Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-02-18
f8rllter's Column.
SPEED THE PL0W."
Selling and pasturing-

SPEED THE FLOW.
Selling and pasturing-
A good many careful experiments
in soiling stock, or cows more partic-
ularly, have been made in this coun-
try and Europe, and the result, be-
lieve, has almost invariably shown
that soiling is more profitable sys-
tenn than pasturing. And yet our old
fashioned, fence making farmers cling
to the latter with a most discreditable
tenacity. st @
PAsTURING NOT PROFITABLE.
There may be some reasons in pas
turing land which for some cause is
unfit for the pillow, and yet will pro-
duce more or less of natural grass
but why the cow, or herd of COWS,
to which the owner looks for Profits.
should he turned into q wood lot, big
meadow, ssstubble' or cornfeld, or
even into fine field of clover, under
the impression that there is q profit
in it, is more than csn be easily ia
thomed.- In mono of these are the
cows likely to satisfy their appetites
except in the clover, and there they
waste much more than they eat
When a farmer feeds his stock in win
ter, he is careful to guard against
waste, feeding with such precaution
and in such quantities as will avoid
this danger. The hay he gives his
COWS is sfed in racks or managers, 80
that they will not tread upon or be-
foul it; and still greater care is exer-
cised in feeding grain in the barn.
He never thinks of inviting his COWS
TO his corn crib or bin of bran, nor of
lettering them where they reach his
hay NOW. But this judicious rule he
neglects as to his clover field. There
his cows may eat and waste all they
please--and it pleases them to waste 3
good deal, much more than they eat.
The increase Of milk at first shows the
admirable effect of full feeding, which
in itself should be a lesson to be fol-
lowed during the whole year. But
after few weeks Of pasturing the
great bulk Of the clover is eaten off,
or otherwise destroyed, and the milk
yield falls of rapidly. There is no
physiological reason, except that OF
poor or short feed, why COW should
not maintain a full flow of milk for
many months after calving, and yet
farmers see the milk yield decreasing
daily after the flush of pasture is over
and rarely make any attempt to guard
against it. They seem to think that
if any one is to blame, it is the COW.
She is at liberty to eat all day if she
chooses; and if she doesn't, s.let her
go hungry" To supplement her
short pasture by q nice feed of bran
aud meal at the barn each night and
morning rarely occurs to this class of
farmers, and much less the other idea
that the pasture of the clover field
might have been greatly prolonged by
moving as needed, and giving it to the
cows in their stalls. Pasturing is an
ancestral habit, and that, with them,
is reason enough for elingipg to it.
A FOOLISH OBJECT.
Soiliug is opposed by these men b.
cause it involves "too much t. ouble."
The idea Of ..akinga cows food 10 her
every day ia the year, when, under
feuce restrictions, she can hunt it for
he. sell, is preposterous! But if soil
ing makes some t'trouble," it also
saves some-a great deal in TACT. 1t
does away with the enormous expense
OF building and maintaining fences
a voluntary Tax greater in the agg e
ga.s taan onr national debt, and as
useless % it is great. Tt saves the
I ne required to drive the herd back
and forth to pasture each night anu
morning, which is good deal during
seven or eight months of The year. It
saves very jargs quantity of mao ure,
solid and fluid, now lost on the DAD
or in the fold during the day. 1t saves
ave y large amount of pasture which
the cows DIES 'oy in walking ADO, I, ly-
irg down, aid ioulisg by their e; cre-
men, l. saves Che soil IRON deterio.-
a;'on to some extent, by not allowing
it to be eaten nearly bare, and then
kept bare and exposed to the hot sun
and drying winds until nearly all ve-
&c alton is killed ont. It gives tue
land Deter preparation for tie win
te", by an autumn growth which null
cnes roofs and gives them vigor for 40
early spliDg growth. Itissnres to the
farmer reguler and full feeding TO his
herd in their stalls at all seasons, ia
portable quarters, and a measure
BILE f. eeGom i.om The toi ments OF -
seets, which prey upon them in the
open pasture. It insures beiter treat
meot OF Tie land on which TIE crops
6 ox, :,ecarse the ia mer's manure
p le IS G'es,li i'c eased. A ID all Of
these e. % e." s:vil3s a:e met b. tbe
Sale ne IL tar ':iojEn2 is 100 much