen
feed both for horses aud cows. Both eat
with relish ; the former fittening on il, au
the latter, Incredible as il may appear, increa
, Ing their yield of butter beyond what they gs'
= when fed on upland hay.