SOILING a:n^d soilij^g crops. 83 



Canada field corn, or some good variety of flint corn, as 

 the Sanford, which yields an abundance of fodder. My 

 own preference, after several years' experience, is for 

 Evergreen sweet corn, which meets every requirement 

 [ of the case, and is more palatable and nutritious than 

 field corn. Some of the ground is sown at the earliest 

 opportunity in the spring with oats or barley and peas 

 mixed, two and a half bushels of the former with one 

 and a half of the latter per acre. This crop comes in 

 early in July when the clover is exhausted, or is ready 

 for cutting for hay. Mangels or sugar beets are planted 

 late in May or early in June, and are reserved for winter 

 feeding, the tops of these roots being the last green food 

 of the season. The surplus of all these crops is used for 

 winter feeding, or a separate provision for the purpose 

 is made of fodder corn, grass, millet, and other crops. 



For the purpose of procuring a large quantity of but- 

 ter in the milk, which is advisable in every branch of 

 the dairy business, and for the family supply as well 

 where but one cow is kept, some of the concentrated foods 

 are purchased. A proper selection of these foods will be 

 made in reference to their cost and feeding value; for the 

 market values are very often less and sometimes more 

 than the feeding value, and judgment is exercised as 

 ? economy and experience may dictate in the choice of 

 ' these foods. Information in this respect is given in the 

 chapter on Foods. As a rule, bran and corn meal are 

 the best staple foods. Pea meal, cotton seed meal, malt 

 sprouts, brewers' grains — when they can be kept sweet — 

 and other similar foods may be used when circumstances 

 are favorable. 



The management of a dairy herd under the soiling 

 system is a matter of oonsidorable importance, for the 

 cost and effective results depend upon It toalarge extent. 

 The author's method lia> been as follows, and has been 

 found economical and satisfactory in every respect. 



