92 Soiling. 



in my opinion, has been a great drawback to suc- 

 cessful soiling. Men have planted too much at a 

 time, and the soiler has been disappointed in the 

 result. His cows have shrunken in their yield of 

 milk, and no doubt many a man has thus become 

 disheartened in his first attempts at soiling. 



CROPS FOR JULY. 



It has been my practice to plow in the spring, and 

 sow first a week's supply of barley. Barley will 

 germinate at a lower temperature than oats. Fol- 

 lowing this a sowing of oats and peas is put in 

 weekly. The barley and oats and peas are for July. 

 The wheat and rye of last fall's sowing were for the 

 later half of May, through June, until the barley or 

 first spring crop is ready. 



With fourteen cows it will be necessary to put in 

 half an acre a week, beginning in the spring as soon 

 as the ground will permit. Saturday is usually de- 

 voted to this weekly task. It is better to plow at one 

 time (after the first week's seeding of barley) or as 

 soon as the ground is warm enough, say an acre and 

 a half. Plow deep. This will make land enough 

 for three weeks' seeding of half an acre per week. 

 Then let the farm team devote every Saturday 

 afternoon to fitting that half acre, and sowing the 

 oats and peas. 



Of barley, sow two and one-half bushels per acre. 

 Of oats and peas, three bushels per acre, half and 

 half, common Canadian field peas. The one sowing 



