The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-11

urea. OtEch aS SOOl! rs YOU th!i. dIl'
YOU will still have very good hay.
even after the cocks had been ralned
upon. Hay cured, or nearly so, and !
having fiat on the ground will be .
badly damaged by rain. or even
dew, or may be wholly made worth
less by heavy rain as feeding ma
terial, and it should therefore never
be allowed to lay flat on the ground
over night. If only partly cured 1t
should be cooked up anyway, and
spread out again next day when the
caring may be completed. l have
myself assisted in the curing OF hay
during rainy weather, when It be-
came necessary to cock ard dry the
hay, perhaps four or FIVE times.
Now I wish to call your attention
to another very important part OF tue
subject under discussion. | have for
the last few days been planning how
l might save some of the waste pro-
ducts of my farm, i. e., such products
that are generally neglected in the
South. | have stated that | have
some 20 acres in sweet potatoes.
This crop will furnish me with a
great abundance of vines which, as
the chemical analysis shows, con-
tains very great deal OF nourlsh-
ment, and which, if cured, would fur
nish h hay highly relished by stock.
We cannot cure them very we'll. But
[ know that we can preserve them III
their green state in silo. l have
! PLANNED such structure at cost OF
500 that will give me facilities fol
storing 1875 tons or cured silage, made
of sweet potato vines and COW pea
vines. Then there are our corn
stalks. Annually thousands OF tons
Of corn stalks are left IN the fields OF
North Louisiana to become useless
while they would furnish an excel
lept fodder, equal, and in many in
stances far superior, to the prairie
bay. for which we are accustomed t.
nav to the commission merchant from
50 to $11 per ton. These corn stalks
! like all other rough forage. should b
first cut with an ensilage cutter int
four pieces, when the stock will ca
, them greedily all up, Clean. Any
one who wishes to obtain full inform
alton on this subject will find tn
same in the Southern Agrlculturalls
! of July Is, 1894, published at Mont
gomery. Ala. 1t is an exceller
T. paper for 81 per yetr.
y Looking the field over we find o
s every hand ample chances OF suppl!
q inc our wants with excellent an
cheap hay or forage, and l agree wit
a Mr. Foster that it is partly due
t downris hit laziness on the part OF tn
r nlanter that he does not make h
g own hay.
10 [ wish also to allude shortly to tt
Ia subject of stock raising in conjnn
10 ton with hay, grain and cotton fart
ia Jag, as already very ably discuss
J. by the first speaker. Cnknowlngly
# have initiated him in the raising
" mules from my working ANNA
in At the beginning Of this season
90 went to Kansas and bought two c
Of loads OF foe graded mares, some fl
H. bloods, weighing from 1900 to 10
ed pounds per piece. They have be
Id doing all my work this season a
BY are still in very fair condition;
sh have now eight fine colts. The ma
ok doing my farm work these mu
ay will practically cost mo nothing III
H. they will be ready for the harne
at 81 Is to $3.50 per piece at 3 ant
in years old.
nc Every farmer should have a 60
49, large pasture. and it should be FL
80 with colts, hogs and cattle, to II
\ themselves, at little cost, and to
no I'D what now goes annually to wa
,no on our farms, IL the shape of c
m stalks, potato vines, etc.
md 70 supply ourselves, them "
oa- hay, mules and pork, in other wo
.r to cneapen the raising OF cotton
No cotton we have to raise, is not sue
tina difficult problem to solve as it SCI
,n, to be; and I am satisfied that
-. those who fail to do it are too laz
~ do It or do not want to accomp
. rho task AUGUST MAyE
=, Now for the Campaign,