The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06
Board Bullitin.

cuturaltural department contains the fol-
lowing communications fom Somerset
Ag'ioulturis s.:
ANsON:
Wy experience in the coarse folders
centers in corn. oats with peas. plant
the sweet, yellow and largr Western corn,
according 10 the am 'unt OF land wish TO
cover, all of which is cut into the silo and
fed principally to cows in milk. tee
the same night and morning. giving
twenty-five pounds OF ensiage. with on
pound OF cotton SEED meal mixed With
two pounds of wheat bran, all given at
the same time, and if well mixed the bet
ter. As soon as eaten. or befor they
are given hay, all they will eat In
addition to the two feeds mentioned. they
are fed early or at the first milking about
four in the morning. a light feed of Eng
lish hay, to all them up while being clean
ed and MIXED As my milk is pedded from
the cart, have to START early Cutting my
grain Tor hay do not raise grain, which
is not always TO be commended.
GEORGE FLINT
sKOwHEGAN
The ideal in poultry rais ng On the farm
would be well constructed hen house,
the size in proportion TO the number of
first-class Plymouth Rocks one desires to
keep, whether il be twenty five or five hun
dred allowing the birds to have wide
range. with different varieties of grain,
pure cold water at all times, and every
thing else nee led. Always insist on
having plenty of eggs and poultry for
home consumption, and market the rest
TO the best advantage This is the ideal
that all who are interested in poul ny
should strive to reach. On most farms,
however, we find the real. which consists
of poultry running everywhere and any
where. in the stable, on the hay and in
the barn floor. No special place for them,
no system of care or feeding, and no
knowledge of the important fact that he's
rightly managed are great source of in
come to the farmer. This is 10 too many
cases the real, and sh ,uld rapidly give
place to the ideal. Am we'll satisfied in
parts OF gluten meal and shorts to cows.
Three quarts of each fed twice day with
bright, early cut hay, makes good ration
Let the young stock. colts and sheep
have the coarse fodd,r. In order to give
satisfactory yield Of milk and butter,
cows must have the best there is
S F. EMERSON.
CoRNvILLE.
The poultry industry has not the i'm
portance in this section that it had 10
former years, up to forty years ago
There is not one turkey raised when
formally there were one hundred raised.
Flocks of geese, once common are now
very rarely seen. There may be more
hens kept than in the early days. | pre-
sumo the poultry industry would assume
larger proportions if it were a prof able
business. 1t is no, likely to be profitable
to raise poultry. hogs or beef cattle or to
feed cows for milk or cream. If much of
the feed is purchased of the dealers in
grain and feed. In this direction is found
one great pull-back in Maine farming to-
day. We are buying too much. This
makes the struggle hard. We should
raise more OF what we consume am
inclir ed to think we can adopt two years
rotation with clover and mixed grain, and
raise an ample supply. Get started right;
at first have the ground fertile enough to
produce clover, then pillow in a clover sod
every two years, taking grain crop every
other year, and a crop of clover once in
two years. With large fields and easy
land to till, this method ought to be large
| ly practiced, and very much more grain
raised, the soil retaining if not increasing
its fertility. Do you approved AS to
| fodder, feed hay, straw and corn stalks
Feed in the morning, two feeds: give
provender after first feed of hay. two
| quarts of bran and two quarts of oat and
pea meal, to some of the cows. half as
much. After the two feeds of hay, turn
out into the yard and water. If the
weather is cold pump as fast as the water
is drank. Feed again at three O'Clock
with straw, and then water again. then
feed meal again as in the morning, then
another feed of hay. Make the feeds of
hay or straw so large that the cattle will
have enough. Hay is of poor quality
this year, it had no sun when it was grow
ing. A. SMITH.
Note.--We need hardly repeat what we
have said so many times, that in our judg-
ment our farms should be made more
largely selfsupporting. We fully agree
| with our correspondents suggestion as to
the growing Of clover.-See,efayy.
RIPLEY:
will give my Intentions as to stock
feeding in the near future. am finishing
a COW Inter at the present time, and am
constructing It so as to carry out the
following programme of feeding and care
of cows and neat stock At five A M,
clean out or scrape into the cellar all drop
pings, and spread litter of sawdust or
other absorbent, and air the stable: then
milk, after which feed and grain all at
once, giving sufficient to last until 5 P.
NJ, when the morning programme will be
repeated. Shall feed in the morning
hay with ration of grain consisting of
mixed grain, corn and cob meal raised on
the farm and ground together, cotton
seed meal, mixed in equal quantities by
measure. and led in such quantities as
we'll enable each cow to do her best. At
night give feed of ensilage consisting
Of corn with the ears left on, which will
furnish grain enough; the ensilage to be
accompanied with oat straw to furnish the