THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



early in the spring, to supply the poultry with 

 green food. 



The day after the rye was off the field it 

 was plowed, harrowed, rolled, and seeded, on 

 June 10th, with soy beans: rows 30 inches 

 apart, seeds about 2 l /2 inches apart in the rows 

 which consumed about three pecks of seed to 

 the acre. The field was cultivated three times 

 to keep down the weeds between the rows 

 until the beans got good headway. August 

 1st we commenced to cut for cows and other 

 stock; used about three-quarters of an acre. 

 September 8th the pods were nicely filled, and 

 the crop ready for the silo. Seed had cost $18. 

 We reaped 50 tons of ensilage, which ended 

 the first year's operating. 



Light plowing, harrowing, and rolling were 

 again resorted to, and then, as the seed-bed 

 was in fairly good condition, winter rye was 

 sown, at the rate of five pecks per acre. Cost 

 for the whole six acres, $24. Early in the fol- 

 lowing spring 400 pounds of nitrate of soda 

 was applied broadcast; cost, $13. Result, 116 



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