The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-22
Curing Pea Vines.

.-rasnondent asks for my method OF
curing pea vines for hay, says w. j.
SSa-tben in the Southern Cutttudtor. II
49, Conditions always remain d the same, It
III he quite an easy matter TO establish q
- ola, for doing farm work. Indeed, II
.,a,5itions were always the same, few
lars, experience would soon establish
-, noljcy that every farmer would recog-
,,iza and adopt. What your correspondent
-, -aallv wants to know is, not how to save
- vines when everything is favorable,
- when the weather, the labor, the teams
- overything else are out of joint. And
+aa wav to answer the inquiry is to tell
20 save them when all things are favor
81 and then vary the plan to suit the
changed conditions.
Tend it best to cut pea vines just about
- line Young peas begin to form. Cut
- thew are not so good for food, and 1t is
H. difiicult to save the leaves. If barn
~ &c abundant l would prefer to cure
49, in the shade, after they had slightly
tilted If the leaves are allowed 70 DEC )lne
80, in the sun they are almost sure to fall
Ss II ia hardly possible to furnish sufficient
~, room to cure any amount of vines, as
tSa+ raouire to be spread in order to pre-
W.. heating. AS a substitute for this,
'.Sr have suggested rail pens with rail
| aoorS distant two or three feet uD TO the
~ This plan | abandoned some years ago,
as II requires about one rail to every pea
inc and then found the vines spoiled.
''T When therefore, all things are favorable,
/ rolv largely upon outdoor curing. l allow
| ,be zines to lie as cut until the leaves are
nrottv we'll wilted, / then rake them up with
Sorss rake and leave them in rows across
/ sha feld After remaining day or such
.no+rer in this condition, l put them into
small conical cocks, as / do clover, about
i've feet high and about five or six feet in
diameter at the base. They stay about an
4 otber dav in this way, and then put two or
.bTee of these cocks together and let them
s.av for several days, depending altogether
mon their condition. This l do when the
4 'Tfaarber is decidedly favorable. If it is not,
& ofrar remaining day, as raked up across
4 sba field | draw them to the barn and put
three or four loads in a place, and after a
& favdavs have them forked over and aired
and moved Just enough distance to say they
4 ers moved. This plan of taking 20 the
n harm at once much prefer, if the vines are
& snort. as they are then secure against posi-
HE had weather If the vines are long, it is
8 noeasv matter to move them, as any farmer
q will soon find who tries it. They become
ouite tangled, and, in addition to the great
expenditure Of strength they are much
s. damaged in loss of leaves.
81 Altogether, practice this plan most fire.
n orently: After lying just as long as l am
81 willing to risk them exposed to the weather,
4 take them to the barn and fork them over
as necessity may demand.
1t makes troublesome forage, but / find
pea vine hay most excellent food, and when
the farmer gets in the habit of curing them
the Job does not seem so formidable. If at
home when the work is being DONE can al
ways save them successfully; when trusted
TO others sometimes lose them.
always put my stubbe fields in pea vines
to be saved for hay. Farmers who give much
time to cotton of course cannot do this with
out q coed deal of extra help.