Smyrna times., 1895-08-14
STOCK FEEDING AND GENERAL AcRL
CULTURAL WORK.


charged against the chemists.
STOCK FEEDING AND GENERAL ACRL
: CULTURAL WORK.
Home Grown Substitute For Rran ",
= rletal Tests of Southern Pea Vfne-C Can
ada Field Peas-Flat Peas-CIovers a
, Cheap Substitute For Commercial Fer
ulHe[s spring Sown Crimson Clover.
Egyptian Glover Spurry- Muriate oG
Potash on Crimson Glover and ON S,,ca.
} COrn-Weather Records
IN general two distinct lines of worl,
are under study In this department: First
10 ueVlso ways and means for increasing g
dairy production without expenditures for
commercial feeding stuffs; second to in
crease crop returns, at the same tirne de-
creasing fertilizer bills
Bran is at present sold at a nrice verv
much in excess of its feeding value
trial to demonstrate that silage from the
southern pea vine is a substitute for bran
was finished early last spring. This test
involved the careful daily records of six
cows during period of three months
its result in brief was that one pound OF
bran and six pounds Of vine silage. when
considered chemically were interchanoea-
bic. When considered on the basis of weld
In butter and of milk, the balance was in
favor of the vine. AS the yield of vine ON
a measured acre slightly exceeded 10 tons
OF green plant, it follows that in this cron
the herdsman at a moderate expense can
raise an equivalent of two tons of bran per
acre P'i
The variety used in this case was the
"OhuerruI, sometimes called the I'm
Ano"h' 1ts yields per acre are the heav-
IesC recorded but 1t ripens very late, and
/ IL tons Of ifc
ing value, nine tons of CLAY pea vino
| such differences necessitate varietai
studies regarding the habits of growth
crop yields, chemical composition. seeding
| capacity, time Of seeding and of harvest
ing etc'-studies which the agriculturist
mas mace upon the leading varieties AT
lover and at Newark. For instance. seed-
Ings were madJ of the Unknown ON the
IoCh ana 3Oth of May and on the 1lth of
June OF these the earliest excelled and
OF the fertilizers tested the muria+e ~
potash plots surpassed all others. BIack
peas seeded July 3 yielded very well seod-
ed July is, they failed because of drou0bt
AT Newark the WhippoorwilI, the Biaok !
ana the Unknown peas were seeded on
une lIth OF Juno Each gave a good stand |
Oh plants, but the Whippoorwili excelled |
yielding q bushels of seed per acre or |
tsnU eiihes as much as the Unknown and |
three times as much as the Blacks.
The above named plants are varieties of
the southern cowpea. The name is incor-
rect and misleading for the nIant is
true bean, yielding quickly to frosts Two
varieties of peas true to name were under
test one the Canada field pea. tho other
Vhe SO called flat or wood pea.
Canada peas are sown with oats. to snn.
PorI the Vlne as early in the season ne
posslDle. In 1894 the date was March 0S
!, MS crop was cut and made into bav on
vne ISL OF July 1t yielded two tons nor
acre' one-thlrd Of which was pea vine and
tWo-thlrds oats. Even in this unevDectoJ
proportion high feeding value was found
III trials upon milch COWS, and AZ a reorl+
more than 90 bushels of said seed were
so"n IN the neighborhood of Newark dnr-
ing =, the early weeks of April, 1895.
Inc nat pea is difficult plant to start
@ DuC "hen we'll rooted it endures for many &
yt1' yo1lS' yleIulng product richer in food for S
-a-l, -,--on OoMS W, 'han any other plant now on
80 ~ Inc stand OF this plant at New.
ark failed in spite of extreme caro- ond
heavy outlay. The few plants which crew Y
until fall winter killed. The pround 10 L
clayey and clearly unfit for this growth [
At lover, in trial conducted for the sto. h
" Uton Dy MT f. q. Packard. on sandy loan h
One stand was good, the growth excellent h
ana the outlook for the second wears cron =
favorable. '''i orop G.
attempts to increase farm crops at the a a
same time decreasing fertilizer bIlIs are Il
BASED upon the fact that every soil con o.
