TI1E EAMER,

From the New-England Farmer,
LITTER FOR CATTLE.
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Litter is very essential to cattle, when let
into yards, without which yard manure is q
small account, and unless it be in fuH flro-
portion to the cattle in the yard, it is not
thought highly of; but is as half done thing.
Good farmers in England. deem FIJI litter
ing of cattle, when in yards, of such impor-
tance that after reaping with sickes and in
ming their wheat, they cut The stubbl- and
stack it for litter. Besides straw and stub
BILE for litter, they apply to the same use,
fern (brakes) and such other vegetable sub
stances as they can procure; and they buy
straw from common farmers who are not in
the practice of littering. In all countries.
common farmers are indifferent to improve
ments they look not beyond cid habits. and
it is prudent that they venture not on eXten-
sive new projects, without first making ex-
pertinent A full littering is three loads OF
10 or 13,0oolbs. OF straw to each grown
beast.


1t would be more economical however,
to cut the straw with a straw cutter, even
when It is intended for litter. But if cut and
mixed, OF given with other food or roots it
affords wholesome provender for cattle.
The best way, therefore, is to litter your cat
tie with brakes, stubbies, leaves and other
vegetable substances of less value than
straw, and cut and distribute yonr straw for
fodder. Ifpossible feed your cattle under
cover, and provide them at least a shed to
lodge under, and they will require not only
less litter but less food than if fed and lodg,
ed in an open yard. "Many farmers" says
the Domestic Encyclopedia, feed in their
yards in racks, and suppose they gain every
possible advantage from the practice. by the
saving of dung dropped, trampled and wa
tered by the cattle; and though this practice
is certainly preferable to wastetul pasturns
or to feeding in rack Cor from stacks i'll the
fields, vet it ought to be recolleeted that the
manure will be much inferior to that made
and preserved under cover. For there are OBJ
jections against the practice Of yard feeding,
viz: Danger from a vicious beast injurins
another, the irritation arising from then
contentious for food and worrying BY flies,
all of which are avoided BY feeding in stalls
under cover"