The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
WILL somnSG STOCK PAY?


one by very many dairy and stock men.
Many farms are devoted TO the pro-
duction of milk for market 20 sunnIv
the many cities and manufacturing vii
lagos Of the east, and as these milk
producers must have a constant flow of
milk, soiling to a greater or less extent
has become a necessity, and those who
are engaged IN making gilt-edged but
ter ind 1t important to feed q little
green feed IN the barn IL times of
drought. 1t is also found In practice
that horses and hogs thrive by the same
course. Nearly all practiced and intel
hgent farmers will admit that where
land is dear and the products Of the
herd aye high, goilins viii pay: and
some viii grant tAat where the soil by
constant cropping has become impover-
lshed and manure become a necessity.
IN order to grow paying crops, Boiling
also may pay. But the Question before
MS is not whether Bolling is or NAV be
profitable to other parts of this great
country, but it Is adapted to Missouri
and to the present time? In localities
where there Is unlimited range OF unin-
closed land, all kinds Of stock NAV DO
very well on the natural paatuts. But
II piece of corn is EoEyh thickiy and a
small feed given to the COWS at night.
It will help very much to keep nb the
How Of milk IN limo q severe drought,
and will el5o prove quite an inducement
70 the cows to be at home in good sea
son. But this outside range is fast Civ
ing out IN many places end III some
localities lArRe heFds 6f Texas cattle
are fed, tnoh3polizing the feed that by
right ought to belong to those residing
near. And it seems our laws admit Of
the leasing of uninclC sed lands for the
purpose of herding cattle, ahd q kreat
inquiry now Is. anong those who have
considerable stock, what are we going
to do tor feed ? 1t is Just the time now
10 put In crops FOR soiling for this and
future seasons. 4 little rich land sown
from time to time will furnish a great
/ amount of the best kind of feed for
mich cows, and what is good for them
will not be refused by other stock.
| Where soillng Is necessary some- ptepa-
ration must be made III the fall, as much
OF least as to bow thickly small piece
of rye, as this is usrally the first thing
that can be cut to advantage. Glover
| usually comes next, and there is no bet
ter feed. Cows fed on clover will give
an abundance of excellent milk. Oats
| cut while green tnnks very good feed.
But think there is nothing better than
| corn sown in drills at the rate of two
and half bushels to the acre-at such
times as 1t is in season-noe is it easy to
| find any other crop that car, equal it for
| sOiling purposes. Oats and barley sown
late can sometimes be used after corn is
| killed by frost, and sometimes turnips
can be grown as a second crop to good
advantage. I suppose most farmers
will say too much bother, too much
| trouble, etc. How can we ever get pay
for all this labor? While land is cheap
it is no doubt best to pasture young
cattle. But it must be economy to at
least part soil dairy stock and teams.
In sections where mitch grain is raised
and but little stock kept, soiling be-
! comSs practical at once for the following
reasons, which are admitted by all who
have tried the system: 1t saves much
land-about three fourths while some
claim a still greater area is saved. This
is being demonstrated continually in the
older parts of our country. Lands pas
tured do not yield near as much feed
per acre, and much of what is produced
is destroyed by the tramping of hoofs
and fouliDe of the stock at one time
III my experience ! was milking TWELVE
COWS, and, in time of severe drought
was obliged to feed wholly in the barn.
1t required but four rods of ground tC
Keep the twelve cows day, giving them
ali the corn-fodder they could eat, and
as this corn grew in a young orchard
with thrifty tree at each corner, which
must have occupied at least one fourth
of the land, 30 that in point of fact one
square rod furnished food for four cow
one day. Each one must consider fOl
himself how far the additional labor
will balance the saving of land. Where
a community of grain growing will to
gether agree to soil all stock, all farm
fences can be dispensed with. Thir
will not only save the land occupied by
fences and hedges, which many times
grow weeds to seed cultivated fields
and also furnish a harbor or home fOl
many small animals that are more o.
less destructive to the crops of adioin
ing fields, but the first cost of the fenc,
is saved, and the snnual repairs there
after. 1t is not necessary for me to es
innate the cost of fc', fences. Every
one in this new country knows by bite
experieLC-. 1t certainly is a large sun
on most we'll fenced farms. If on,
farmer alone in any community chooses
he can dispense with all inside fences
Each crop can occupy that portion o
/
of large or small area according to tin
J owners wish.
Cows kept upon this plan give muci
more milk taking the senson through
although for a little time in flush o
feed they NAV do better in a pasture
As the season advances there is q grea
gain in favor of soiling. Although
there are several other advantages to b.
gained by the system we advocate, W
wi for the present pass them over
only speaking still further of the grea
saving of manure. Provide good com
Portable quarters for stock; use ali
sorbents enough to take up all liqui,
manure, and the pile of manure tina
will accumulate in one season will b
enormous. The liquid is believed to b
as valuable as the solid excrements, ant
to give the best results ought to b
saved and applied together. / am vel
aware that manure is not general,
valued much in this portion of Uncl
Sans domain. But this feeling ough
to be overcome and the motto adopted
''Save all the manure possible, 70
plenty of manure makes the farm rich
and "a rich farm is sure to make tn
owner rich," feel sure that this is S,
from "a few fact, that have come to M
knowledge, one of which 1 will stat
here While doing a little business
with n gentleman in Kingston he spok
of farm he owned near the town, anI
among other good things he stated tina
he obtained from three to four tons o
first c ass hay to the acre, and in an GA
perience of thirty years l have neye
reached this highest figure. At once
asked him how he did it. In answer h
said q" I nee all the manure / can get
and all the ashes and any thing tina
makes grass grow" he said be ha'
two teams around the town picking NJ
manure. He also said he could get
good stand of grass on well-manureI
land. If the times are hard, that ma
will always make farming pay. Other
have told me that manure is worth 8
per load. always pity those who pillow
SOW and reap a great breadth OK land
use manure enough, which if applied o.
one-half the number Of acres the sam
amount of crops would be produced
! So long as this waste is allowed 30 Ion
viii farmers complain of hard time
and poverty. 7 ought 10 have 81
! p aimed more fully the amount of Ian
necessary to keep stock well soiled