Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-11-20
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DAIRY CONNIE

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TIE necessity q, .o,Hng le daisv
yeat.y Is fast beoopiUg arpsT % sr9cr
DAIRY farmers by tieii intentional rtf
ming to have N hand plenty o. green
If Sc faod nearly very month " tle
owing season. Tha tiuo Is oertai.
ot far IN advance, Vaea his pratt
soliug must be- universally sdop
b. every dairvmau who has 81 slat
sole intention 70 operate his dairy
y mta g-making basis Itv.'
VI f77 ----iutirf 3 ON
t'4aa' syEg aYa Il, bat override
tae soonct t3ia ours the otter
. DO for tha dairy interest ol che farm
cniy VII. dsjgymen Of cur eoua-
have aSr1 step toward .Laanar
ducG-l .heiy 1wn product. f15
SEE % che right q ation o
aE air aarl-worked rarms 10
s4f pfolaang level ThroUpaant the
@2e la.ry,ng aommunities there so
& quite e apparently sok'ng as
,eb. 1eliAy soil 70 produce ed Tor
stock. For several year, asst We
70 always plarrad 20 base 2
some kind of green haf, % tbat
The dry. rot weather CONES
wtld have some extra feoi to give
,oA 70 stimulate the milk low. II
ftn preoaatioH Is nc. 90 earl
he growing season thora viii BE
nasLLe deer ase in ie aa 1uni 81
Ra p,sd3ced BY the hero ti aghor
te moaths o. August and Sa1tembas
specially
cgoe ~
Tfsoling Is b faliea upon through
oai he growing season the a.st erog
atae. bc ,cNn fss fall before. that /
ye nev' ualner Is 70 5he soil
tsH srfs arp shala be sowu
70 30 10. pr GO total
HA1ing ous STOCK TO tha
mn sve q issppe] out sy
int pla8 10 soW sunb
.h.Fz vii produce The mos.
tte proper time st this
net 2j--Ws have Dear'g
ING twelve soro field ir
cafe 50 this ialj TO rye
si.y % p5 ibis, 50 shat tt
ll a. N t s.art IL CAP for iato
this HiI The rye crop sesals
% nnly cop we can SOW in tbs
and pasture, and. The mex, seasoa.
ug before anf other srcT can bo grown.
a fer soiling purposes As early ia
t' spring a. the land viii permit work.
hag, we SOW three acres Of cats and rsas
hitting on about two hu,hels Of oats 20
te Of peas. The peas are sowr first
% the grain drill, planting them lust
- deep as the drill vii put them INTO
the soil The oats are then sovn broad
cast and dragged n With light drag.
AZ soon as this crop Is llreo enough Se
begin feeding l. TO the stock
SWEET CORN AND RYE
The noHl crop sown is tte Get corr
Alter he corn ground Is ulowed. sc
area Of about Gse acres is marked aa
from the rest of the field, ard before DEE
fsld corn IL planted the sweet corn /,
uIIiiou an. The sweet uo.u souota,,v
is grown along with the field corn. It
develops little slower than other corn.
and for this reason we like to get it in
just as early as possible. Should the oats
and peas give out before the sweet corn
is ready for feeding, then we begin on
clover, generally the second growth.
Just as soon as sweet corn is ready to
feed, it is cut and hauled, either to the
barn or to the pasture field. As much
as possible we haul the sweet corn
to the field instead of the barn, il saves
an extra handling of the corn aud does
just as we'll. Few farmers fully under
stand the value of this crop on their
farms. The other day l heard one of
our most progressive farmers say he
considered the rye crop the most valu-
able of all the crops growing on his farm.
He did not make the assertion simply
to encourage others to grow rye, but
because he believed it to be fact. Rive.
he said, was almost a sure crop, and
could be depended upon regardless of
season. Te seed in. rye has no equal.
For hog feed the grain stands next to
corn for fattening purposes Aud for
crop to SOW early in the fall, for pastur-
ing during the period when other pas.
turessare on the decline, rye has no rival.
Il. y. Reynolds. in Agricultural Epit-
omist.