. Ten reasons why a dairy farm in Virginia pays better than in any other state. nd winter vetchare crops that, in their order, come to maturity in theearly spring and are nuicli used for eitlier grazing or forsoiling pur))oses. Near the large cities where land ishigh, and in the sections where truckiiig is the main croy),the system of soiling is carried on with good Iesnits, twoand sometimes three ( Iops being cut fi;om the same landin one year. Cows are kept in the l)arnyard and greenfeed cut and hauled to them. Starting in the eaily s|)ringwith the above-mentioned cro])S, winter oats, alfalf
. Ten reasons why a dairy farm in Virginia pays better than in any other state. nd winter vetchare crops that, in their order, come to maturity in theearly spring and are nuicli used for eitlier grazing or forsoiling pur))oses. Near the large cities where land ishigh, and in the sections where truckiiig is the main croy),the system of soiling is carried on with good Iesnits, twoand sometimes three ( Iops being cut fi;om the same landin one year. Cows are kept in the l)arnyard and greenfeed cut and hauled to them. Starting in the eaily s|)ringwith the above-mentioned cro])S, winter oats, alfalfa,wheat, spring oats, red clover, corn, sorghum and kaffircorn, soudan grass, soy beans, cow ])eas, millet, etc., canbe grown and fed in theii oidei-. Fiom mo~t of thesecrops good ln\- is made. Timothy, oichard grass, herdsgrass, the clovers, etc., are also gi*own extensively forhay and l)ring laige returns. Tn conserving the entiie value of the corn crop, the silois in general use throughont the State. Tn Piedmoid and the western section of State, where Page Twenty-six. Page Twenty-seven the bine grass is a natural product and where in the pastexport beef has been raised, those farmers that have takennp the dairy work have demonstrated that milk can beprodneed perhaps more economically than in any ])art ofthe Union. On those blue grass farms, allowing a fairprice for the grazing of the stock, and for all labor in-volved, it has been demonstrated that milk can be pro-duced at a cost as low as six cents per gallon. While in the eastern section natural bine grass doesnot thrive as it docs in the mountains and hills of thewestern and central ])arts of the State, yet these sections,which are not so high above the sea level, are especiallyadapted for the raising of leguminous crops of all kinds,and here the nearness to the seaboard makes the market-ing of early garden truck es]iecially ]n-ofitable. 6. PRICE OF LUMBER. Virginia is one of the few States that still has largeareas
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