St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-05


adopt different method than if he is
making milk for the market. As no
/ two farmers are situated precisely
alike, it is important that each farmer
should carefully look over the whole
| field that affects his interest. and adopt
such practices as seem to be adapted
/ to his particular wants. In making up
formula 10 feed to herd of cows, it
/ should always be borne in mind that
the proportion of grain should be in
creased to correspond with the de-
crease in quality of fodder. When
meadow hay is fed out, much larger
quantity of grain should he given than
when good English hay is fed.
1t must be very evident to every one
that. when grain is rs low as at the
present time, it is cheaper to feed
coarse or cheap fodder with large
ratio of grain than to feed good high
priced HAY and a small ratio of grain.
In the northern portion of New Eng
land oat straw and grain is believed by
some To he the cheapest feed for cattle,
but, in the middle and southern por-
tions corn fodder is believed to be bet
ter than oat straw, and also cheaper.
Hungarian, ON some farms, makes a
very good as we'll as cheap food, when
properly grown and cured but many
who try to grow this crop make such
mistakes that they abandon it as an
undesirable crop.
Hungarian is crop that needs warm,
light land, and it also needs hot wealth
or to grow in. When sOwn early in
the spring it will not grow well, but if
sown between the 18th of June and the
lst OF July it grows very rapidly, and
will produce II large crop if well ma
nuTed
The mistake is often made of not
sowing seed enough. Many farmers
think three pecks enough for an acre
but i've pecks are not too much. When
only three pecks are Sown the straw is
too coarse, so coarse that it is very
difficult to dry the moisture ont of it,
enough to prevent it from smoking
when fed out: aud if it is we'll cured
the cattle do not eat it as well but
when five pecks of seed is sown it
comes up so thick that the straw is fine
and easily cured. Some farmers have
abandoned this crop because they have
1t 1af
1t is important that it should be cut
before the seed forms. This is a crop
that requires to be grown and cured
Just right !; then it is one Of the best
are many farms on which Hungarian
grass could be grown to good advan-
tage, and there are also many on which
it could not. A farm composed of
cold, ltcavy soil would be no place for
it &; and only those who have IA light,
warm soil should attempt to grow it.
Every farmer should make it his
business to carefully look over his sur
roundings and make himself familiar
with the characteristics of each crop,
as we'll as with the soil of his farm, be-
fore he settles down to any particular
crop or crops, to furnish feed for his
cattle. Because an acquaintance grows
and feeds a particular crop, and sue
ceeds, it is not positive evidence that
others can do the same thing to good
He may be surrounded by
peculiar conditions which help his sue
cess.
While we may gather important
facts 10y consulting others, we must
adopt their practices only rs we find
that they are adapted to our own pc
culiar position. BY so doing we shall
avoid many mistakes that are too often
made by those who copy Others, with
out reference to the difference in con-
ditions. - Massachusetts Ploughman.