The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-11
THE FARM AND HOME:
CHOPS THAT ARE VALUABLE
FoR THE DAIRYMAN.
Nitrogsnous and Carbonaceous Foods
Draught Harness MoiHssss
Bsst Results From silaEs-Farm Notes
R1d Home BintA.
value Of tho I.egume..

The heterogeneous are the most ex-
pensivo and the most necessary foods,
and it Is valuable to know that GER
tain family OF common plants are ex-
cessively heterogeneous, says Colman's
Rural World. This family is botan.
ically known as the legumes, and
includes the clovers, peas. beans,
vetchos. c. II. Everett OF Beloit,
Wis. Mt the Wisconsin dairymen's
convention said on this subject:
1--WE need to economic In the pro-
duction of plants rich in protein. /
do not believe that any man is just
flied in paying $25 ton for oil meal,
where he can produce pea meal on
his own farm. The chemist finds
twenty-five pounds of digestiblo pro-
tcin in 100 pounds of oil meal, and in
100 pounds of pea meal he finds
twenty pounds, which means 800
pounds of digestible protein in ono
ton of oil meal, and 400 pounds in
ono ton OF pea meal. i can produce
ono ton of pea meal for about $l2,
or sixty cents per hundred, as
against Sl.25 per hundred for oil
meal. If | receive no other value
from either of the feeds than the
protein, then l would pay So per
hundred for tho 400 pounds in tho
pea meal, 50 per hundred for the 500
pounds in tho oil meal. But in ad-
dition to the protein the pea meal
contains 1.lG0 pounds of digestible
carbohydrates and fat to the ton,
while In one ton Of oil meal there ia
but 800 pounds.
Tho 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 10 pounds in ono ton. l
produce three tons of clover hay to
the acre on the average, which gives
me 4So pounds of digestible protein
from an aero. 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 1870 pounds in two tons from
the ono aero. Now have 4S0 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 IS. 75, or $2sS per
ton. II | make no account OF the cur
bohydrates the 4S0 pounds of protein
got from the acre of clover will
cost mo 1878, while the 1S0 pounds
from the timothy has cost me s.. 10
10 make it more plain, am paying
f1.i3 per hundred for protein in the
clover, and 50. 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 protein as clo-
YER hay. l 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 it is best to sow two bushels
Of oats and one of peas. In cutting,
no attention should be 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 a hay crop than If
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 us clover, and that will pro-
duce nice green color, good flavor,
and palatuble food, and, like clover
hay, II cut early it is more digestible
and easy of assimilation. We should
always remember that it is tho
digestible nutrients in any feed that
make 1t valuable-that part that can
be digested and assimilated. l can
produce oat and pea hay, yielding
three tons per acre, for 81. 95 per ton.
1.-The cheapest way that can pro-
vide the most and best food OF car
bonaceous character is with the corn
plant and silo. Ensilase is rich in
carbohydrate; it makes succulent
and easily digested food. There is
no waste in feeding, and 1t has many
advantages in economy over the same
plant air-dried. l find it best to
raise the larger corn, that will pro-
duce an abundance of well-eared
stnlks. This kind OF corn will al
ways mature with me sufficiently to
make good ensilage. and will yield
fifteen tons to the acre. l advise
dairymen to raise the largest variety
of corn that will mature to the roast
ing stage whero they reside. There
are many ways to cheapen the cost
OF an aero of corn, or ton of ensi-
lage in tho silo."