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Show SOILING CROPS SOILING CROPS FOR UTAH DAIRY COWS Wc liavo received many requests for an outline of soiling crop's applicable applic-able to conditions that obtain in Utah. Here wc have a dry climate, but irrigation, and it is possible to secure even better results with soiling soil-ing crops in this locality than in the east. The editor of this paper, has for a long time been an ardent advocate advo-cate of the soiling system. There arc those in the state however, who arc working along animal husbandry lines, wlio do not agree with the writ cr on this question. There can be no question however on this that as a supplementary method to pasturage soiling should play a very important part in Utah dairying. A large part of the energy derived from the feeding feed-ing is expended by cows in wandering wander-ing over the pasture, and besides there is a. very great loss in pasture grasses that arc tramped under and destroyed. Wc realize that the soiling system Proposed Succession of Soiling Crops for Dairy Cows in Utah. Dally Feed AcreaRC for Crop Time of Seeding Time of Cutting per Cow to Cows Fall Rye Sept. 15-20 May 15 to June 1 40 lbs. 13 Lucem June 1st to June 15th 42 13 Peas and Oats Apr. 1-5 June 15th to June 25th 38 16 Peas and Obts Apr. 5-10 June 25 to July 4 38 16 Lucem 2d Crop July 4 to July 18 42 Same Vetches and Oats Apr. 20 July 18 to Aug. 1 38 i3 Teas and Barley May 1 Aug. 1 to Aug. 12 38 13 Fi eld Corn May 10 Aug. 12 to Aug. 25 42 16 Evergreen Corn June 5 Aug. 25 to Sept. 5 38 Rye Land Lucem 3d Crop Sept. 5 to Sept. 20 42 Same Lucem 3d Crop Sept. 20 to Oct. 15 4s T3 Total acreage for ten cows. 2 16 Ace. of ten cows, from the 15th of May until the 15th of October. This means taking, of course, three crops of lucem from the same piece of ground and also means that the rye land is again rc-sceded. ThisJscon sidcrcd good husbandryprovidcd the ground is fertilized thoroughly after the removaJUof the crops. J.nthe opinion of the writer, who ' has made a very careful study of this question, extending over a number of years, there is absolutely no reason' involves considerable labor. The writer in using this method a few years ago, touilt a large rack into which enough feed could be placed to last two days. The cows were simply sim-ply turned loose in the yard and allowed al-lowed free access to the rack flHcJ with green succulent crops. In addition ad-dition to this each cow in the herd received from four to six pounds of grain per day, the amount being varied var-ied in accordance with the productive product-ive capacity of the cow. It should b-stated b-stated that in addition, the cows received re-ceived some dry lucerne. Invariably cows fed as these were would go to the manger for dry feed, and during one summer's season, a herd of ten cows kept on soiling crops, ate between be-tween three and four tons of dry lucerne. lu-cerne. The fallowing outline gives a succession suc-cession of crops that can be profitably profit-ably used here. It will be seen by this outline thai the writer maintains that with the additions ad-ditions above mentioned, 2 16 acres of land arc sufficient for a dairy herd for a large acreage in order to go into the dairy business. Nowhere in the world can dairying be emphasized tc a greater! extent than in our irngat-Td irngat-Td Alleys. The population in this state in the agricultural district cou'd be increased ten-fold if dairying could be adopted as.it should be. |