184 INDIAN COKN OULTUEE. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



SOILING. 



In the dry summer season when pastures be- 

 come scant it is important that green food be 

 supplied farm live stock. The process of soil- 

 ing commonly means the feeding of stock green 

 food in the stable during the summer, rather 

 than pasturing the animals. In some places, 

 near cities, where land is expensive, soiling is 

 resorted to exclusively in season. One cannot 

 always afford to pasture land worth $100 per 

 acre. In other places, where pasture grasses 

 dry up and become short, the stock is fed some 

 specifically grown green crop additional to the 

 pastui-age. Either method embraces the prin- 

 ciples of soiling. 



Importance of green food.— The impor- 

 tance of supplying plenty of green food to 

 stock in summer, and especially to cattle, can- 

 not be emphasized too much. Quincy says* 

 there are six advantages to be derived from 

 this process: 



* Essays on the Soiling- of Cattle. Boston, 1866, p. 66. 



