Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-12
AGRICULTURAL.
CORN FODDER.

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Young Farmer in the Boston Jour
s says can raise corn fodder enough
.u an acre Of ground with but a light coat
70. manure to winter three or four cows. II
manure was plenty and | wished to improve
.le and ! would put on fifteen or twenty
l.a-- u the acre, not more. lest | should
-s, tae stalks too large. Have raised a
4! crop with ten two-horse 10 Ids to the
-,re. plowed in not very deep, and thought
ila and better the next year. Have heard
i 3 good crop grown by using five one
-.1-e loads to the acre, put IN the driR On
.sll that grows ton OF hay to the acre |
would harrow IN my manure for choice.
.-Yl-h have usually practised glowing it
% 10 AEIt land where | could not plow
deep for the stone. Have sown it on green
,EA1i, On stubble land. and after turnips
which J cannot usually follow with any
ot-c7 crop very well) and had good crops in
ll.J case. ! always sow in drills, preferrIng
90 have them run about north and south If
Convenient. Should Hersr SOW broadcast
-gler any circumstances put drills from
three % iour ieet apart, as the land will
bear prefer three feet if well manured.
Have ~JWed IN july, but would rather put
l Ia the last Of May or first of June |
a|tf- "a " A4 N'A- a A44NAlLC uThMQ DIV morse
;-4t burrows, drops seed, covers and rolls at
-e operation, and will also sow ashes or
Phosphate In the drill at the same time. but
can be s0wn and covered by hand. Think
J Used less than four bushels to plant two
4ui hall acres last year call from a bush
G. o. huShel and half per acre fair seed
ag Ia.ways use Southern white corn or
Mary land round corn if | can get it, but
yl.lJw corn will do about as well. | could
ult zee the difference when planted side by
-.i1, SO It i simply fancy on my part.
think sweet corn makes best fodder. but
.-t- costs more and t will not yield near as
mlth. Usually cut 1t from the first TO the
middle Of September. or when the tassels
are gong out Of blossom. Allow it to wilt
% the ground day or two then, if heavy,
turn % not, bind in bundles and put IN
shocks. Set a stake or bean pole bind four
bundles TO that; then put up the shook
arJlud them bind again, also putting a
band around at the top, and pu. on no cap
bundle. There It may stand until you
want TO use It. Some OF my neighbors did
not bind in bundles, and put up as fast as
aut without any willing. | like my way
best. and they do not. | would not put
INTO stacks or into the barn If | had plenty
Of room, unless | could hang it as they do
tobacco 10 cure it.
] raised two and half acres last year,
k1pt nine cows on IL. (nO hay and grain
- only three old cows). and sold what
bad left March first for about sixteen dol
.srs, at auction. Think had over two tons
eft, and fed very literally with it from
the time they came to the. barn. Last win
Ter was 50 dry and windy that the stalks
got too dry in the field. and caused more
waste than usual.
Ii ! could have had a steam apparatus. |
think ! could have kept twelve cows on the
-ame amount off fodder by saving the waste.
That field being old ground, rather weedv,
was hOed once and cultivated twice Dc
1Jt often put a hand hoe into a field of fOd-
ler corn, doing it all by the horse hoe. A.
regards ITS quality Tor food, year ago last
January ! changed from corn fodder to
English hay, and the cows shrunk fifteen
per cent. on milk. This winter. March
l-t, my cows, having had no hay, were
pronounced in better order than a year be-
fore, after eating good hay from January,
and much better than four lyears ago, after
having English hay all winter. | have
raised corn fodder for fall feeding as O sec
md crop after early potatoes, peas and
other early crops. but it does not get ripe
enough 10 cure for winter feeding. Think
good crop could be grown BY using phOs-
paate OF other fertilizers, as 1t mikes 1T
growth quickly, but would not warrant
the land any better afterward.