184 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
SOILING, 
In the dry summer season when pastures be- 
come scant it is important that green food be 
supplied farm live stock. The process of soil- 
ing commonly means the feeding of stock green 
food in the stable during the summer, rather 
than pasturing the animals. In some places, 
near cities, where land is expensive, soiling 15 
resorted to exclusively in season. One cannot 
always afford to pasture land worth $100 per 
acre. In other places, where pasture grasses 
dry up and become short, the stock is fed some 
specifically grown green crop additional to the 
pasturage. Either method embraces the prin- 
ciples of soiling. | 
Importance of green food.—The impor- 
tance of supplying plenty of green food to 
stock in summer, and especially to cattle, can- 
not be emphasized too much, Quincy says* 
there are six advantages to be derived from 
this process: 
* Essays on the Soiling of Cattle. Boston, 1866, p. 56. 
