The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-04-23
EXTRA FEED CROPS.
Be Sure Your Cows Get Enough to
Eat In Summer.

am confident there are more cows
that do not get enough to eat during
the summer season than In winter.
The thought that when the cows go
to pasture they need no other FOOD
till fall is most common and harm
full one. Usually not TO exceed six
weeks is as much as the pasture viii
afford all the good food cows need To
keep up their milk flow, and degree
OF flesh. to enable them 10 do their
best. Practically every farmer knows
that when n COW is allowed 10 shrink
in her milk. and the secreting glands
shrink. no subsequent feeding viii
fully expand them until she again
freshens. II must be remembered that
unless she is In good flesh she cannot
do her best IL Is cheaper to keep
flesh on her than 10 restore H. These
things. therefore. emphasize the i'm
portance OF some feed to supplement
the pasture.
When Il Is 20 be had. there is moth
ing cheaper or better than silaee. says
William H. Underwood. writing In
Farmers Voice. However. most do
not have this In case something
should be needed very early rye soved
thickly the previous fall. and cut Just
as the heads begin to form. followed
by wheat. will do the business. This
land can then be used for summer
crop. The pasture is usually most
abundant AT this season. and the great
lack 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.
Glover can often be- fed by the mid.
die of June This can be followed by
oats and peas. using two busheis OF
the Canada field peas. With one
bushel of oats. and sowing two TO
three bushels per acre. On rich land
the lighter seeding Is best. rus them
in as early In the spring as the
ground will permit. getting tho peas
in about four inches deep. The 0ais
will do better sowed three cr 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 OF June TO early August.
From this time till the corn IL ready
II is somewhat difiicuit 10 ~ some
thing that will MI the gap.
Sometimes a second crop OF clover
can be procured where crop has
been cut early In June For this pc
rod millet will give good salts
faction. Barnyard or Hungarian miliet.
sowed the middle or last ~ June.
will be ready In Ave or six weeks.
and Is greatly rcllshed by the COWS.
Sow s 10 ~ quarts 10 the acre. This.
like all other feed loses much OF its
palatability and worth n Il Is allowed
10 get hard. All these feeds give best
results II they are cut Just ~ they
come into bloom This really means
making the FIRST cutting a little ahead
Of this period. 80 the crop Is gsue be
fore II begins To get woody.
Later corn can be depended on;
sweet corn IL best Stowelrs Ever.
green. planted IN the middle OF June.
will be In fine shape In nine or ten
weeks II Is well TO feed ears and all.
From this time TN frost. there should
be no trouble In getting an abundance
OF corn OF any kind Often there will
be a second crop Of clover 10 feed In
the latter part Of August and first ~
September. which will give variety
and Is in the line Of economy. but Il
is not as good as the corn
Last. but not by any means least. II
the most valuable but too oftcn de.
spisod pumpkin. value them most
highly. and like TO have them 20 feed
well into November. and have no dif.
hculty in keeping them II thcy are
not allowed TO freeze and are kept In
a cool, dry place The old idea that
the seeds are harmful is an erroneous
one. ] have fed tons of them. aud not
removed a seed for years. In fact,
consider the seeds OF value as tonic
and vermifuge.
Often we get n good growth In the
corn, but a more certain and better
way Is 10 plant them in plot OF
rich ground by themselves. There
are few crops that will turn on more
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