The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-12-10

much as manure made by steers, and that as
scrtion was cUrrobOrated by MIR. Moores. Why
| there is such Il large difference i'll the manure
| do not know. Where there are large mum
! Der Of cattle on the same land, it would be bet
| ter to change them to other pastures, thus Civ
| ing the land Il rest. Donut think it practicable
70 fccl. cattle grain while they are on pasture
| ". Beatty Hurlau-"I have had but little
| practical experience raising cows. | agree
| with those who have spoken before me that
| where cows are kept, the land does not improve
| as where steers are raised. Cows utilize Il
| larger percentage of grass than steers. The
| tramping-Df cows over the fields III wet weather
does serious injury to fields i'll stunning the
growth of tine sod
+. p. Muurrs-"I have noticed that where
stock cattle are futtcning the ground is gener-
ally good. On IL number of farms bordering
on Deer Creek In the vicinity of Dublin, where
large herds of cows are kept, the land Is not in
the condition it should he. Thinks the cattle
manure is the best"
Col. Othu :. Lee have had no experience
with STOCK raising, but have observed that
farmers who fattcn cattle generally have GOOD
farms In fact they have to have good farms
to futtcn steers"
J. l.. McCormick-"Th chemists say that cat.
tie make better manure than COWS. Dairy
business requires good pasture. Cows will
make more manure than stock cattle, because
they cat more. The manure made by my cows
is better than | can buy. Have twcnty-four
cows on pasture land. and the manure made
by them, which is put back on the land, pro-
ducrs better results than that from steers. We
should get from good cows 500 or $50 Il year
each, by setting milk. More money can he
made by selling butter than by selling milk.
Thinks the farms of dairymen are generally
better than stock raising farms. Would not
feed cusilagc To cattle i'll the fields, rs great
deal of it is wasted and scattered over the
the ground, but would place it i'll trOughs and
make the cattle eat from them. also feed my
cattle cotton seed and linseed."
Frank II. Jacobs-"I think farmers cave to
have better lands for raising steers than for
cows, for the reason the former only eat occa-
siOnully during the day, but will get full and
then lie down to rest, which in itself is also
fattCuing. Think dairymen will find that If
they kept about twenty or thirty cows on
about one hundred acres of land, 1t would
thrive better. Great trouble with dairynen
nowadays is that they overstock their farms.
p. II. Close-"I have not had much practical
experience. From what ] have heard here, it
seems to me that it is difficult to arrive at
true comparison between beef and mich catte
III their respective merits as grnZing stock, I'M
less we can more nearly equalize the condi-
tions. l would ike to enquire if it is not the
fact that the smaller breeds of cattle, such as
are used for dairying purposes, are inclined to
range further and forage more extensively
than the larger beef breeds. and ut the same
IrriI pF fond fu
ing from the land, head Tor head. more than a
beef steer? /: this is so, by keeping cows the
lands are pastured more intensely, nutrinent
must De returned to the soil in the same ratio,
or the lands will suffer-"
ThOs. II. RobinsUn-"U Undoubtedly the best
pasture lands are found where cattle are rails
ed. Eairymcn OvcrstOck their FARMS as they
place too many cows ON small property"
George Il. Carnes-"Dairy farmers are i'm
proving their farms more than stock raisers,
because their thoughts are concentrated on
their farms. and how best to improve them"
Harry siiver-"I do not believe that dairy
farms are rs good as those on which stock cat
tie are raised. Can give no reason for it, cX-
ccpt that on dairy farms the cows are always
eating and giving the land very little rest,
while steers are taken in from the fields for
several months, thus giving the land a rest
Too many cows on pasture lot will undoubt-
cdly keep the grass III stuntcd condition, and
it never will thrive unless given good rest.
John d. Worthiugton-'I agree with what
Mr.. Close said. / do not see why ordinary
IairyIncn should not have good farms,
and especially pastures, if it is not ovcrstock-
ed"
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