Show SEVERAL SUMMER FEEDING PROBLEMS PROBLEM S intelligent provision gives substantial advantages to live stock farmer although the question of summer bummer feeding ceding has baa become one of the most important lu in the country so far as many farmers are concerned there are many who in my opinion miss boma of the main points altogether an intelligent provision for summer feeding gi gives yes substantial advant advantages ages to the farmer less laud land Is used for pasturage and consequently the percentage tige of at waste aa reduced it if there Is in a saving in the amount of at land it simply means the use of less capital in this branch of agriculture 9 in other words a farm of acres should yield as an good results as one of acres und under erthe the old methods of st still greater importance perhaps to Is the matter of keeping up the milk supply to contract requirements requirement s and that of maintaining the growth and strength of llva live stock generally in the early part of the se seison season ison when pasturage growth ts Is rapid animals waste fully as much fodder an they con consume surge but by midsummer the dry weather la Is pretty suro sure to curtail the thel growth of grass to euca an extent that the milk supply la Is lessened and flesh an and d growth are impaired the conclusion la Is that the farmer should not de pendon pastur pasturage age otter the first of july and therefore only GO fc much land should be devoted to grazing as may be needed in the most favorable part of tho the season the problem of supplying summer fodder can easily be settled by the cultivation of the part of the pasture land which Is saved young stock will then obtain uniform growth while by the some same means a dalry will ke keep ep up it milk epply should the whole season prove ta fa marable tor for pasturage much of tho fodder raised for summer feeding may ae b e sold in the market oe or the dairy may be enlarged A silo Is a good auxiliary in providing for or either summer or winter feed ing and there are various methods along the lle line of intensive farming which will enable owners of ot cattle to tso UBO less leea land and at the same time tho tha results desired rr crop ot rye can be ba cut tor for hay between may 20 and june 1 1 and millet should be seeded in the same field by july 1 thus insuring an extra crop on the ground fodder corn may also bo be grown in the latter P part art of the summer on a field that has produced rye these late crops are a valuable addi addition flon to the winter supply there are various methods by which the owners of live stock can secure double crops without wearing out the land alfalfa averages three cuttings each season the first crop being ready beady early in june la in the more northern sections this Is one of at the very best fodder crops tor for dairy cows after it hat has been partly cured it Is unwise to allow cattle to forage fo rage on alfalfa as it Is likely to cause bloating and at any rate the waste from trampling ti larke large it Is the business s of the farmer to plan months ahead ifor or his bis winter rod fodder and when this point Is settled la in his mind he will be free to give such attention to summer feeding as the state of his pasture makes necessary |