HAPPY HOLLOW FARM 291 



after oats harvest on a couple of acres lying 

 just over the fence from the barn lots, timing 

 the sowing so we would have the cane ready 

 to feed by mid-July. The land was heavily 

 manured, and with only a month's growth the 

 sorghum is now shoulder-high, rank as a tropi- 

 cal jungle. If it were cut now it would give 

 us five or six tons of cured hay to the acre; 

 cut and fed green and fresh it will carry our 

 cattle abundantly till the first frosts come. The 

 value of the manure we get will much more 

 than pay the cost of preparing and seeding the 

 land, so we get the feeding value of the crop 

 for nothing but the little labor of throwing it 

 over the fence. 



That cane crop as it stands is a living proof 

 of the value of manure applied to these worn 

 soils. The dressing was applied heavily while 

 our supply lasted ; but the supply gave out be- 

 fore the whole of the patch was covered. You 

 can see the difference with both eyes tied be- 

 hind you. Only one good rain has fallen since 

 the seeding was done. The dressed part of the 

 land is to-day mellow and moist; the cane 

 standing there is rich, thick-stemmed, dark- 

 leaved and drips juice when it's cut. The strip 

 through the middle of the field that had no 



