An essay on the improvement to be made in the cultivation of small farms, by the introduction of green crops and housefeeding the stock thereon. Tenants' ed

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W. Curry, Jun. & Company, 1834 - 96 էջ

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Էջ 6 - ... &c., the same ground which in poor pasture would scarcely feed one cow in summer would, under the crops mentioned, feed three or perhaps four the whole year round, by keeping the cattle in the house, and bringing the food there to them ; and the manure produced by one of these cows so fed and well bedded, with the straw saved by the supply of better food, would be more than equal to that produced by three cows pastured in summer and fed in winter upon dry straw or hay, and badly littered. Here...
Էջ 7 - Here then are two assertions well worthy your serious attention — first, that three cows may be provided with food in the house all the year from the same quantity of ground which will scarcely feed one under pasture for the summer ; and secondly, that one cow so fed in the house will give as much manure as three "fed in the field. I call these important assertions ; for if they are really founded in fact, then any of you who may now be only able to keep one cow would, by changing his plan, be...
Էջ 8 - ... one cow in summer) taking a stolen crop of rape after the vetches, will afford ample provision for three cows the year round. For you all know that an acre of good clover will house-feed three cows from the middle of May to the middle of October; and with the help of a rood of vetches you will be able to save half the first cutting for hay to use during the winter. Then when the first frosts about the middle of October may have stripped the clover of its leaves, the early sown rape, which ought...
Էջ 84 - As soon as fairly out of the ground, hoe the ground nicely, and pretty deeply, and again in a few days. When the plants have six leaves, which will be very soon, dig up, make fine, and manure another rod or two, and prick out the plants, 4,000 of each, in rows at eight inches apart and three inches in the row.
Էջ 7 - ... feed three or perhaps four the whole year round, by keeping the cattle in the house, and bringing the food there to them ; and the manure produced by one of these cows so fed and well bedded, with the straw saved by the supply of better food, would be more than equal to that produced by three cows pastured in summer and fed in winter upon dry straw or hay, and badly littered. Here then are two assertions well worthy your serious attention — first, that three cows may be provided with food in...
Էջ 44 - There is another weed which I likewise see doing a great deal of mischief — I mean ragweed. The quantity of nourishment it draws from the ground is shown by this, that it will not grow upon bad land. In regard to it, a most ridiculous notion prevails, which I have frequently found people possessed of, who ought to know better — namely, that all the nourishment it has extracted from the soil in its growth, is again returned to it in its decay, or in other words, that after ripening the seed, the...
Էջ 6 - ... holdings into a productive state, in place of allowing nearly half their farms to remain nominally in grazing, but in reality producing nothing ; and, as this cannot be done without manure, and manure cannot be had without stock, the consideration naturally arises how can the greatest quantity of stock be most economically maintained, and under what management can the largest quantity of manure be derived therefrom. Now, by referring to the experience of all good farmers in all countries, and...
Էջ 46 - ... very best remedy against this evil, and when well boiled with some potatoes mashed down, and some seeds or bran mixed, to make it palatable, a bushel full given in this way, night and morning, will open the bowels, make the skin look healthy, and increase the quantity of milk beyond your utmost sanguine expectations When chaff cannot be had, chopped hay or straw may be substituted, a machine for cutting which may be bought for about thirty shillings. The mixture should be made of such a consistence...
Էջ 62 - AR p. 1 In potatoes (having only one cow, and not fed in the house,) he will not be able to manure more than 0 2 0 2 In oats, upon last year's potato land 0 2 0 3 In oats, being the second crop after potatoes 0 2 0 4 In oats, being the third crop after ditto 0 2 0 >In grazing, lying out to rest 2 0 0 Entire Farm Acres.
Էջ 6 - The only way in my mind to accomplish this is, by introducing such a system of agriculture as would bring the entire of the small farmers' holdings into a productive state, in place of allowing nearly half their farms to remain nominally in grazing, but in reality producing nothing ; and, as this cannot be done without manure, and manure cannot be had without stock, the consideration naturally arises how can the greatest quantity of stock be most economically maintained...

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