Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
this waY cellar or milk room may soon
be dried, even IN the hottest weather.
Flowing Under Glover.
Practical Farmer.

One argument on the question is usual
ly summed up as follows: "Slover re-
ceives all its nourishment from the
ground; then, when it is plowed down, il
can return only what 1t took out; there
fore, the ground can not be improved"
Others say that ''clover, in growing, is
nonrished by that which it extracts from
the air, as we'll as that which it gets from
the ground, hence an addition is made TO
the soil when it is plowed down." In the
minds Of many these are the only posi-
bic lines of argument; while all are agreed
on one thing, that better crop is raised
from land where g growth of clover had
been plowed under.
My position on tire question is that land
that can raise good growth Of clover
is always improved By having the clover
plowed under. | do not say enriched,
for nothing is added TO it by the process,
but the soil, of which the clover is now
returned part, is simpl put into such a
condition that the nourishment which it
Is able to furnish the succeeding crop is
now more easily taken up. Oar bodies
subslst partly on vegetables; these vege
tables are entirely from the soil;
why not as we'll eat the soil? Because, al.
though it contains all the elements of
food which we derive from the plant, yet
1T is not in q condition to be assimilated
by our bodies. Again, beefsteak is, for
US, more nutritious than the vegetables
which were eaten TO produce it, only be
cause it is more readily transformed into
the tissue OF the body. Just SO with
plowed down clover. 1t is then vegetized
soil. It is the same way with manures.
When field has been heavily coated
with barnyard manure a good crop is
raised, not because of the amount of veg
etable food that is placed in the soil, but
because it is of such kind that it can be
taken up easily and rapidly. This being
trne, the continuous practice of blowing
down clover must rapidly impoverish the
soil, as the elements which feed the vege
tables are rapidly taken from the land.
Good Shelter.
It is very important item with COWS
that are giving milk to provide them with
a good shelter early in the fall. cold
rain, whether in the day time or at night
will cause quite shrinkage in the flow of
milk. So will standing out cold night
when there is heavy dew, and at this
time We are liable to have either st this
at this time.
In keeping COWS for milk and butter,
it is necessary to receive the large pos
sible quantity. The feed and care are
very nearly the same, whether good COW
is kept under such conditions as Will en-
able her to give the largest possible guam
tity of milk, or q COW that will give a
much less quantity of milk and IS left to
oil,
may save little in feed by stinting, and
e little expense in not providing shelter,
but in the one cow the flow of milk is
less, and in the other il must be made up
by feeding more grain, while as rule, in
both cases there is a shrinkage in the
milk that will often amount to as much
as the possible saving.
With dairying as with every other
operation on the farm attention must be
paid to the details, or in other words to
the small items, and to considerable
extent in proportion TO the care take
the profits will be secured. Success with
dairying to large extent depends upon
the dairyman. This is more especially
the case when good breed of cows is
kept, and nearly or quite everything de-
ponds upon the feed and care given.
no small item, in receiving a good flow of
milk. Comfort is almost indispensable
in inducing or aiding a COW to convert
the food supplied her into milk. With
stock of all kinds a certain amount of
food is always necessary to maintain ami
nal life, a certain amount during the
cold weather is necessary to leep up
animal beat, the amount depending con-
siderably upon the shelter provided. IF
there is any food left it will be converted
into milk. A cow in comfortable stable
or barn will give considerably larger
quantity of milk upon the same amount
of food than if left exposed even during
the fall when the days are warm enough,
but the nights are cold. And if it is
worth making an effort to ecure the larg-
est quantity it will pay to commence
early 10 the fall rather than delay until
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