138 
, AMERICAN AGRICULTUEIST. 
“DOUBLE DUKE.” 
Bred by J M. Sherwood, Esq., owned by Chas. P 
Wood, Auburn, N. Y. Dropped June 6, 1655—coloi. 
Roan. Got by 3d Duke ot Cambridge. (5941) ; dam, 
Red Rose 5th, by 3d Duke of Cambridge, (5,941) 
2d dam, Red Rose 2d, by Napier, (G238) ; 3d dam, 
Tuber Rose, by South Durham, (5281); 4th dam 
Roe Ann, by Bellerophon, (3119) ; 5th dam, Rosette, 
bv Belviderfe. (1796); 6th dam. Red Rose, by Water¬ 
loo, (2816); 7th dam, Moss Rose, by Baron, (54) ; 6th 
dam, Angelina, by Phenomenon, (491) ; 9th dafti, 
Anne Boleyn, by Favorite, (252); 10th dam, Princess, 
by Favorite, (252); 11th dam, Bright Eyes, by Fa¬ 
vorite, (252) ; 12th dam, Blight Eyes, (bred by Alex. 
Hall) by Hubbuck, (319); 13th dam, Bright Eyes, by 
Snowdew Bull, (612); 14th dam, Beauty, (bred by 
Thos. Hail) by Masterman’s Bull, (422) ; 15th dam, 
Duchess of Athol, by Harrison’s Bull, (292); 16th 
dam, Tripes, (bred by Mr. Pickering) by Studley 
Bull, (626); 17th dam, bred by Air. Stephenson, df 
Ketton, in the year 1739; 
SUMMER- FEED Ml CATTLE. 
CORN AND SUGAR-CANE FOR SOILING. 
For several years we have earnestly re¬ 
commended our readers to plant or drill in 
corn or millet for “soiling” cattle; that, is, 
for cutting up and feeding while the crop is 
green. Every succeeding year has con¬ 
firmed the profit of this course. During the 
dry season, and especially in case of a 
drouth, there will always be a period of 
short, dry pasture, and then nothing comes 
in better than a quantity of green succulent 
food, just such as growing corn cut up and 
fed two or three times a day, either in the 
field or stable. Cattle will thrive upon it, 
cows will continue* a full supply of milk, 
working oxen keep in good heart and be 
ready for heavy Fall work, and animals to 
be fattened will continue in good flesh, and 
instead of losing, they will show the good 
effects of such food when fat carcasses are 
desired. All nef|? stock, thus got well 
through the worst part of the Hummer, will 
be better prepared for the Winter cam¬ 
paign. We say then, again, £riil in a half 
acre or an acre, or several of them if you 
have a large stock, and our word for it, you 
will find it valuable two months hence. It 
is best to sow, say one-third of ths»plot very 
■ooon, one-third ten days afterj dji d the re¬ 
maining third„ten days later stiTiPSpr a small 
portion may be reserved for sowing about 
the close of .Tune. This will provide a con¬ 
tinuance? of green food until a full growth of 
Fall grass. Sow the corn thickly, in drills 
wide enough apart to adrni^ the cultivator 
or plow between them, and keep down the 
wee^. Any portion-not, required for green 
food may be cut while still green, and dried 
W Winter forage. One who has not tried 
it can have scarcely fjpidequate conception 
of the great bulk of rich cattle food that a 
single acre of corn will produce. Millet 
sown broad-cast anqpers a similar purpose, 
and is by some p^ferred. It can be treated, 
green or dry, s^ilarly to Timothy or clover. 
Oats, when sown Jate, and very thickly, 
make a good material to cur up and feed 
green, and especially to gather and dry late 
in the season. Should they head out, all the 
better. The great amount of rain we are 
having this Spring, indicates a dry Summer, 
and care should be taken to provide for any 
such emergency. 
CHINESE SUGAR-CANE FOR SOILING. 
Though holding this new plant somewhat 
“ at arms' length” until more thoroughly 
tested, we think it well worth while to give 
if a pretty full trial this season as green and 
dry food for cattle. W T e do this the more 
freely now, as there appears at last to be a 
pretty good supply of seed offered at a rea¬ 
sonable price. During the winter, we could 
scarcely gel enough at any price, to furnish 
even a little to each of our subscribers for 
trial. Large supplies of good seed, not them 
known to be in existence, have since beeto 
obtained from France, and there is enough 
to meet all present demands, olfered at 75 
cents per pound.* 
S he 3ugar-cane, on account of its large 
rapid growth, and its solid, sweet pith) 
pr®mixes to excel corn for cattle food. It 
may be planted for feeding, almost any time 
during June—probably the earlier the better. 
Sow it thickly, in drills, say three feet apart, 
covering the seed not over half an inch in 
depth, unless likely to be very dry, in which 
case it will be best, to put it deep enough to 
prevent parching out when it first sprouts. 
It will germinate >n a very few dtjys. It is 
said to do well, even on poor soil, but we ad¬ 
vise giving it as good treatment as Indian 
corn. We are slow to believe that a plant 
growing so large and vigorously will not do 
best on a generous, rich ground. For drilling 
thickly in rows, not less than three pounds 
of seed to the acre will be required, and a 
larger quantity will be still better. In hills 
three feet apart, with eight seeds to the hill 
which would alldw of part of the stalks 
being removed if all the seeds should grow, 
a pound would, plant half an acre ; or one 
* We shall ourselves have a small surplus which ive 
can part witn at less than cost to such subscribers as may 
desire to experiment with it for feeding purposes. Before 
closing un VhiS’number, we will refer to this matter again, 
on a subseqmmt page. 
pound would suffice-for an acre, if only four 
be allowed to the^iTT; but as with corn, it is 
far better to use an abundance of seed, and 
cut out superfluous stalks when they are well 
started. When seed can be procured for 75 
cents per pound, it is better in drilling to 
drop a seed every twd or three inches. One 
seed to three inches, in rows three feet apart., 
will require about 2i to 3 pounds of seed to 
the acre, as there are a trifle over twenty 
thousand seeds to the pound. 
Sugar-cane for Fattening Cattle. —An in¬ 
telligent and reliable friend, who visited the 
Kentucky State Exhibition last Autumn, says 
he was there informed that the animals 
which took the first premium for “ Fat Cat¬ 
tle,” had been fattened on the Chinese 
Sugar-cane. If this be so, it is an important 
item of information. We were not aware 
that there was enough raised at any point in 
Kentucky to be used for this purpose. Can 
any of our readers in that State inform us as 
to this matter ? 
BREAKING COLTS. 
L. M. S. sends us the following on this 
topic : 
Is it not much better to break colts to the halter 
while very young, than to wait, as is usually done, 
till they are nearly one year old 1 I think it is, 
and have my reasons for this opinion. In the 
first place, like every other creature, they are 
more plastic, more readily molded by the hand of 
a master in their infancy than at a later date ; 
and thus a fiery, high-spirited animal, may he 
made parfectly submissive without a resort to se» 
vere measures. The work, when done at this pe¬ 
riod, is also more perfectly done, and the lessons 
which they receive are indelibly stamped upon 
their future character. “As the twig is bent the 
tree’s inclined,” says the trite and truthful prov¬ 
erb. But I have a reason still more weighty to 
our own mind ; I have tried it, and am not whol¬ 
ly a theorist. In my experience, I have foun* 
that colts at one year old can be broken with very 
little of the trouble and danger, either to himself 
or owner, that is usually experienced, and the 
valuable lessons of submission thus taught, has al¬ 
ways shown itself at the more trying time of ac¬ 
tual service. 
