The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-02
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RYE FOR SoILING.

August 18th. l>s?.
Editor C"iaR Now il the time % put in rye
Tor feeding green mex, spring TO milking stock.
young cattle or sheep, aud if the reading of this
article will induce some Of our younger farmers 90
try /, will be well satisfied.
The ground for this purpose should he located
near the barn. 60 be handy for feeding. and il
should be IN good condition. Let the ground be
deeply plowed-bui ion, pillow up the sub.soil--
aud thoroughly narrowed, then spread six or eigh,
three horse wagon loads per acre Of we'll rg;red
manure over IL. then harrow this ia. narrowing il
lengthWise and then crossing 1t. The object is 10
make the coil A. mellow possible and % ine the
manure. Having done this roll your ground and
drill in your rye a, the rate of three bushels per
acre. would say here that one acre thoroughly
Pu, in and well fcrtili1el will yield than I've
acres pa; in b. the old hapha4tard fashion. If
manure Is scarce or you need il for wheat drill 10
500 pounds Of Dissolved bone per acre. and which,
By the by. j. better fertilizer for these crops than
super. phosphate.
Last season commenced cutting rye for the
cows April 18th. and by referring 10 my books ind
that the yield of milk was increased four gallons
per day. This rye was Gu, three times And the
ground il at thi. time covered with clover over
foo, high.
Farmers remote from market should also SOW
several acres 81 rye for their sheep, this would
make excellent winter and early spring pasture,
enabling the sheep 20 produce fined sized. healthy
lambs, and which could be sold o1 In the early
spring at good profit. Thi. ground would be
then ready aud in much better condition in every
way to produce n crop Of potatoes or corn with
the addition Of a little phosphate in the hill or
drill.
These are some of the Of rye. bu; there IL
one more way which have tried and like very
much. IL Is when the rye l. about TO bloom, put
your moving machine In aud cut IL all down, let
u wilt day or 10, then cock Il up In good sized
cocks. put your hay caps on, and I would here
state that - caps, costing 30 cents EACH or $40,
will protect two acres Of heavy rye When IL l.
we'll cured house Il and spread little salt on II
n you pack IL away. Next winter give some TO
your milking aud you will be surprised at the
result. The New York Tribune recently had
very able article from the pen Of A. d. Allen on
this very sutjest aud In which he said '';ha; rye
when eutin blossom, according 90 herman analysis,
contains J.3 per cent. of albuminoid, per cent.
Of fat and u per cent. Of earbhy drates, thus
proving u 20 be about equal In value as fodder 10
rcd clover when cut in blossom"
The ground from which I cut this rye has now
. heavy crop Of corn growing which will DO cut
of In early September and wheat drilled in upon
the stubbe. thus yielding two crops In season.
This system Is particularly recommended for men
having small farms, - BY this means In connec
ton with soiling their stock they can feed each
year more cattle. make more manure and make an
honest, independent living and lay by money in
the bargain. Try an acre az rye. F.S