408 SOILING CATTLE. 



is that the soil is not yet in sufficiently good condition to in- 

 sure an ample supply from a much smaller area. In a season 

 of extraordinary drought the whole of the product may be 

 consumed, but in any ordinary year a very large part of it 

 would be in excess, to be cured and stored for winter use, 

 and to furnish a supply of dry food, with which occasion- 

 ally to alternate with the fresh fodder, to prevent the too great 

 relaxation of the bowels which a free use of succulent food 

 sometimes causes. 



In September three acres of the four comprising Nos. 4 

 and 5 should be sown with winter rye for the following 

 spring's use, and the rotation should follow in regular order. 

 If all of the manure made in the soiling season were to be 

 used on these twelve acres year after year, I am satisfied 

 that they might be made in time to support, during the 

 whole of the usual pasturing season, thirty milch cows, or 

 five COW T S for each two acres. 



In my own case, as one of my reasons for adopting the 

 system of soiling has been that it is the best help in bring- 

 ing up a worn-out farm, I shall each year raise my forage 

 on fresh land, so as to give the whole place the benefit of 

 the treatment. 



Of course, a rule which will apply in one region may not 

 be the best for another, and each farmer must decide for 

 himself the extent to which lie can profitably adopt the sys- 

 tem on his farm, and also what crops will best accomplish 

 the desired end in his own case. 



