56 Soiling. 



four twenty-acre fields, would cost $240 more, a 

 larger sum than the value of the land in many lo- 

 calities." As Mr. A. E. Stewart says, "Soiling ef- 

 fectually settles the fence question." 



SAVING OF FOOD. 



The great trouble with cows or any stock at pas- 

 ture is that they soon find certain sweet grasses that 

 particularly suit their taste, and to obtain these 

 they tramp, tramp, tramp. Notice a lot of cows 

 turned into a field of clover or grass. They drop 

 their heads as soon as they are through the gate, and 

 for a few moments they eat it as it comes. As soon 

 as their keenest hunger is satisfied away they go. 

 A cow sees another cow eating quietly in a certain 

 spot, and she starts over there thinking she has 

 something good. They finally find certain small 

 patches in any field where the feed is very sweet. 

 This they cut down close to the ground, and it is 

 these sweets that destroy their taste for anything 

 else. It is like turning a lot of children loose in a 

 bake shop and confectionery store. At first they 

 can eat ordinary bread and butter, but presently 

 they throw it away for cookies, after that they 

 throw away cookies for candy, and, finally, they are 

 always hunting for candy and cookies. That is a 

 fair comparison to a lot of cows turned into a good 

 pasture and allowed to help themselves. Nothing 

 tastes good to them but the very sweetest grasses, 

 and they actually go hungry in the midst of plenty 



