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HOME AND FAEM MAGAZINE SECTION S Dairying on Five Acres HOW many eows could be sneeess fully maintained on five acres of land through intensive crop rota tion is a question governed entirely by natural conditions and the degree of ef ficiency and thoroughness applied Ihrough individual effort. Bye, oats, al lalfa, field peas, forage corn, clover, al pike, vetch; mangel wurtzels, tale, sugar Ibeojta and carrots are all good soiling Crops if adapted to soil and climate. Alfalfa, because of the high per centage of nutrient it contains, is an (excellent soiling crop. Add to this, its Economic valne as a soiling plant, it tie in g possible to produce four or five Crops in rotation during the soiling Season, it is evident that it is one of (the most valuable of the grasses for Boiling purposes. Naturally with Succession of growing crops for the maintenance of a dairy herd there yrould bo at times greater quantities of food than the herd would require Borne of the surplus food could be profitably fed to a pen of hogs, and the balance put into a alio for winter use. Some years ago an experimentation was made in the Dungeuess valley to ascertain what could be done in the Economic maintenance of a dairy herd pn a small plot of land through soil ing methods. The plot used contained an acre and three quarters of land. (The soil was rich alluvial river bottom pith abundant moisture at all seasons tot the year. Tho experimentation was made nnder the personal supervision of an experienced dairyman who knew what had been accomplished by dairy men in Denmark and Holland in the maintenance of dairy herds through rotation of soiling crops. The plot was divided into a dozen or more sub divisions each of whieh was planted to grasses, grains and vegetables. The attempt which was successful, was madeto maintain a herd of sixteen dairy cows in full flow of milk on the successive crops grown on the acre and three-quarters for a period of four months. The herd was stall fed, The entire plot was kept eonatantly iue eessively planted to a rotation of crops throughout the demonstration period. Beferring to the remarkable demon stration Mr. Wall, under whose super vision it was prosecuted, doclared that the dairymen of western Washington did not realize the tremendous pos sibilities before then through soiling methods. The soiling crops used in the experimentation were rye, oats, corn, field peas, mangels, carrots, beets and -kale. Some years ago the federal department of agriculture in one of its publications referred to a romarkable achievement in intensive farming by a Pennsylvania farmer on a fifteen acre farm. The land was only of average fertility, yet by intensive ly utilizing every inch of soil this farmer maintained the year round thirty-four head of cattle, a team of horses, pigs and a large flock of chickens. I Qfollinna In Pnvnna I I UIOUIVUS All UUlVffV I I II IN ALL FOREIGN countries noted for one or more pure breeds of horses, practically no "scrub," "grade," or non-registered stallions are used for public sen-ice, and some of the foreign governments prohibit the use of such horses. The French government for over 100 fears has maintained stables of care fully selected, sound, purebred- stal lions for breeding purposes. The best stallions in Europe are annually chosen for use in these stud, and since looa all stallions not coming within special (flosses have beon excluded from public kervico. The classes referred to are se lected by government veterinarians, who inspect all horses and- grade them as follows: "Subsidized" class, compris ing stallions of a certain standard and for each of which a cash bonus of from $00 to 100 per yoar is paid to the owner to keep the animal in tho coun try for use by owners of marcs: "Authorized" class, comprising horses of slightly lower quality that are au thorized, after passing inspection, by & card certifying them as recommend ed by the government for use as sires; "Approved" class, comprising a fow horses permitted to stand for service, but not granted a bonus or recommen dation card. In Belgium the governmont has, sinco 1850, maintained a great horso-breeding establishment and promotes the breed ing of purebred Belgian, draft horses by an annual grant of-$5,000 to the Official draft horse registration so ciety, and an annual appropriation of "0,000 to encourage the horse breed ing industry of the country. Liberal prizes are awarded throughout the country; stallions are officially exam ined by government experts, and both approved stallions and mares are -Pintail "maintenance" bounties to re tain thorn in Belgium. Under such aus picos horse brooding is making wonder ful progress nnd only purebred stallions are in use for service. Tn r.prm.inv covernment supervision of horse breeding has obtained for cen turies and today is similar to that in voguo in Belgium, it haying been re quired by law "that no permits should bo issued authorizing the uso of the stallions, unless they passed a satisfac tory government inspection." At the present time both the government and agricultural societies promote intelli gent horse breeding. Prizes aw award ed for animals of special merit, and such animals must remain in the coun try for a specified time. Stallion shows have been held for many years at Aurich in East Friesland. Prizes for brood mares are awarded by the government. The eovernment of Austria conducts a somewhat similar supervision, and large sums of money are devoted to the horse breeding industry each year. In Great Britain practically ail we farmers recognize the importance of using purebred sires and oniy sucu are used in the districts whence come the well known breeds of horses. Mfivinir-nictiire shows will be con ducted on transatlantic liners, if the insurance underwriters will consent. What do you think OF THIS? 3,000,000 Acres FINE FREE HOMESTEADS and Montana Deeded Land (8 to $40 an Acts Ready for the plow. Yields 30 to 60 bu. Wheat. Oats, barley, flax, hay, otc, in proportion. Finest Inland Climate, Land Sold on Crop Payment Flan. Low fare Homeseekers' Ex cursions on first nnd third Tuesdays of each month. Western Immigration Agent, O. M. ft ST. P. ST. 2nd and Cherry, Seattle, Wash. 1 i WOOD TANKS For Water, Oil, Wine, Mining and Cyanide. 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