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Such soiling food is fed by cutting it with scythe,
mower or reaper from day to day, and feeding it out in
mangers or in racks, or in some instances on the grass.
This means that it is to be drawn daily, should the weath-
er be showery, however, it may be well to draw enough
at once at such times, as may last for two or three days.
It may be fed once or twice a day, according to the needs
of the animals.
The cutting of corn may begin as soon as it is in full
tassel, and may continue until the crop is fully matured.
Corn may be drawn and fed in the same way as the fod-
ders mentioned above, but is very frequently strewn over
a grass field on which the cows may be grazing, varying
the place each day on which the food is to be fed. By
growing earlier or later varieties, or by varying the time
of planting, the season of feeding corn may be much pro-
longed. It.is usually wise also to have enough of this
crop on hand to justify continuing to feed it thus in the
mature form from the shock, as it feeds well along with
the fresh grass started by the autumnal rains in the pas-
tures.
