Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-09
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Corn and meal are used for food prin-
cipally because they contain 4 great deal
of nutritious matter in concentrated
form. But this matter is mostly carbon
aceous or fat-producing. Growing stock
should not be kept in n fat condition,
for the demand of the system is chiefly
for muscle producing matter. There is
no concentrated material on the farm
that supplies this desideratum in full,
and though nature has furnished farm
ers with Splendid agents for this pur-
pose, in the shape of pease and beans,
the opportunity is not improved.
For early pasture or soiling after rye
a piece of land broadcasted to tall grow-
ing green pease, mixed with oats, is in
valuable. The writer of this once kept
a COW up to flow of milk till late in the
season by succession OF such crops,
and that too on a piece of white sand
land. 1t is not known by some that if
these vines are cut and nicely cured
when Just about to blossom they will
furnish good crop of nutritious hay,
but if not cut at Towering time the
leaves will crumble away
Ground pease or beans are economic
al for feeding, owing to the great saving
they effect. Farmers are tempted to
part with them at 50 10 a bushel. and
they often bring more than that sum;
but if we will stop and reflect that this
meal. mixed half-and-half with corn
meal. will enable US to dispense with
one-third the quantity of hay. a great
saving is made through the winter. For
young calves nothing can equalit- Ii the
farmer has no convenience for grinding
them, the pease or beans can be cooked
into mash in the ordinary way. and
if thus given literally to stock, especial
" TO the younger portion. will push
them rapidly forward Pigs will grow
fatter on this than on ANYTHING else.
Young heifers become matured several
months sooner. BY the use OF pea or
bean meal wheat straw can be used in
place Of nav. and. taken as whole. it
is almost a necessity on well-regulated
farms. Bear in mind, as stated above,
pease and beans will not fatten stock as
readily rs corn. nor will corn make the
stock grow rs quickly as the legumes.
Hence. in winter we should feed these
articles together in order to get the best
results. These crops can he grown rs
cheaply As corn-pease in a much short
er time. and beans fully as easy The
COW pea is bush variety, that grows
very tall. Our ordinary white bean
will answer for quick crops. Of pease
the marrow is preferable. They can be
produced in drills or broadcast.
Pease will stand some frost. and may
be put in early for vine-feeding before
other green material is ready. Beans
cannot stand frost. and the growers
should wait until the ground is warm.
They can be successfully followed till
fall. Pease will produce several crops
during the season on the same land, and
the COW pease can be grown between
corn if the corn is planted four feet each
way and worked only in one direction.
The crops are easily harvested Having
but feeble root-hold they are pulled up
and carried TO the barn, where they are
threshed at such times as will not per-
nit of other outdoor work.-LearcR-
C0rth Times.