406 SOILING CATTLE. 



on the subject of " soiling " was prepared for the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural Society by the Hon. Josiah Quincy, and 

 was published in the Journal of that Society for 1820. 

 His recommendation is as follows : 



"1. As early in April as the state of the land will permit, 

 which is usually between the 5th and the 10th, on properly 

 prepared land, sow oats at the rate of four bushels to the 

 acre. 



" 2. About the 20th of the same month, sow oats or barley, 

 at the same rate per acre, in like quantity and proportions. 



" 3. Early in May, sow, in like manner, either of the 

 above grains. 



" 4. Between the 10th and the 15th of May, sow Indian 

 corn (the flat Southern being the best) in drills, three bush- 

 els to the acre, in like quantity and proportions. 



" 5. About the 25th of May sow corn in like quantity and 

 proportions. 



" 6. About the 5th of June repeat the sowing of corn. 



" 7. After the last-mentioned sowing, barley should be 

 sown in the above-mentioned quantity and proportions, in 

 succession, on the 15th and 25th of June, and on the 1st 

 of, or early in July ; barley being the best qualified to resist 

 the early frosts." 



Mr. Quincy depended on the mowing of the best of 

 his grass land to carry his stock through the month of June, 

 or from the earliest pasturing season to the 1st of July, 



