b96 now TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



The crops for summer soiling are winter rye, wliicli comes 

 first, and can be cut in May, and is excellent to let them down 

 from dry to green food; next clover and otlier grasses in 

 succession ; then rye again, for rye will furnish several cuttings 

 during the season; then early sowed corn, oats, sorghum, and 

 other crops. Corn should be sown every fifteen days, until the 

 first of August, or even later. For fifty head of cattle, we 

 would advise the following summer crops : Five acres winter 

 rye, twenty acres of corn, sowed at five different sowings 

 fifteen days apart ; seven acres of red clover, and five acres of 

 Timothy, or oats. Each animal should have enough, but no 

 more than they will eat up clean at each meal. As each animal 

 always eats at the same place, the feeder can easily manage 

 this. 



Plenty of pure water is indispensable to the best results, 

 especially with milk cows. Free access to pure water will 

 increase the flow of milk. The best arrangement we have ever 

 seen for this purpose was a double manger, or rather a pretty 

 wide manger, (lower down than is customary,) and a partition 

 through the middle, from end to end. Either half of this 

 manger could be filled with water, at any time, from a pump 

 outside the building. This having water always at hand is a 

 most important matter, and adds to the profits of the dairy. If 

 open sheds are used for summer soiling, they should be so 

 arranged that the team can be driven along in front of them, 

 and the fodder passed from it to the stalls. If feeding is done 

 in the stable, which is best for milk cows, at least, the team can 

 be driven in on the floor. In winter all feeding should be done 

 in the stables, and here much will depend on cleanliness, air, 

 pure water, and constant care. 



Eemember that you are saving enough to pay for a great deal 

 of labor and attention. Summer is the best time to fatten beef, 



