1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A LITTLE FARM WELL TILLED. 
One of our readers on Dong' Island has 
a small place and keeps one cow, one 
horse and three hogs, also a flock of 
chickens. He has 10 or 12 acres and no 
very good grazing ground for the cow. 
He is new at the business, and wants to 
provide this coming year, if possible, food 
enough for these animals. Starting with 
a farm in this condition he wants to know 
what he can plant so as to make sure of 
fodder enough for this stock. "W hat, in 
your opinion, would be best for this mar, 
to plant on a small scale in order to be 
sure of fodder enough for these animals? 
I should plant three acres of corn, 
white dent preferred, also 2 V 2 acres of 
fodder corn and one-half acre of pota¬ 
toes. Cut the corn as soon as the ears 
are seared; by cutting when stalks are 
green the cow and horse will eat butts 
and all if cut with a machine in pieces 
two or three inches long. In the Spring 
buy 50 feet of half-inch rope and tie the 
cow out in any place where she can get 
a bite of grass. In Summer give the hogs 
plenty of pigweeds or almost any kind 
of weeds and they will not need much 
corn. In the Fall pick out the small po¬ 
tatoes and boil for the hogs. Thicken 
with a little cornmeal when hot and the 
hogs will do well and get fat. If he has 
them, boil a few pumpkins with the po¬ 
tatoes. Be very careful to save all the 
hen manure, and also all the w r ood ashes, 
both of these will make good corn, but 
do not mix, as I am quite certain that 
better results will be obtained by using 
separately. I should plow in the cow 
and horse manure, but the hen manure 
and ashes I should drop in the hill. 1 
believe by doing as I have suggested the 
inquirer will have feed enough for all 
his stock and corn for his chickens. 
M. D. GARDNER. 
This is a case for which numerous re¬ 
cipes might be offered. Here is one; it 
may be useful for purposes of criticism; 
Two acres oats, half an acre roots and 
succulents, one acre potatoes and gar¬ 
den, two acres corn, 5^ acres grass. 
Sow in the Spring as early as the ground 
can be worked two acres of oats. These 
can be fed in the sheaf or thrashed. Pre¬ 
pare thoroughly one-half acre for root 
crops. Sow one-half the plot to man¬ 
gels, one-quarter to rape and plant 
cabbage, preferably late cabbage after 
some early crop on the last quarter. The 
pigs, chickens and cow will like these 
succulent feeds at any time of the year. 
If a few rows of carrots are crowded in¬ 
to the plot the horses will eat them. He 
will probably need one acre for potatoes 
and kitchen garden. Plant two acres to 
ccrn. The cow will eat the stalks and 
the grain will be a mainstay for all the 
slock. The remainder or five and one- 
balf acres should be in grass for hay or 
green cutting, as his cow must be stall- 
fed during the year. Nothing is said 
at out the amount of fertilizer he is able 
or willing to use. His root crop and 
corn will require relatively the heaviest 
feeding, and for the whole farm he must 
remember that out of nothing nothing 
comes. Rotation and dovetailing of 
crops will be necessary to make such a 
farm continuously productive and suc¬ 
cessful. But with the data at hand no 
more can be said than that there should 
be a regular and constant change from 
grass land to tillage plots, and that a 
liberal use be made of clover in seeding. 
Connecticut. e. c. biiwje. 
We will assume the inquirer has 12 
acres of cleared land suitable for all 
crops, and intends to devote most of his 
time to the farm. I would suggest for 
the first year the following crops: Four 
acres potatoes, four acres corn, two acres 
millet, one acre strawberries and small 
fruit, half an aevs apples, pears and 
peaches including chickens enclosed 
with wire netting, one-fourth acre vege¬ 
table garden, one-fourth acre carrots. 
Westhampton, L. I. w. v. j. 
If the land is in a suitable state or 
condition I would suggest that about 
feur acres of it be planted with corn, 
four acres with oats to be cut green or 
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in the milk, and cured for hay, to be fol¬ 
lowed by Hungarian grass also for hay. 
and one acre planted with potatoes, 
mangels, carrots and other garden vege¬ 
tables. All would be useful for feed, and 
if properly cultivated would give an 
abundance. The potatoes, if early and 
dug in July and August can be followed 
by turnips or rye. The remainder of 
the land, if not suitable for mowing, 
could be used for cow and hog pasture, 
which could be supplemented by green 
oats, corn and Hungarian grass in their 
season. That is for this present year; 
for another year some of the land could 
be fitted for hay next Fall. n c. 
Suffolk Co., L. I. 
In my opinion three or four acres of 
corn for the main crop and about one- 
fourth acre of field beets (Golden Tank¬ 
ard is a good variety). If he has no 
grass for early pasture perhaps a small 
piece of oats and peas would do to cut 
as soon as anything he could plant this 
Spring. I have had no experience with 
this crop. Also, a piece of fodder corn 
to use before the main crop is ready. 
These, with good tillage and a favorable 
season ought to provide for his stock. 
It is now quite common to have corn 
fodder shredded, but I have some doubt 
if it pays to hire the power to do it with 
at present prices. I dislike long corn¬ 
stalks to feed, and we cut them with a 
common bucksaw into three pieces. I 
think the stock eat them cleaner and 
what is left makes very good bedding. 
We use a buck made specially for the 
purpose, but a common X buck made a 
little larger than for sawing wood an¬ 
swers very nicely. g. ii. l. 
Suffolk Co., L. I. 
As feed for the cow and horse I know 
of nothing better than corn. I plant in 
hills; distance according to the ground. 
I like to have plenty of ears, but not too 
large; feed it without husking. The cow 
in chewing the husk will crush the ker¬ 
nel; this saves grinding. I commence to 
feed it in July, and would like to have 
enough to last till grass comes in the 
Spring; also feed it to the pigs while 
the stalks are green. I think it would 
be safe to sow a few oats, say one acre; 
these come when the pasture is short or 
can be kept till Winter; also some buck¬ 
wheat for the hens. One-fourth acre of 
beets on good ground would be a good 
thing to have next Winter. I plant the 
Yellow Globe mangel; they are good for 
all stock, even the hens like them. I 
would sow clover with the oats for feed 
for another year, and some rye sown 
in late August will make late and early 
pasture. I expect it would be best to 
plant some money crop and buy grain 
for the hens. t. n. t. 
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