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DAIRYING PASTURE AND FOOD 



and hay for fodder, amounting to 25 Ibs. per day during 

 the six winter months, besides concentrated bought food 

 given in spring, such as cake and meal, which might cost 

 from i to 2, or more if cake be continued on the grass. 

 In addition, the following roots and forage crops may be 

 given at the various seasons throughout the year : 



(i) One-third of a cwt. of roots per day for four winter 

 months (eighteen weeks), given mostly when cows are dry 

 2 tons 2 cwts. per cow, or I acre for ten cows swedes, 

 15-ton crop; mangels, 27 tons average 21 tons per acre. 

 (2) One-half cwt. of rye per day for three weeks in April = 10 

 cwts. per cow in twenty days, or I acre for ten cows, with 

 a 5-ton crop. (3) One-quarter cwt. per day of crimson clover, 

 rape, vetches, etc., for twenty-one weeks in summer = 37 cwts., 

 nearly, per cow, or roughly five cows to I acre, with a 9-ton 

 crop. (4) One-half cwt cabbages per day for ten weeks in 

 autumn = 35 cwts. per cow, or fifteen cows per acre, with a 

 26J-ton crop. 



Plan by which 100 Cows can be Fed on 300 Acres. 



100 acres of arable land farmed on a 4-course rotation. 

 I S permanent pasture grass. 

 50 ,, grass-meadow, cut for hay. 



Annual Crops on the Arable Land. 



Areas in Acres of Root and Forage Crops, including Catch Crops :- 



10 roots, 6 cabbages, lo rye, 20 vetches, clover, and rape : Total, 46 f acres. 



1 Sir J. B. Lawes, Bart., and Dr (afterwards Sir Henry) Gilbert, in 

 their pamphlet on Experiments on Ensilage (1886), Harrison & Sons, 

 p. 28, give 25 Ibs. of " dry substances " of food as the daily amount 

 necessary for an ordinary cow. 



