The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-05-01
EXTRA FEED CROPS.
Ne Sure Your Cows Get Enough 10
Eat In Summer.

Eat In Summer.
I am confident there are more cows
tat 10 not get enough 90 cat during
the summer season than Ia winter.
The thought that when the COWS go
e. pasture they need no other iood
till fall Is n most common and harm
ful one Usually not 20 exceed SIX
weeks Is as much as the pasture VIII
afford an the good food COWS need 20
keep mp their milk fow. and n degrce
OF flesh. 90 enable them 90 DO their
best Practically every farmer knows
that when COW o. allowed Co shrink
IN her milk. and the scCreting glands
shrink no subsequent feeding viii
fully expand them until she again
freshcns. 10 must be- remembered that
unless she o. In good flesh she cannot
do her best 10 90 cheaper 90 keep
hesh on her than 90 restore a. These
things. therefore. emphasize the I'm
poriance Of some feed 20 supplement
She pasture.
when q Is 20 be had. there 90 moth
ing cheaper or better than silage. says
William a. Underwood. writing In
Farmers Voice However. most do
not have this In case something
thould be needed very early rye sowed
thickly the previous fall and cut just
as the heads begin 10 form. followed
by wheat will do the business. This
land can then De- used FOR a summer
crop The pasture r. usually most
abundant at this season. and the great
lac. Is from the last Of June through
the balance OF the season. Therefore, /
the crops that will furnish feed dur /
ing this period must receive attention. /
Clover can often be fed by the mid I
die OF June. This can be followed b. .
oats and peas. using two bushels 81 .
the Canada field peas. with one
bushel Of oats. and sowing two 90
three bushels per acre. On rich land .
the lighter seeding Is best Put them
IN as early 60 the spring as the
ground viii permit. getting the peas
IN about four inches deep. The oats
will do better sowed three or four
days later. about two inches deep,
then the ground rolled. Another SOW.
Ing may be made ten days or two
weeks later This will give feed from
the last q June 20 early August
From this time uu the corn IL ready
it u somewhat difficult 90 get some.
thing that will IN the gap.
Sometimes a second crop OF clover
can be procured where a crop has
been cut early Ia June. For this PEI
Rod millet will give good salts
faction. Barnyard or Hungarian mille,.
roVed the middle or last OF June.
vii be ready In Eve or SIX weeks.
and 10 greatly relishod by the cows.
Sow 20 ~ quarts 90 the acre. This.
Ike all other feed. loses much OF ita
and worth II u is allowed
10 get hard All these feeds give best
results II they are cut just as they
come into bloom. This really means
making the first cutting q little ahead
Of this period. 50 the crop Is gone be-
fore 10 begins 20 get woody
Later, corn can be depended on:
sweet corn Is best. Siowelrs Ever.
green. planted In the middle Of June.
will be In hne shape IN nine or ten
weeks II Is well 20 feed ears and all
From this time till frost. there should
be no trouble IN getting an abundance
OF corn % any kind. Often there viii
be a second crop Of clover 20 feed In
the latter part % August and first %
September. which will give variety
and Is IN the line OF economy. but Il
IL not as good as the corn.
last. but not by any means least. 10 /
the most valuable but too often de- |
spisod pumpkin. I value them most /
highly. and Ike 20 have them 20 feed /
well into November. and have no ar. /
hculty ia keeping them n they are /
not allowed 90 freeze and are kept In .
a cool, dry place. The old idea that .
the seeds are harmful Is an erroneous
one. ] have fed toas of them. and not
removed n seed for years. In fact. /
consider the seeds Of value as a tonic /
and yermifuge.
OFTEN We set a good growth 10 the 1
corn. but a more certain and better /
way Is 20 plant them IN = plot OF |
rich ground by themselves. There |
are few crops that viii turn on more
feed from the same land.