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as for a grain crop, and \vhen the young plants are a few 

 inches high, turn in the stock and treat the field as though 

 it were a pasture. If the cattle do not g'-aze Lhe field 

 evenly, run the mower over the patches where the growth 

 is excessive. By keeping the growth short it will last 

 much longer than if allowed to head out. It is recom- 

 mended that, as an experiment, clover and timothy seed 

 be sown with a part at least of the oats or barley, in the 

 hope of securing a stand for next season. The farmer who 

 can pasture his oat or barley field and get a crop of clover 

 started at the same time will be one year ahead. This rec- 

 ommendation must be regarded as an experiment, but it 

 has been successfully tried in a number of cases. 



Oats and Peas, — Let the farmer also put in a patch of oats 

 and peas. Sow a bushel and a half of peas per acre, cover- 

 ing three or four inches deep on light soil, and one or two 

 inches on heavy soil. After these are planted sow or drill 

 the oats in the usual manner. Cut the green forage for the 

 cattle, or cure for hay. 



Millet. — For winter hay sow millet or Hungarian grass 

 from the loth to the 30th of June, using from a bushel to a 

 bushel and a half of seed per acre. When the seed-heads 

 are coming into blossom, cut and cure for hay. Millet or 

 Hungarian grass will yield from one ton to two and a half 

 tons of good quality hay per acre. Horses should not be 

 given over one feed of millet hay per day. 



Corn Fodder. — Any variety of corn will do for green or 

 dry forage, the early kinds being the most suitable for 

 early fall feed. Sweet corn is very satisfactory because the 

 stalks are soft and palatable. Plant in hills or drills just thick 

 enough to decrease the size of the ears to about half their 

 normal size. Begin feeding as soon as the ears are glaz- 

 ing, and continue with the dry forage throughout the win- 

 ter. From three to six tons per acre of winter forage, suit- 

 able for all kinds of farm stock, can be secured from a corn 

 crop grown on good land. (Henry.) 



