Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

sources, bookkeeping. Some of its
advantages are:
/. 1t effects a saving in land to the
extent Of enabling hefarmer with but
| so acres to raise more beef, mutton,
milk. butter or cheese, than the one
with 100 acres who pays no attention
to the growth of green folders.
2. 1t effects a great saving in fences,
one of the largest items of outlay on a
farm.
3. 1t secures a marked saving in
| food, and of animal muscle, ia their
| not having to search for II.
4. 1t increases the quantity aud quail
itv of the manure to the extent Of at
| least one-half of all that is made dur
ing the pasturing season.
D.. Its effects upon the health and
condition of the animals are beneficial.
since the supply of food is Uniform and
sufficient, aud they are free from an-
noyance, worry and exposure.
g.. 1t greatly increases the quantity
and quality of the milk, butter and
beef product.
7. 1t very much enhances, in the ag-
gregatc. the fertility of the soil.
8. 1t largely obyiates the necessity
Of summer following, through It's an
tagouism to weed growth.
9. 1t would prove a boon 10 the cot
| tar, whose one COW must needs pasture
| on the highway.
10. In conjunction with the silo it
provides green food for the stock all
the year. hence every farmer alive to
his own best interests will grow 4
greater or smaller proportion OF green
folders every year.
The only objections that can be
urged against it are:
L. That lack of exercise will impair
the health of the stock-an objection
that will be answered in a succeeding
bulletin.
2. The extra labor involved, which,
however. is abundantly compensated
by the increased returns.
The following are some of the prin-
cipal soiling crops best adapted to
Ontario conditions:
l. Winter rye, best sown early in
September; two bushels 10 the acre;
cut before the blossoms appear, and
fed, if practicable, in conjunction with
red clover.
2. Red clover, yielding two cuttings
per year, and not cut until the time Of
blossoming.
5. Orchard grass, which may be
grown with clover and cut at the same
periods.
4. Luccrn, yielding two or more cut
tin@s a year, and, when brought safe
Is through the first winter, yields a
l..tpnIifftl .sp.n, fA,, t.g.ps - hnct
adapted TO well drained rich loans. in
clining to II sandy texture. 1t is not
relished by the stock SO highly as
clover.
.. Timothy and mammoth clover
make an excellent green food. the
combination being complementary TO
each other i'm their constituents, and
ripcuipg nj the same time.
.. Alsihe clover and timothy grown
together answer equally well. By
commencing 10 emf when the first
blossoms appear, this crop may be fed
for three or four weeks.
Z. Oats and pears, oats and vctcbos
on tares, or oats, peas and vetches
come next, sown mixed, Mt the rate of
say Il bushel oats, J bushcl peas and
2 bhSiti NtiCItS W lut tNLF, lllu III
successive intervals of say 10 days
apart. They make the best ration
when the grain is in the milk. but
feeding may commence when they
first head out.
8. Common millet, Hungarian grass
and Italian millet are all useful as
green folders. They may be sown
from May lst to July LIST, } to l bushel
of seed to the acre, and should be cut
before or in early blossom for soiling.
3. Corn is the most valuable of all
green crops for soiling purposes. 1t
should be planted in drills for summer
soiling at the rate of from to l bushcl
of seed to the acre, troy May oath to
June 10th. 1t may be sown with the
grain drill, from 80 to SO inches apart,
and suitable narrowing after planting
and thorough cultivating are of much
Importance. Feeding may commence
when the corn is formed in the ear.
10. Rape is valuable for fattening
sheep and cattle, and mar he sown in
drills probably on land handled in the
first part of the season as n summer.
fallow on the same plan and with the
after-managcment MS in turnip culture;
it Is eaten on the land.
A bulletin viii follow shortly on the
methods OF feeding green folders.