The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-12-21

Grass, after blossom. .byO 20 l5.U 1l5 70
Red clover, before blossom. $40 33 ~ As OF l.5
Red clover, full blossom .7s03.T sc so 0.S IL
Swedish clover, early bios. $50 33 81 As 06 LIS
Swedish clover full blossom. $40 33 6.3 &c 06 is
Lucerne, very young. .......Sl.0 45 1.S SO 06 Ii
Lucerne, in blossom. .......,40 4.5 40 l25 OF 30
Netches, IN blossom. .......s2O3l 7.6 DO O6 l.e
Peas Ill BLOSSOM. .........Sl.b3 BIZ 81 90 O6 10
Oats, early blossom. .......sl023 s.s 65 05 Ia
hye ...''zS ID l4.v 10 w lo
Hungarian millet grass,
In BLOSSOM. ........... .6J.6 80 $50 lilo lJ "a
Sorghum saccharatum. LAO 25 1853 I.3 Ia o.
Fodder corn, i'll blossom. e2O III 1913 Al 05 IL
Sugar beet. .Sl5 10 1874 l3 OIL or
Ruta-baga turnip.. .........6.Ol .6 9.3 IL OIL IL
Carrut.... ................S $50 Id lO.e Ii OF IL
ParsDep.. l.6 "a 10 OF o.,
Pumpkin. .......... .......W.5 l.3 20 LOO. u
White turnip.. 1910 Ii 81 l.00.l o.
Igive the beet, turnip, carrot, pars-
nep and pumpkin, because, in com
plete system Of soiling, these would be-
used for late fall, winter and early
spring feeding. 1t will be seen that the
pumpkin is about equal to the white
turnip, and it is easily produced in con-
nection with the corn crop, at the rate
of one to three tons per acre, and If
cultivated alone, ten to TWENTY-FIVE tons
may be produced per acre. This crop
is not sufficiently appreciated as an aid
to the production of milk or for feeding
cattle and hogs. 1t will be seen that
rye, as green crop, is rich in albumi-
noids as well ms in the carbonaceuus
elements, but not equal to clover or
peas. lfsuccessive cuttings are to be had
from rye, the head must not be suffered
IT, form. If cut at the proper time, it
starts Il new growth at once. 1t some
times grows one inch in The first TWEEN
ty-f0ur hours after cutting, and may be
cui three times in season. Rye ought
to furnish ten to fifteen tons of green
fodder per acre, in three cuttings. II
the reader examines the composition OF
peas and oats, he will find that this
food compares well with clover, and
may properly take its place in the soil.
ing system. A larger crop may be
grown when both are sown together
than from either alone. This c0mbin.
ed crop may also be fed for some
length of time, by commencing when
peas are in blossom, and continuing till
both are matured, if necessary, a
period of about month.
Fodder corn, in blossom, contains
17.S per cent. of dry matter; and if we
allow for a good crop, rs tons green, il
will give $500 pounds of dry matter to
the acre, while good crop of grass
(two tons of cured hay) would give
only 3,440 pounds Of dry matter.
Corn thus furnishes much more carbon
naceous food than any other crop, but
is deficient in muscle forming sub
stance, and should always be fed with
grass, clover, peas and oats, or Hunga-
rian mlilet. The latter will be seen to
contain more than one of albuminoids
to three of carbohydrates-a very good
10 10, e,,ss
Bile, also yields from twelve to eighteen
tons of green fodder per acre. Ii
should be cut for soiling when In bios
som. But Hungarian grass must have
soil in fine filth, and not liable to be-
come hard by baking in the sun. 1t
generally does beat on light rich soil.
Lucerne is also one Of the finest soil
ing crops, where in can be successfully
grown; but it is not adapted to wide
range of soils. 1t requires deep, rich
loan, inclining to sandy, with porous
subsoil. 1t seems to succeed in Califor-
mia under the name ct alfalfa. Hon.
Samuel Campbell, of Oneida county, n.
Y. has grown fine crops of it. Chan.
cellor Livingston experimental with
lucerne in 1871, and reports some three
years of his trial. He SAYS he obtained
over six tons of hay in five cuttings,
yielding profit over labor of $50 pei
acre. Its roots strike deep into the
soil, and drawing up the moisture and
nutriment from greater depth, suffers
less from drOuth than shallower rooted
plants. When well established it will
yield bountiful crops for five or tel
years. But it appears likely to succeed
best and have its greatest value as q
soiling crop, in the warm, rich soils ot
the South and West, where it will come
before and alternate with clover, ena
bling the Southern farmer to carry 6
large stock to keep up the fertility Of
his soil without interfering with his ca
pacity for raising cotton, cane or corn
five take the yield of the crop OF
Chancellor Livingston, we find no less
than l0,0S0 pounds of dry substance
upon an acre in season. And the
table will show that this food is rich IN
muscle-forming elements. 1t is well
worth trial in climate and soil suit.
cd TO 1t. 1t requires to be sown IN
drills, and the land kept clean till it be.
comes rooted.
In order to give some data for deter
mining how much land is required t.
grow green food for twelve cows and
two horses, it may be stated that COW
will eat from seventy-hye to one hun
dred pounds OF green food per day
The crop of lucerne mentioned would
have kept a COW over four hundred
days. Twenty-Five tons of green fod
der corn would keep her five hundred
days, IL IL were proper food to bt
given alone for that length of time
Fifteen tons of green oats and peai
would keep her about three hundred
and fifty days. Twelve tons of Hunga
rian grass would last three hundred
days. An acre of the best clover, cui
two or three times, would last more
than year. But such estimates would
lead astray in general application
Maximum crops cannot be assured il
the commencement Of soilipg; there
fore a liberal allowance must be pro
vided. III. T. T. will use two acres o.
his rye, then his three acres of clover
SOW three acres of oats and peas, so a,
10 be ready after the clover; two acres
of fodder corn, to be fed with tho oats
and peas and last cuttings of clover
he will find an abundance of greer
food In succession, unless his soil and
the season are very unfavorable. The
writer has been In the habit of using
timothy after the first cutting of clover
and to be sure of reaching She right pc
Rod for cutting the peas and oats. III,
has found, when In lirst-rate condition
one-hslf acre in soiling crops to eaci
COW sufficient, but the beginner should
provide one acre to each animai.-[E