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SOILING SOILING 



(3) Soiling Crops foe Pennsylvania. — ^Watson and Mairs. 



(4) Crops for Partial Soiling for Illinois During Midsummer.— Fraser. 



(5) Succession of Soiling Crops for Dairy Cows for Wisconsin.— Carlyle. 



Crop 



Pounds of 



seed per 



acre 



Time for 

 sowing 



Approximate 



Time of cutting 





(5 ■» 



CM O 



Degrees of 

 maturity 



Palata- 

 bility 



Fall rye 



Alfalfa 



Red clover 



Peas and oats . . . 



Peas and oats . . . 



Oats 



Alfalfa (second crop) 

 Rape ....... 



Flint corn 



Sorghum 



Evergreen sweet corn 

 Rape 



168 



20 



15 



'P 60 



.0 48 



rp 60 



l0 48 



80 



' 2.5 



50 

 2.5 



Sept. 10 

 Mar. 20 



April 16 



April 26 

 May 5 



May 26 

 May 20 

 June 1 

 May 31 

 July 20 



May 15-June 1 

 June 1-15 

 June 15-25 



June 25-July 5 



July 5-15 



July 15-25 

 July 15-30 

 Aug. 1-15 

 Aug. 15-25 

 Aug. 25-Sep, 

 Sept. 10-25 

 Sept. 25-Oct. 10 



10 



248 

 72 



70 



70 

 70 



67 

 86 

 86 

 102 

 67 



38 

 36 

 36 



32 



32 



32 

 36 

 42 

 40 

 39 

 39 

 42 



Before blooming 

 Before blooming 

 In bloom 



In milk 



In milk 



In milk 



Before blooming 



Mature 



In silk 



When well headed 



In silk 



Mature 



Poor 

 Fair 

 Fair 



Average 



Average 



Average 

 Average 

 Good 



Very good 

 Very good 

 Very good 

 Good 



\ RemarkB. — Feed in stable during day and turn cows on pasture at night, or feed carefully in the pasture, spreading the 

 forage. After cutting rye, use same ground for the rape, flint corn and sorghum, and after cutting peas and oats, use same ground 

 for evergreen sweet corn and rape. After oats, sow peas and barley. In this way a single acre only is reqiiired (except alfalfa, 

 which is permanent), and the forage produced is ample succulent feed for ten cows for nearly half the year. 



(6) Mississippi. — "One of the best, surest and 

 safest crops for soiling is sorghum, planted thick, 

 and with the rows not over two feet apart. The 

 sorghum may follow a crop of oats or some other 

 early crop, and will withstand dry weather better 

 than most other plants. Cowpeas are good, and 

 corn may be used satisfactorily on land that will 

 produce fair to large yields." (Moore.) 



(7) Kansas. — Dates when soiling crops are avail- 

 able : Alfalfa, May 20 to September 30 ; wheat, 

 June 1 to June 15 ; oats, June 15 to June 30 ; 

 sweet corn, July 15 to July 31 ; field corn, August 



1 to September 15 ; sorghum, August 1 to Septem- 

 ber 30 ; kafir, August 1 to September 30 ; wheat 

 and rye pasture, until the ground freezes. (Otis.) 



The development of dairying in the southern states 

 means more attention to care and feed of the live- 

 stock ; and the advance of land values and compar- 

 ative cheapness of labor should bring southern 

 dairymen to consider the many ways in which soil- 

 ing, or at least partial soiling, may be of advantage 

 under their special conditions. Cost of labor is the 

 greatest item against the soiling system, and even 

 this may be largely overcome by judicious planning. 



