Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-05-15

say nothing about the quantity consumed
if the pasturage is little short, either
from too close cropping or drought. As
a means of maintaining the flow of milk
during the grazing season it is invalua-
BILE, and while it keeps the flow up to or
above the regular standard, it never
diminishes the quality, but rather inn
proves it, and in the change from the
pasture to the barn, during the fall,
there is no system which so thoroughly
bridges over the chasm. 1t utilizes
many a piece of land, that would other
wise, for a certain length of time, be
forced to remain idle, thereby produc-
ing crop of weeds, the seeds of which
will spring up at some future time prov
ing detriment to whatever crop may
occupy the ground.
Now is the time to form the plans for
the coming season, and in so doing let
us note briefly some of the best plants
for our purpose. However, those who
practice the system, and are its warmest
advocates, commenced operations last
fall by putting in crop Of winter rye,
which will yield them good supply, and
be out of the way in time for some other
crop on the same land during the COM
ing season. If the ground was plowed
and prepared last fall, crop can be put
in right away, and good crop secured
in advance Of almost every thing else.
Using spring rye as the stock, with
which mix a liberal supply of clover
seed, and it will yield a good crop of
rowen in the fall, and two crops of
green clover the next season. Care,
however, must be taken not to feed clo-
yer in the fall, if frost-bitten, as it is
dangerous to stock, especially to cows
with calf. Follow the rye crop with a
crop of barley, and, if you wish a va
riety, you can mix with oats and peas,
following with Hungarian grass, which
may be sown as late as the 1st of June,
and a heavy crop secured in time for
seeding down in the fall. A piece of
run-out grassland may be turned under
and q good crop of fodder raised. In
fact, we have known fair crop of green
fodder to be raised after cutting crop
of hay. Much the best way of growing
corn fodder is to plant in drills and cul-
tivate once or twice during the season.
On poor land this has much to commend
it, as the crop can be much more easily
MANFRED to better advantage. By strew-
ing quantity of it in the drills large
crop will often be the result. Another
plant that very well takes the place of
corn and of which all kinds of stock are
very fond, is sorghum. Although not
so sure as corn, over many kinds Of soil,
a larger quantity may be grown than of
almost any thing else. The soil must
be mellow and quite free from weeds, in
order to bring a paying crop, and the
seed may either be sOwn broadcast or in
drills. However, there is not one crop
that possesses all the advantages of corn,
as it can be sown during various inter-
walls of the season, thus giving a con-
tinuous supply; then, if frost comes
little too early, it can be cut and cured
for use late in the season. The best va
rieties for quality are some one Of the
larger growing kinds of sweet corn,
while for quantity the large western
corn is decidedly the best, as it germi-
mates quickly and grows rapidly, and,
if the seed is pretty literally applied,
will not grow too large. BY closely
watching these varieties of plants, two
or three different crops may be raised
on the same ground, which will be
greatly beneficial to the frequent plow-
ing.
In commencing to feed do not wait
until the crop has attained its growth,
but as soon as it can be cut to good ad
vantage. With this system of soiling,
as much manure may be made in sum-
mer as in winter; this item of itself
paying for all extra labor and material.
The manure made in this manner, if
well fixed with dry muck, will be much
more valuable, as well as very much in
creased in quality. 1t will also be fit
for use much sooner than if piled up in