FARM DAIRYING 



the land is low-lying and inclined to be damp, sub- 

 stitute 3 or 4 pounds of red-top for the alfalfa. 



SOILING CROPS 



The mixture of oats and peas already given 

 may be sown and fed off as a soiling crop. It 

 may be put in to advantage at three different dates, 

 at intervals of ten or twelve days between the 

 sowings. This crop, if not needed for green fod- 

 der, may be cut and cured as hay. If not re- 

 quired for hay, it may be left to ripen as grain. 



Alfalfa and red clover may be cut and fed green 

 to the cows either in the stables or pasture field. 



Nothing will prove more profitable than a patch 

 of sweet corn for fall feeding for the cows. Plant 

 it early in a convenient place. Plant thinly so as 

 to have. good strong corn. Sugar cane or common 

 field corn also make good autumn feed. 



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