The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-03-17
THE FARM AND HOME.
CROPS THAT. ARE VALUABLE
FOR THE DAIRYMAN.
heterogeneous and Carbonaccous Feeds
Draught Harness ss-SorShum Molasses
Best Results From Silage-Earm Notes
and Homo Hints.
Value of tho LcEumes.

and Homo Hints.
Value of tho Lcgumes. =.
The nitrogenous are the most ex-
pensive and the most necessary foods,
and it is valuable to know that a cer-
tain family Of common plants are ex-
cessively nitrogenous, says Colman's
Rural World. This family is botan-
lcally known as the legumes, and
includes the clovers, peas, beans,
vetches. C. H. Everett of Beloit,
Wis. at the Wisconsin dairymen's
convention said on this subject:
= 1--WE need to economize IN the pro-
duction of plants rich in protein. 1
do not believe that any man is just
fled in paying $25 ton for oil meal,
where he can produce pea meal Oh
his own farm. The chemist finds
twenty-five pounds of digestible pro-
tein in 100 pounds of oil meal, and in
100 pounds of pea meal he finds
twenty pounds, which means 500
pounds of digestible. protein in one
ton of oil meal, and 40J pounds in
one ton of pea meal. / can produce
one ton of pea meal for about $12,
or sixty cents per hundred, as
against $1.25 per hundred for oil
meal If [ receive no other value
from either of the feeds than the
protein, then l would pay $3 per
hundred for the 400 pounds in the
pea meal. SIS per hundred for the 500
pounds in the oil meal. But in ad-
dition to the protein the pea meal
contains 1,160 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 I consider of
great value to the dairyman is clover.
In 100 pounds of clover hay there
are eight pounds of digestible pro-
tein. or 170 pounds in one ton. I
produce three tons of clover hay to
the acre on the average. which givos
me 4S0 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 180 pounds in two tons from
the one acre. Now haye.480 pounds
OF protein from the acre. of clover,
and 18o pounds from the.aore OF tim
ethy. can produce the times tons
OF clover as cheaplM as I 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. IS, or sass per
ton. If | make no account of the car
bohydrates the 480 pounds of protein
l get from the acre of clover will
cost me 1915, while the $50 pounds
from the timothy has cost me $5. rs.
10 make it more plain, am paying
81. 43 per hundred for protein in the
clover, and $3. 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 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 wav
when intended as hay crop than if
left for the grain to ripen.
cit is not difficult to obtain three
tons OF oat and pea hay to the acre.
1t should lie cured in the cock, the
same as clover. and that will pro-
duce nice green color, good flavor,
and palaeable food, and, like clover
hay, if cut early it is more digestible
and easy of assimilation. We should
always remember that it is the
digestible nutrients in any feed that
make it valuable-that part that can
be digested and assimilated. I can
produce oat and pea hay, yielding
three tons per acre, for So. 95 per ton.
1.-The cheapest way that can pro-
vide the most and best food of car
bouaceous character is with the corn
plant and silo knsilage is rich in
carbohydrate; it makes a succulent
and easily digested food. There is
no waste in feeding, and it has many
advantages in economy over the same
plant air-dried. I 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. I advise
dairymen to raise the largest variety
of corn that will mature to the roast
ing stage where they reside. There
are many ways toS cheaper the cost
of an acre of corn, or ton of ensi-
lage in the silo." .E% .-
I,raught Harness.
The attachment Of the side or tug
straps is an important feature. The
staple on the names should be neither