ANS very large amount of inert DIor+ sf
Uou' S Ihls food is no less valuable than o.
i me phosphates of South Carolina and C,
IorIua OF the carnalite Of the German b.
'oeash y mines. Either of these products
l useu without previous Preparation
~. o4u 10 Aouhu Valueless, or positive in al
''aJ - W ofUps; Inc inert phOsphates are N
uaI'' oVailaDle with oil Of vitriol In the pa
ertillzer factory and poisonous ,,ro,1,,o4o h,
re washed from the carnalite at Stassf,rt Di
saving the valuable muriate of notasb To- bI
ne agrloulturist. In like manner aoertr or
Ee needed for attacking and maxine ov
VallaDle the inert prosphates and notas5
Onlpouhds IN the farmers soil, and these h.,
so"'s are the clovers, the beans neas a.
~, w. ouch growths actually excrete an '"
SIu from their roots which digests the
ood at points where it can be AT oncs sb'
'rped by the plant This power Is nor
su'ted In high degrc TO corn. oats
Mea1' eto. hence the go, results which
'iIow when these last named crons are iuf
seeded In rotation by crimson clover. bv bu
,Mpeas OF similar plants plowed down as Do
The advico 80 ,-.. she
'ld Tor their farms by the use or cloVsr T;
ia similar plants, to the almost oo,nnleto IN
Cluslon or commercial fertilizers and pIa
aDle manure, is, Use fertilizers on clover Lai
" ena5 means only you can secure a acc
OP' a ueS5 at lover indicated that muri nav
OF potash yielded II tons of orooI, Aft
'Ver per acre, when unfertilized nlots vita
We threo tons only IN
crimson clover seeded at Newark On tho alts
Tn OF March, 1S93, was IS inches tall STA,
y y coming into blossom early in August han
ls is contrary to accepted ideas as to the lodI
m niG OF this plant and may add materially d..
l's useluiness Seeded in June 1t failed r.
!. ,eily On account OF dry weather, Egyp- 80
n clover and spurry also failed botb a. eve
wark and at Dover. w detI
sor the improvement of worn lands Call
IN minimum expenditure for fertiIiz
the following combination is most M
crimson clover seeded in was
u and allowed to grow until late in tho was
owing May, then plowed down. Either Col;
Mhlppoorwlll, or the Black, or the CIav ord
should be planted in this field eorIv ~ rnu a,
y anu plowed down late in Auoust or :. va .
y IN september. This course. adonted - ~
Nr. wilkins Coooh, on his farm near sloW
os - IesuAVeu IN 1898 in a wheat oron Sleu
90 bushels per acre. from field which ana
sr before had yielded more than IA bmshaa his i
acre. A AZ oushels bolc
sugar corn test at Newark. to deterniD. in N
eneets OF fertilizers upon the Quality oS - -
sh protected the plant svainst "S i1rlate ot Grail
n blight of the stalk. The potasb NJ, For
Weld 4 fro somS Ci canning ears, three times Smy
was as made solely by protecting the stand -
ess e0F5 is profitable substitute for oats has
> Scarlet clover aeedsd iss IL t usual market ing
elloMed 70 mature offers five Nyeehs ~ ne hi
pasture IL sweet corn planting can be A. aln,o
J; IL was thought that the corn nlsnt ~
y " raised in beds and transplanted xvifb numl
'enls machine, as is done with fomatoeS a res
Irlal was delayed until June 20 and Az / - !
plants We're then overgrown m snjta ~ per
'nsy sDood transplantinR, but were very mont
\ = uTMAlrsils5d' scarcely exceeding six feet in
~ Edible ears were, however mat,rad
ather records are kept at sly points q, A
r Middietown and N,ss sesford Milford lghtl
are used IN interpreting the results ~ TO tel
prlals either with fertilizers, with fnnoi corno
or with insecticides. During the neet 0--'o
they have been called for freduenflx ~. remeI
VINO are seeking new homes and are wOnd
n, they claim, from the narth nSss IN men are ming,
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