The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-02-07
CROPS FOR SOILING.

! ogden Farm, at Newport, IL. L., lays
down the following programme for a
herd of twelve COWS:
l. Early in the previous Autumn,
SOW three acres of Winter rye, to cut
the next Spring, from May - to June
H.
2. Early in April, sow three acres of
oats, to be cut from June II to July l..
s. Late in April, sow two acres of
oats or barley, to be cut from July | to
July -.
4. Early in May, SOW two acres in
oats or barley, to be cut from July ID
to August 10.
5. Middle of May, SOW two acres of
oats or barley, to be cut from August
10 to Sept l.
6. Middle of June, replant plot No. l
with corn, which is to be cut from Sept.
l to Sept. 20.
I. Early in July resow plot No.
l with barley, to be cut from Sept. 20
until roots and cabbages come in, which
is usually Oct. to Is.
s. In September three acres of plots
Nos. 4 and are to be sown in Winter
rye for the next Springs use.
Mr.. Warnings experience, he claims,
demonstrates, two general principles:
l. The earliest abundant food will be
secured by the use of Winter rye.
g. The best and most abundant food
for the later Summer and earlier
Autumn time will be secured by the
use of Indian corn.
An experiment was made last year
by the officers of the Agricultural Col
lege of Pennsylvania to determine the
amount of food per acre. Seed was
planted May 10, at the rate of seven
bushels per acre, one-half drilled, in
drills two and half feet apart, the
other sown broadcast On the Goth of
August began cutting, and on the drill
ed part gathered $4,000 pounds, or
1914 tons, per acre.
Hungarian grass is a quickly-turned
food for cattle. On the same farm
three pecks were sown per acre on the
Dist of May. Aug.2- sevcnty-three
days after planting-it was gathered
and dried, making 5,S04 pounds of ex-
celent bright hay, which the horses and
cattle ate with relish, liking it fully
as we'll as they did clover
Josiah Quincy's method of soiling is
as follows:
May 20 to July l, feed cut fodder
from early clover, rye or orchard grass
July to 81, cut from oat field which
was sown in April.
Aug. l to 81, feed sown corn, planted
from May /, every ten days.
Sept. to 30, recut the oats on field
No. l; also feed one acre late corn,
sown in June, every ten days.
October to November feed tops of
vegetables.
After December to next May, feed
hay and roots, mixed and finely cut or
cooked
Lucern is most valuable for soiling.
1t requires no reseeding every year.
The first year it yields two crops-June
and September. In succeeding years
it will yield four crops each season.
June, July, August, and September
about ton per acre from each moving.
Most of its nourishment comes from
the atmosphere; hence it is an enrich
ing crop as green manure.
The following will be found practi-
cal schedule for herd of cows. For
green feed during Summer sow:
l acre early rye the previous Fall.
] acre early oats.
| acre sowed corn, May /, resown
Aug. Is.
l acre cabbages.
acres lucern
acres sugar-beets and mangolds.
10 acres
For Winter feed cut hay from ten
acres of clover or timothy, and roots
from three to five acres additional. As
the ground becomes more and more
rich, the feeding capacity of each acre
will be increased, and in time doubled,
so that twenty acres can easily main
tain twelve or fifteen head the year
round All the manure must be return
ed as top-dressing.
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