The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-08

ing as some of the so called lower ami.
mails, for they make every prepare
ton for the dreary days when there
will be no gathering grain and nuts for
wintry days. The forehanded man has
made plans to tide I'VE the dry time
after the good pastures OF spring have
passed by, as they surely will. What
has he done9 He has put in a piece OF
oats and peas, which are just in their
prime by the last of July or the middle
OF August. Upon this he will now be-
gin to draw, and how the mich COWS
do enjoy this fresh feed. And how
they respond to this care on the part
of their ownerI When the milk check
comes next, instead of showing a fall
ing off, as many of the neighbors do,
it will probably come up to that for
the month preceding The month Of
August is also a good time to begin
feeding a small ration of grain. The
wise dairyman will see to it that his
bins are now filed up. Bran "a be
bought at this time for quite a little
less than it can later.
But when the oats and peas are gone
what then9 Well, by this time the
corn which the provident man took
the pains to put in last June will come
in good play. We we're much troubled
last spring because We could not get
as much sweet corn as we would have
liked to SOW. There was very little to
be had at any price, and the acreage
put In was therefore small. In their
anxiety to provide seed to supply the
demands, some seedsmen palmed eff a
kind of corn which looked somewhat
like sweet corn. By this they will gain
nothing, for the dairymen will not for
get the trick thus played upon them.
But the corn field will now yield a
good supply of sweet feed, and put into
the pocket of the man who had the
wisdom to provide it many extra dol
lars. As the days go on. the grain
ration will be increased until the COWS
are ready to go into winter quarters in
first class condition. 1t is a comfort
ing sight to see a herd of COWS thus
cared for, in contrast with a drove
which have met the fortune of the aver
age herd and been compelled to grub all
through the hot days, autumn ard
early winter for the little they have
had to eat. With them life has been a
constant struggle for an existence, say
ing nothing about putting any money
into the pocket OF the man who owns
them.
Butsuppose the dairyman has neither
oats and peas or green corn to feed bis
CO VS. what then9 Well, then it may
be that he will think it best to let bis
herd into the meadow after the grass
has started in the fall, although I am
very sure this is not a good thing 10
do. The only way it is to be tolerated
at ell is to let the COWS into the meadow
when the ground is dry and SO not
easily tramped up by the hoofs which
tread more than lost when he comes to
secure the next years crop. And if a
dairyman does this at all, it should be
with the firm discrimination that an.
other year he will be in such shape
that he will not be compelled to resort
to this expedient.
Once a man has tried the modern
plan Of experimenting his meadows, he
will not be quick to go back to back to
the old way !; for surely profit and jus
tice to ones animals dictate q change |
from the old system.
Hoping that these hints will prove
Of benef7 to the readers Of The Pro
.gressive Farmer,
Yours very truly,
E L. VINCENT.
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