. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . earance. Abortion is the most costly of all. This disease in one formis contagious. Every effort must be given to stop its progress when onoe it isnoticed in a herd.—Courtesy of Farm and Dairy. 1910 FAKMEllS INSTITUTES. 61 THE EAISING OF FODDER FOll DAIRY CATTLE. A. E. Calnan^ Allisonville. The profits to be gained from the dairy industry depend very largely uponthe quantity, quality and cheapness of fodder. The great bulk of this food mustalways be produced by the dairyman himself. Therefore, The raising of fodderfor dairy cattle is to the dairyman
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . earance. Abortion is the most costly of all. This disease in one formis contagious. Every effort must be given to stop its progress when onoe it isnoticed in a herd.—Courtesy of Farm and Dairy. 1910 FAKMEllS INSTITUTES. 61 THE EAISING OF FODDER FOll DAIRY CATTLE. A. E. Calnan^ Allisonville. The profits to be gained from the dairy industry depend very largely uponthe quantity, quality and cheapness of fodder. The great bulk of this food mustalways be produced by the dairyman himself. Therefore, The raising of fodderfor dairy cattle is to the dairyman a very important question. It embraces thewhole series of farm operations from the preparations of the soil to the harvestingand storing of the matured crops. The true dairy farmer plans all his farmoperations to the end that his barns and bins may be filled with an abundance offeed, and that each succeeding year will find his farm capable of producing moreand more fodder, of better quality and greater value, thus sustaining a large herd. Ayrshire Cow. This heifer won first and sweepstakes at the TorontoNational Exhibition, 1910. of dairy cattle. To accomplish this the dairyman should study the value ofdrainage of the best methods of soil cultivation, of the best system of crop rota-tion to increase soil fertility and subdue the weeds, of the most productive kindsand varieties of grain to sow, and of the uses and value of the corn and cloverplants, the two great fodder crops of Ontario. The foundation of success in the raising of fodder, as in all other culturaloperations on our farms, depends on a thorough system of drainage. There mustbe ample provision made for the disposal of the surplus water supply of the earlyspring. A soil saturated with water that is allowed to dry by the slow process ofevaporation can never produce profitable crops. There are thousands of acres oftillable land in the Province of Ontario that are producing very little, owing tolack of drainage, that
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