KEEPING ONE COW. 93 



soon as we have cleared off the next ten rods of our rye, we plant 

 from two to four rods with turnips. The balance we sow with a 

 mixture of Hungarian and the earliest " Canada Gray " pea. We 

 now feed our rye until our first planting of cprn and Hungarian 

 will do to feed, when we turn under the rest of the rye stubble 

 (curing what is left of the rye for winter), sow half with Hunga- 

 rian and the balance we sow (not plant) with sweet corn. As soon 

 as our first planting of corn is cut up, we sow two or three rows 

 broadcast with flat turnips, some of the strap-leaved varieties, 

 hoeing or raking them in by hand. We continue to plant or sow 

 some quick-growing variety of corn, peas, grass, grain, or roots, 

 even when it is very doubtful if we shall receive any return for our 

 time and work ; but we frequently get a fair yield from our third 

 planting. I presume a great many will be sceptical in regard to 

 this "third crop business." It must be remembered that our first 

 sowing is made very early in the spring, and that we do not wait 

 until any of our forage crops mature, but we cut them long before 

 they would be ripe, thereby shortening the time of their growth 

 and leaving the ground to be planted with something else. 



The above is no iron rule, but subject to great variations. Our 

 plan is to sow as early as possible in the spring with the earliest 

 maturing grass or grain we can get, and from the time we com- 

 mence cutting until there is no possibility of getting any return. 

 We sow and plant wherever we have a few rods of bare ground, 

 as soon as any of our crops are maturing or there is something 

 coming forward to take its place. We cut and cure what is left 

 for winter. We advise close seeding in all cases, roots, of course, 

 excepted. 



COW KEPT OR HALF AN ACRE. 



If the season is favorable, we manage to keep our one cow 

 nicely on half an acre, or rather on the fodder grown on half an 

 acre. But sometimes, on account of drouth or late frost, we are 

 obliged to buy a little hay in the spring. 



It is impossible for us to say how much feed must be bought. 

 We generally have a bag of corn (two bushels), and a bag of oats 

 (two and a half bushels), ground together, feeding from two to 

 four quarts a day, according to the amount of roots used, and the 

 season of the year, feeding meal very sparingly in summer. We 

 frequently reserve two or three rods in the spring for early tur- 

 nips, to be fed when large enough for profit, but always feed tur- 

 nips immediately after milking to prevent flavoring the milk. We 



