7 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



keep twenty c.utle instead of seven, the usual number found on u farm of that size. The 

 tiiuii'. :al results of soiling 2 1 ) acre- <[' forage during six month are: 



Tea fattening cattle 10-3 ions fodder at $2. lo. f:j;:2: attendance, *50) $282 



Two rail. V. eu v, - ; tons fodder, >=i-J: attendance, fid; milking, $20) 24-1 



- ~ 52(5 



Inciva-e on 1" rattle, $5 per head per month . 300 



Manure - 50 



Milk frmi 10 cows, 1?0 days, 10 quarts at 1] cents 225 



Manure .' 40 



I'urt Y ton.-; f" l'K-r to other animals 80 



701 

 Dalanre profit .. 175 



These figures are often d mei\ ly for the sake of comparison. They show that Professor 

 F.r >\v:i obtains f >r rent and prolit about :J~> .shillings per acre, the value of the laud being 

 le>s than 15 .-hillings an acre, lie charges against lire land about i) shillings per tou as 

 the cost of the forage or about I' 5 5-. per acre, the yield of the crop being less than 12 tons 

 per acre. ! Ie sells the milk at a halfpenny and an eighth per quart, and his cattle increase 

 in value .t''' mi 5 shilling per week. In England all theligaresmust lie altered to adapt 

 them to the very differ- -nt circumstances, and each person who adopt-; thcsoiling system 

 inns! all ' _ r ure.s a cording to his own particular circumstances. 



if th most successful example; of soiling that I have ever seen was on rich land 

 on the south coast, near a large t r.vn and in mild climate. The value of the produce on 

 milk and butter is at iea.-t four times a-= giv.-.t as in the c-wimplc 1 have just offered, and 

 the yi -M of foragt- ])i-r acre is quite 50 per cent, higher, iv/ery kind ol'i'orage which is 

 !ly found on fertile land, or v.'hich Mr. Brown h:i m ;i'i sne.l, urrows well except san- 

 foin a;i:l jirickly eomfrcy, Avhich have not l)oen attcunpted. Lucern. which is the best 

 soiling crop of Canada, llourishing under a hot sun, vields more than the 1(1 tons an 

 acre which Mr. Urown no doubt correctly attributes to it. ('abl)ag-. s, Jor which he only 

 claims 1:2 tons an acre, yield 40 tons, and though they arc hardly a "forage crop," they 

 a;-" 0110 of the mo-t useful ;;nd ouite the most productive of tlr> Boiling crops. Another 

 advaniaire on the sa:n^ farm, vrii'i its warm, deep f-: >il and sheltered aspect, is the ex- 

 tension of tin season. rri'.'olium. a ]>rominent cro;;i!i (he district, is nowhere forwarder, 

 and the permanent jia-tures. \vhieh are mo\vn for soiling at ar.y time- when required, are 

 nowliere later in their iirowtli. 



To c;\rrv o:;t tlie soiling sv^tem advantageously we require green crops, and several 

 sorts of some <>f tliem, ear! 1 / and late, so as to extend the period of feeding, and to pre- 

 ve '.'. the oe 'urrencu of gaps in the regular ])ravision of ]'od. o-i the larm in question 

 there are lour -orts of triiblium ear' 1 ;.', late, later, latest the la-', named being a recent 

 ;;;: ition, and a timely one. There are two sorts of red clover blossoming this year 

 i 1 --:5) about June 20 and July 5. an 1 t'ie earlier of these is now (July) entirely saved 

 iv, tin- introduction of tiie "lati'r'' and l> latest v trifolium having extended the 

 trifolium sea>on into the middle of Julv. when pastures follow, and other succulent 

 fo-tf] -ueh us cabbages be-,,me.s a!)iinda;:t. A delitor an-i creditor a'-eount for this form, 

 if ! cfjuld olfer one, would no doubt be interesting, but it wouhl i>ot be so edifying as a 

 u'milar account for his o\vn farm by any ajriculturisi \\lio ma\ try ilie soiling system. 

 It is ce] ainly ])roiitabh; on this farm, and will prove so elseu here, in a degree varying 

 . .'i ' > iil. cliinat:*, nn lavement . and t !)' vain of ' ' produce, d'he cows on 

 this f . :. irly all of th AlderiK-y breed, and they are ;'d with corn, bran, and 



cotton c ike. i;i addition to their green food; and as ih- --tic of butter removes from a 

 farm 1<---'Y th" soil constituents th'in any otUer kin : produee, and as hay and 



roots, ndiieb r'-m ve in tlici'- sile more than wheat or lurier. aei'e lor acre, are, rarely 

 sold, the 1 tnd grows richer year by year. I' is admitted f'' i( ; he -ite is favorable ibr 

 soiling; but the system KUCCC ds on very dit'ferciil e tlie rent of the land is 



t wi :i 1 / < >r t Wi i ntv- live sb ill in-j-i per acre instead of three |>o i'id> as in the case of the farm 



( '.'] 'i col 'I, poor bill, w lie re A Iderir-v cows would p. :'i-!i. I have known a very success- 

 !nl : it;.: ' "I 't!i- v ' rn li'-n- n-oiaiiicndcd. Tiie fora;; -crnji-; weredillerent. ' Lucerne 

 '.v,i- : replaci-d tot 1 s.infoin, and tines .--ov/n for succession. :md "seeds." mixed clovers, 

 and rye -/r-.i-- v.i > prominent. The kind of produce m this ea<e i^* young beef, highly 

 fed fro ,1 ralfhorid. and t he c.il ve-= \-< ;iied a* home at t in- liome-tead under t !i<- li ill. 



Thore , : certain jjrca' ad\antag<;s IM laeli oi<^ to t ; i : - eni. especially m t he case of 

 all mat ure animaK iatting cattle, and milking cows. \'dng animals v\ill be l)cttcr in 



