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Harvesting. —I will not occupy much space in speaking on 
this point. Having raised a good crop, each farmer will be 
governed more or less by circumstances as to how and when 
he shall secure it. 
From the early maturing of the Yankee variety till heavy 
frosts, more or less should be cut to feed teams, cattle and hogs 
designed for fattening, and to keep up a flow of milk from the 
cows, if the weather is dry. 
On farms that are fully stocked, or when the owners can do 
it, I would advise cutting it all up, putting from sixty-four to 
one hundred hills in a shock, well bound at the top with flail- 
threshed, w r et, rye straw, care being taken to have it so made as 
to stand erect all winter if necessary. The cutting should all 
be done before frost. Thus secured, I calculate an acre of 
the stalks to be equal on an average to an acre of grass for 
feeding purposes. It can be hauled, husked and fed in winter. 
Sheep can be well grained by feeding on the ground, thus 
saving husking. If desirable to clear the field, in early winter 
the stalks and ears will all be well cured and can be handled 
readily as they are only about half as heavy as when first 
cut, and can be bound with rye straw, &nd hauled and put into 
a stack or barn, to be fed and husked as required. 
17— Ag. Tr. 
