The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-08

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that it will at once spring up again fofSn
second crop. If cut before the head forms,
it will commence its new growth Immediate
ly from the centre of the stalk. IF the crop
is good and the land sufficiently moist, it
may be cut every three to four weeks. Rye
should be sown early for soilihg-latter part
of August or early in September for Middle
and New England States, and for the South
ern States may be sown in November. 1t
is better sown with the drill at the rate of
two bushels per acre. IF il should attain
too great growth in the : fall, it may be
pastured if the soil be dry; it not, NOW it
high, sothat it may not smother under snow.
The nutriment in green rye is quite equal
to that in either timothy, June grass or clo-
yer, but we usually mix a little clover hay
with it, or when cutting. corn at tho same
time with clever. mingle them in equal
parts. Have known cows to do we'll on green
rye alone, but the proportion of alhpminoids
is not as great US inScloYer. The proper.
ton of organic matter ins gleen. rye is about
25per cent, .s;sbut the albamIhoids, out of
which the casein of milk is made. amount
to only .3.3 per, cent, whilst the. organic
matter in red clover is 1876 per cent and
the albuminGids 3.3 per cent, making clo-
yer comparatively richer in this important
element of milk. Besides, we believe in
feeding as great variety as is convenient
Rye and clover combined make a most ex-
cellent ration
GREEN OATs.-I have Just received an
inquiry in reference to the comparative val
ue of oats in bloom, with good hay or green
rye for producing milk. 1t was also stated
that some farmers regard green oats as in
opinions have arisen from feeding oats too
green. At the commencement of blooming,
they contain only 17.8 per cent. of organic
matter, and at this period are slightly. bit
Ter While IN the milk they coutafns061
80 per cent and are rich in albuminoids.
If fed in the first milk, and from that to
the dough state, there is probably no green
food that will make more milk. If oats are
cut before the head is formed, they will grow
second crop and in cutting them at this
early stage, we have found it profitable to
feed little hay, or wheat bran or clover.
But oats are most profitable to feed in the
milk, and we find it best to run them through
a straw cutter, when all parts Of straw and
soft grain are mixed and eaten together
We have fed them at all stages of growth,
from eight inches high to the dough state,
and never saw any i'll effects, but regard the
early milk stage as the proper time to begin
feeding.
LUCERNE (Medicago satiua )-This
plant is the same as the California alfalfa,
and has often been mentioned as a soiling
crop. Its nutritive qualities stand very
high, and where it thrives may be cut three
times in season. This crop has great
reputation among the Germans and French.
1t was stated that the mowers at the French
Exposition We're tested iuscutting q crop of
lucerne, onthe 23d of May}two and half
feet high, and that the same machines had
another contest on the same field, in cutting
new crop, quite as large, on the Goth Of
July. 1t is one of the oldest of the cultiva.
ted forage plauts-was in common use
among the Greeks and Romans. Chapoel.
lor Livingston experimental with it in 1871.
and reports some three years Of his trial
He, reports over six tons in season from
five cuttings. 1T needs deep, rich loan,
inclining to sandy, with porous subsoil or
q ell-drained clay Iloani-is a native Of the
south of Europe, and does not always with
stand our winters north of forty degrees
cannot make it's way against weeds when
young-is usually hoed in. Europe the first
year, and top dressed in the fall with we'll.
rotted manure. When once we'll establish.
ed, its roots strike deep into the soil, and
draw up the, moisture and food for its SUP
port, and wilfoften yield,bountiful crops'fo
ten years. II
ORCHARD GRASS, AND Red. CLOVER
Clover is too familiar to farmers to need
description. !. But orchard grass (Ddctyhs
glomerata) is not generally grown, and
should become moro common AS soiling
crop, it has some conspicuous advantages.
1t grows and ripcns at tho same time with
red clover, and thus furnishes az excellent
combination of green food. A much larger
crop is raised when both are grown togeth-
er than with either alone. They should be
cut just before coming into blossom, and in
moist seasons will furnish three cuttings
Make the soil fine, and SOW 20 pounds of
orchard grass and IL pounds of clover.
MILLET AND HUNGARIAN GRAss.-Mil-
let Panicums milteaceuns) on dry, rich
and light soil, will furnish an abundant Weld
of green food of the best quality. But it
is not adapted to heavy soils, which do not
easily puverizc. 1t can be sown from the
middle of May to the first of July, broadcast,
one bushcl to the acre. For soiling, should
be cut in bloom Hungarian mile or grass
(fdn'c"n, Ge'manicun) belongs to the
same family as millct. and has been raised
quite extensively in some sections for winter