SOILING CATTLE. 405 



worked over by hogs while in the cellar. Thus it will be 

 seen that the labor of attending to a large stock of cattle is 

 reduced to the lowest possible amount. 



ARRANGEMENT OF CROPS FOR SOILING. 



The amount of land that it is necessary to appropriate for 

 the supply of fodder for each animal must, of course, depend 

 on the quality of the land and on the degree to which its 

 productiveness is forced. 



Under all ordinary circumstances, one-half acre of land, in 

 good heart and in good tilth, should be allowed for each 

 full-grown milch cow of the ordinary breeds (more for short- 

 horns), but, under high cultivation, this will allow a consider- 

 able amount of the produce to be cut for winter use. 

 The regular soiling crops are the following : 

 Winter Rye, 

 Cabbages, 

 Oats, 

 Clover, 

 Grass, and 

 Indian corn. 



Many other crops are available, such as Hungarian grass 

 or millet, wheat, Jerusalem artichoke, sainfoin, &c., but 

 the foregoing are the regular dependence of American far- 

 mere, and are the best for common use. 



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