The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-18

Sies sunner Fodder Crops.
. ~ ,niury to meadows and pastures
e l.';oned BY the severe drought Of last
e. -" can not be repaired fully by the
~ adorable weather this season. The
- ~ %ae Of grass and clover last year was
..,y a complete failure, and the old
-, .io,s are now found to have been
tin. :so.ly injured by the destruction of a
en- en- - proportion Of the grass roots. The
y a r is now coming up very thinly,
din Il. few dry days may cut off the hopes
en- n :. average hay crop. Every years
- .aaience proves more conclusively
Ishe{ 4. aver before that the farmer and
Iadl ss,nsn must depend, to great extent,
.ptai his summer fodder and his winter
onA t.xnp upon crops specially grown for
me s1srins. As we depart further from
thsv land to mouth practice, and increase
sstioS : demands upon the soil, it is neces-
= ~ to grow such crops as will yield the
''ea' Lest proportion Of fodder for our
I'd ,Tk, Every dairyman should aim to
.tpent sm ct least one COW for every three
ovef ii i possible, two-acres, by growing
overY sIer crops and by using purchased
re ~ sdiug stuffs. He need not fear any
= t9 @rding of the market for his products,
! wy lille moSe than thirty millions of
'oya snpds Of oleomargarine, suine and but
:. Zine prpfessedly come upon the mar
~ y q and 5perhaps as much more comes
~, !. ap it in disguise. Besides, if one can
,uuRga induce more at the same cost as the
NV =. he can afford to sell at a less price
'N d still be gamer. 1t is, therefore, a
% ;, ~ 7, usly matter for consideration what
s g ~ dder crops may be grown for summer
In ~: snd what for winter feeding, and
I, ~. itch of them should be chosen.
81 hs Cor greatest fodder crop is corn.
s. \, = as IS great, but corn is greater. One
Am. rsin corn may be made to produce
ths.s Lily as much fodder as five in grass.
j nm Ire is in enormous economy. And
4 !. M well grown is but little inferior to
Dpens binary frass, if, indeed, it is not equal
aeve, every respect. Corn, then, should
trrs" kte the first place in the list of fodder
nav.! Ops. Much has been said of this crop
dear cause il is-unquestionably the great
|, iron we cad produce in every sense. But
I, and Is subject, which admits of constant
. all bnsideration, because it is one of which
qtick are over learning something new.
and 10 fodder crop it has not yet had JUS
We n 70 dond to if. } Many farmers have
cause own It'll for want of any better, and
q the We fed + because they have grown it,
have ID have Tound}y abused it in private
about ID public because Of disappointments
I un. whichstsir own mistakes have been
d the| blame ~ has been charged that this
either cp me, - very poor fodder. That
You'll true when it is grown in such a man
!, ex. IS to entirely prevent it from becom-
bikty, anything else than poor. 1t has
artef. IN sown broadcast very thickly, so
hnny, n the ground has been entirely COW
orally Nd when The blades were foot high.
art Of the growth after that has been in a
home ns shade. It should be we'll known
4 the " the bright sunlight is required for
Franz nthful vegetation; that some whole
pue plants when grown in the dark be-
pms absolutely poisonous; that at the
.e' = 1T the chemical changes by which
a.a ter and woody fiber become starch
young mssr, and by which nitro:
scans zoos elements are elaborated
ap- ~ 1esh.forming substances, re.
-. in for their operations plenty
'tresA sir and light and warmth. But
keep d these are denied to crop Of corn
. I'M broadcast and thickly, and the
iet y sequence is that the fodder is worth.
ID she being mere water, acids, and innu-
grsa, 6Ous cellular matter. There is then
oKin aourb hment in it, and cows fed upon
ng o. lot only shrink in their milk, but are
over nabled With diarrhea and other COM
> ,. -, hints. But this is not the case when
A;uG corr s grown in the usual manner
mo "A 4 rows, although thickly planted in the
~ al M. Exposed to the blessed influences
sno Ae SUMS heat and light, the stems
'u =, q Wild, heslthful green, and the
nsea rikh in sugar and starch. The
'tuoy, h dow stout and strong and tall,
u.os. ahlQugh but one-fourth as much
a. 1n di@wn as when planted broadcast,
s..us Rsb hash heavier product of fodder.
\ III lnaHgs nst, what variety is sown
az, 1al as the manner of sowing It
~ 1900 6.ld corn Of average height,
~" 4 Aafy habit and inclined to throw
s0i9 acAsh - the best to choose, and
1 "a khy Hat . no taller when full grown
sstsio " nihe Or ten feet Is preferable to q
+. Ia, yW Mind. The writer prefers swee,
! MI; . "a the kind known as Stowell's
ng ~ srsen, : common and everywhere
'h'ths procured variety. ,and.Ao plant this
! pre- oils three feeh6s IN, thfoe seeds TO,
etufa. NJ, four III SpArtin The drills, d
stance ~ seed cppeed three 81 8 place,
ncei,v'. lvsinol ~. vefy heavy growth
e. 4 n; II .s. sna M. nan grown