The Caledonian

Last spring I sowed about three acres of
corn, intending to cut it green for soiling, but
owing to the favorableness of the season for
grass, but one acre was cut—the other two
were cured for fodder. I have no doubt the
produce from one acre was equal to ten acres
of ordinary grass made into hay. The best
way to raise it is to plow and harrow the
ground, as if for corn or potatoes, and then
start the plow and let a man or boy follow
and drop every third furrow in the piece
of ground is completed: then run the roller
over and it needs no more attention. We
put three and a half bushels of seed to the
acre. I would prefer putting it on a piece of
ground that was not to be seeded, in order to
save labor in the curing. All that would be
necessary is to cut and shock as other corn.
and let it stand until dry, then bind it in
sheaves and haul it into the barn or shed.
and salt it. Cattle eat it with avidity and
milk better than when fed on hay. We pur-
pose putting down ten to fifteen acres this
spring, and calculate to save two-fold by the
operation. First in cutting hay there is al-
most always difficulty in procuring men e-
ven at the highest wages. Second, instead
of mowing from forty to fifty acres we will
have them for pasture which does not impov-
erish the land like mowing. I think there
is no crop which will pay better than sowed
corn. Let our farmers try it.