840 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



less nutritious than in spring and usually less abundant, and a 

 feed of green corn will be of great benefit. 



If the season proves good, so that the corn is not needed 

 for green feeding, all the early plantings can be cured for 

 winter feed. For late green feeding planting may be done any 

 time in July, and if the land is rich, and cultivation frequent 

 and thorough, a very large crop may be grown. This can stand 

 out through quite heavy frosts without injury, and in the lati- 

 tude of Southern Ohio we can usually feed it from the field till 

 the middle of November, and often later. 



Full Feeding Profitable. I think there can be no doubt 

 that more profit will be had and a better article obtained from 

 full feeding, but I do not advocate heavy grain feeding. The 

 feed should, however, be at all times abundant, sweet, and nu- 

 tritious. It should also be varied and have the proper bulk. 

 Sweet clover or June grass hay and well-cured corn-fodder I 

 consider best for the bulky food, and bran and corn-meal for the 

 condensed food. Every year of feeding adds to my appreciation 

 of bran, and as a milk producer it is superior to corn-meal, but 

 I think we get a better ration from the two mixed than from 

 either alone. The best mixture is half and half by weight, 

 which gives nearly two bulks of bran to one of corn-meal. As 

 long as there is soft corn to feed in the fall or a supply of 

 pumpkins, or when feeding beets or carrots, I would not care to 

 grind the corn, but would feed whole, and think just as good re- 

 sults can be had as by grinding, and much trouble and expense 

 saved. I can usually effect quite a saving by laying in a stock 

 of bran soon after harvest. The demand is less at this season of 

 the year and the mills are often over-stocked, and I have fre- 

 quently bought at ten dollars per ton, when had I waited till 

 winter it would have cost fourteen or fifteen dollars. Bran will 

 keep perfectly sweet when stored in a large bulk, so there is no 

 risk in buying a winter supply at this season of the year. 



The Stable. Where a considerable herd of cows is kept 

 the milking at all seasons of the year should be done in the 

 stable, for a fractious cow or one in heat will often make trouble 

 with the entire herd. There will sometimes be wet weather 



