The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-11

they require, however, is a simple shed 10 keep
of the cold rains of fall and winter; and it there
Is no piece Of woods or buildings as WIND hreak
on the northwest sid, of Their lot, they need
tight fence where they may frd relug" from The
cold winds
Profits of Dairy Farming.
Can dairy farming be made profitable il Leon
couAty.
Undoubtedly it can, provided lie who ua'er-
takes it prcures the besi stock ftr the purpose
Jerseys and their grades-and uses the best meth
4ids OF raising his cream.
None but those who have tried il hny" any
ilra what good pasturage even our poorest lands
viii afford simply by excluding stock from them
until the grasses which naturally grow on them
have time 10 become well set. Good pasiurage
may also he had by resting land which has been
in cultivation; and better still, by pl'wing under
in Nav he crop OF weeds which will before that
time spring up such land, and allowing the
pIasses-crab crows-fon', &c-to take their
Place | have pasture OF some thirty five
acres, ;wolhirds of which has been under Guilt
'at"n until The present year the remainder Is
woodland, from which stock has been kept for
some years which has afforded grazing Tor fifteen
tn eighteen head of cattle keeping them in fine
condition Even our old sedge fields viii. if
burned off in February, afford oerable grazing.
Our cultivated lands, u used 80 pastures Tor
humber of years. become set III n variety ol
grasses which afford excellcn. grazing
or NlnleI gGdZlnH anu SCllillL no country C'ii
grow greater variety ur more luXuliani crops.
Rive OATS, barley, orchard grass. m ingre, tur
n.ps, carrots and cabbage growing all through
winters | have orchard grass sown last
frl bow growing most luxurian'y
For fail pasiurage nothing can surpass our
beggar weed, not even clover, either in the in
creased flow Of milk or the quantity and quality
o. butter from it. Springing upi our corn fields
about the lime OF our last blowing. II vii, by
tie tine we gather our corn, sav the LIST oi
August or first OF September, afford for stock If
al kinds-cows, horses and hogs-tood ot The
II:ics; sort, on which they will fAitrn as II led
re grain, until il is killed by the frost. which
| rarely occurs before November, and often no'
until late in December. |; gives Us all we could
ask for stock Of all kinds for three months, with
az; sowing. cultivation or gathering.
For soiing there is uolhing grown which we
cannot grow here. Nothing can surpfss for tins
purpose our Southern variety of Indian corn.
inCee crops OF which may be grown on lhe same
AnG in one wear, besides crop oi peas Aid oats
q III Al acre well MANFRED Thoroughly broken,
and we'll pulvCrized. soWn in corn, VIII be amply
- ,hcent, with The tail crop o; peas 4nd " inter-
ns;s 10 teeL. good cow through the Ne4r. Ate
= p.ember begins il will rot /" IT, 50" corn
tba wcims destroy it-bui in our Souti srn bean
II c0w-pea we have one OF The y 81 Solling
cr0ps. Sown either broadcast IN drills il
&. eQ9a,ly Wei. Makes rapid growth, and
Al IDS ; tempting snd iUft.'iNUs food '"r cattle.
= St'f"S UutIl CISN NO ~ tit>t, d!R hHH'N ~
Y.1t asve ln&ia1 c.i0, mat produces more
got 10 given quantity Of land. Ptoperly
- ed. NJ hAv QIals il 70: cattlt. Oar " ca
-. n Pearl mile. Is s;iil another valuable
tolirg PLAN, requiring 20 be sown only once or
tle year, stordng vast amount Of TODD r. m
ANAL alea OF land. Ii can be cut in OIL long
! season from three 10 four times and cattle, al
h"rGh not at frs particularly fond oi It, soon
+ come so, and lie butter made from it rivals in
ii hncss Of Color that made from rye Mr. r.
:. Bradford, of this county, las. summer fed
icrr me cows on three f0urtbs Of an acre nf
/ :,'!ilet, without pastulage or Diner FED
! For winter feed nothing can afford a richer
t ~ "f milk than "nr sweet potatoes, and no crop
!. can be grown more chGapv from three 81 i0nf
hundred bushels can he sro"n per acre an''
/ :lat after a crop Of Irish potatoes has been
gathered from the land Las; year dug and
housed from one acre three hundred and 'lne'v-
,wn bushels, NOT including cur and small folT-
tHes. from which had iii the spring marketed
thirty barrels of IGish potatoes. German miitct
As we'll rs Hungarian grass grows luNui!Ar'l Y,
ard The johnson or Means grass promises 10 ado
IN he list OF our valuable grasses inr soili"2
p.aiurage and for hay. Cotton seed, the r!chesl
al all food for stock, is cheap and abundant;
and We find a moderate qnlniitv, soaked and ed
~ niich-cows daily adds 20 the flow OF milk
aud keeps Them in flesh
rulnips Of AL kinds, including SN cdcs ~
as, mangels can be grown and led 70 COWS from
The field without the labor and - p"n q st"r-
b re as the Northern d.irymnr j. compelled "a
d. Only a few persons have ifi'i dairNlnE -
b'Ielnrs- m 0nr county; bat lurre aTr - br
tt0nd here all The requisites 70 success .lnd ;le'c
- 'veIy reason IN believe It can o' made SIC
i ~c"ssful and profitable business, Mr. r F Bro
ford has from four cow tWO Of them h'.ifofs
W'h their first calves sold butter - fhD ur.uUni
o: $50 90, during thu pal rre mon lis b siG.s
having al abundance 81 milk and i,llicr frI b.
fnmiv His COWS are jersey NnH Their g,ai.s
, and Weld from two tn tour gallons a milk ,nti:
} Pc: day. The price he has realized from H. bur
\ -. five to ten cents per pound above h. mar
ke' price, speaks we'll t.. IT." quali,} 1hef.
81" in our county many localities abrcndju2 il.
fire SPRING. which cOnlA lie utilized for dqiisi-g.
snd in our tow ns and near our raIUA- ice car
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