Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-03-07
BEETs FOR STOCK.
A Chance for Nevada Farmers
20 Try Profitable Expert
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Many of our farmers are puzzle'
to know what to do with thei
ands. Wheat is an uncertain
crop, hay does not pay, and fruit
growing is very venturesom'
y business, The fact is that mucl
Hand is too nearly worn out fol
4 grain, and is held at too high g
figure. to make ordinary farming
!, desirable, so the proper thing tc
do is to .'sell out" and go into
something else; but until Gus
toner comes along to purchase,
let us consider what can be done.
| On account of the excessive rains
this winter some of our best lands
cannot be seed to grain nor hay,
and some that have been seeded
| will fail to make a good crop.
lSlch land ought not to lie idle,
producing only crop of weeds.
As soon as possible it should be
plowed up and prepared for a
crop of corn or beets. - ~
| Too many farmers seem blind to
| their own interests in the use they
make of their land. GA crop of
grain, or nothing" is the rule they
follow; and too often it is nothing
they realize from their richest lands
Instead of a very light and foul
crop of hay there might be slen-i
did crop of corn, or beets, or
sweet corn fodder for feeding the
COWS. when the pastures are dried
up and the milk begins to fail. No
green feed, no milk; no milk, no
butter and no butter, no cash
from the cows.
Sweet corn fodder is worth
more than double the ordinary
corn fodder and is one of the most
valuable milk producing foods |
known to dairymen. The seed
costs but little, as the very choicest |
sweet corn can now be bought for |
five cents per pound, and the la
Dor of raising the crop is almost |
nothing. This corn fodder should |
cut and fed green from day to day
through August and September.
Then, when this begins to fail, the
next crop to have ready for feed
ing the cows and hogs and all
other stock is the mangel wurtzel,
or stock beet.
There is no more profitable crop
known to the farmer to-day than
beets, Twenty-Five to
forty tons per acre is an ordinary
return from good land when well
cultivated, and all animals learn
TO eat them with the greatest
relish. They can be fed all winter
and keep well until April or May, ,
when gathered and placed under /,
cover. =,
Now is the time to be planning
or these cultivated crops for the :
coming season-crops which rest
md clean the land, and put money
n the pocket at the same time. S
ret good; reliable seed, and have C
he land well prepared for plant i
ng in March or April, for 1890 4
ives promise of being an un- !
Usually good year for such crops, +
While it may be a poor year for {
lay and grain in many places. \
I shall be happy to answer any a
inquiries on the subject of beet Gull p
ure from parties who wish to c
liant this year; how and when to
liant beets; what vaTities are best, :
nd on what land; the amotnt of :,
eed to the acre, and on sprouting !,
ne seed before planting, etc. :,
All these are subjects of impor- r
ance to those who contemplate
ngaging in this profitable indus :
y. There is money in beets and !,
yeet corn for those who know a,
DIV to grow and feed them.
w. G. DAMON,
Napa, Cal, February %, 1890. tn