814 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



better care given; but it is at least interesting to know that 

 the average yield of the cows was doubled when they were 

 kept in the stable; and whatever the amount of food, it is to be 

 presumed there was a greater profit from one cow yielding 

 3,442 quarts of milk than from two yielding 3,166 quarts. 

 Mr. Peer says: "With the exception of May and June, I 

 have never failed to get better results from soiling than from 

 pasturing." 



In the American Agriculturist, Mr. Waring, in an article on 

 soiling, says : " The product of the cows will be more in soil- 

 ing than in pasturing. In June I was making a very satisfac- 

 tory amount of butter (so were the pasture men all around) ; 

 now, that drought has begun to affect the pastures, their pro- 

 duct is falling off. My product is increasing, and is now ten 

 per cent more than in June." 



The above was written during the latter part of summer. 

 There is another point in favor of soiling, which is that a bet- 

 ter quality of milk and butter can often be produced, as neither 

 short nor weedy pastures will make the best quality of butter. 



My own experience in soiling extends over two years, and 

 is perhaps hardly worth quoting in support of the system, as I 

 fed some bran or meal every day in connection with the green 

 food; but I never had cows more contented, or give a more sat- 

 isfactory yield, both as regards quantity and quality. I began 

 soiling in July, on account of a breechy cow having led the 

 herd into mischief, a neighbor having a poor fence to protect 

 his corn-field adjoining the pasture. At the time we began we 

 were making a very unsatisfactory article of butter soft and 

 oily, and of poor flavor as it was a time of drought and poor 

 pasture. By the time our cows had been stabled a week, the 

 butter was sweet and solid. 



Objections to Soiling. The first objection usually urged 

 against soiling, is the labor of cutting and handling the large 

 weight of food necessary for the cattle, especially in wet weather, 

 when the fields are in bad condition for the teams, and when, 

 as is sometimes the case^ for days together the green crops 

 would not dry. This objection is well worth considering; but 



