Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-12-16
THE FARM AND HOME.
CROPS THAT ARE VALUABLE
FOR THE DAiRvMAN.
heterogeneous and carbonaeeous Feeds
Dransht Harness Sorghum Molassss
Best Results From silags-Farm Notes
and Home Hints.


Value OF the Legnmes.
The heterogeneous are the most ex-
pensive and the most necessary foods,
and il is valuable to know that a GER
tain family Of common plants are ex-
'eessiVely heterogeneous. says Colman's
Rural World This family is bOtan-
ically known as the legumeS and
includes the clovers, peas, beans,
vetches c. Fl. Everett OF Belolt,
| Wis. at the Wisconsin dairymens
convention said on this subject:
I'VE need TO economic IN the pro
duetion of plants rich in protein l
do not believe that any man is just
| flied in paying s25 a ton for oil meal,
where he can produce pea meal ON
his own farm. The chemist finds
twenty-five pounds OF digestible pro
tein in 100 pounds OF oil meal, and in
I 100 pounds of pea meal he finds
twenty pounds, which means 500
I pounds Of digestible protein in one
ton OF oil meal, and 400 pounds in
one ton of pea meal | can produce
one ton of pea meal for about Sl2,
or sixty cents per hundred. as
/ against S1.25 per hundred for oil
meal IL | receive no other value
| from either of the feeds than the
protein, then | would pay IS per
hundred for the 400 pounds in the
pea meal, IS per hundred for the 500
pounds in the oil meal. But in adj
dition TO the protein the pea meal
contains l, 100 pounds OF digestible
/ carbohydrates and fat to the ten,
while IN one ton OF oil meal there is
but $50 pounds.
The next crop that consider OF
great value to the dairyman is clover.
In 100 pounds OF clover hay there
are eight pounds OF digestible pro-
tein. or 40 pounds in one ton.
produce three tons OF clover hay 10
the acre on the average. which gives
me 40 pounds Of digestible protein
from an acre. A good average yield
OF timothy hay is two tons per acre.
There is ninety pounds Of digestible
/ protein in one ton OF this kind OF
hay. or $50 pounds in two tons from
the one acre. Now ] have $50 pounds
Of protein from the acre Of clover.
and 1870 pounds from the acre OF tim.
othy. can produce the three tons
of clover as cheaply as / can
the two tons Of timothy. with the ex-
ception OF the difference in the cost
OF seed and harvesting the extra ton.
The two tons OF timothy will cost
me in the barn S5 IS. or e.. SO per
ton. II make no account Of the car
bohydrates the $50 pounds OF protein
/ get from the acre OF clover will
cost me So rs, while the 1870 pounds
from the timothy has cost me s.. Is
To make it more plain. am paying
81. 43 per hundred for protein in the
clover, and s3. 10 per hundred for
that found in timothy.
There is still another kind Of food
the dairyman can produce with econ
omy. and it has high feeding value.
being fully as rich in protei as clo-
yer nay. refer to Oat and pea hay
The chemist finds nine pounds OF
digestible protein in 100 pounds Of
dried pea vines In raising this kind
/ of feed 1t is best to SOW two bushels
of oats and one Of peas. In cutting.
no attention should DO given to the
maturity Of peas. but start the mower
when the oats are in milk. More
value will be secured in this way
when intended as hay crop than II
left for the grain to ripen.
at is not difficult to obtain three
tons Of oat and pea hay TO the acre.
1t should be cured in the cock. the
same as clover, and that will pro-
duce nice green color. good flavor,
and a palatable food, and. like clover
hay, If cut early it is more digestible
and easy OF assimilation. We should
always remember that IL is the
digestible nutrients in any feed that
make IL valuable-that part that can
be digested and assimilated / can
! produce oat and pea hay. yielding
three tons per acre, for 81 95 per ton.
The cheapest way that / can pro-
vide the most and best food OF car
bOnaceous character is with the corn
plant and silo. Ensilage is rich in
carbohydrate; il makes a succulent
and easily digested food. There Is
no waste in feeding. and IL has many
advantages in economy over the same
plant air-dricd. | find It best TO
raise the larger corn, that will pro-
duce an abundance OF well-eared
stalks. This kind OF corn will al
ways mature with me sufficiently to
make good ensilage. and will yield
fifteen tons to the acre. advise
,dairymen to raise the largest variety
of corn that will mature to the roast
ing stage where they reside. There
are many ways to cheaper the cost
of an acre OF corn, or ton OF ensi-
lage in the silo'
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