The Van Buren press., 1895-04-20
FARMER AND pLANTE
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The Charte<tanE 81 ca News and
Courier fs one of the few isssiines
papers in I he -santii, that takes an astase !
interest inithespraes5cal lines If tarrn'
and rural ifes InEBsrecant lssnss thsi
editor iiscusses II augtf, thes thressl
fsetsai) d westerrza aerfisi is srsiui tinntfiiH
into the UPPER part Of Spnth CsroiinH
bv the=sArtaaas and will coutiuttestsd dn |
so until aaethers crop isf hartesteas
and u, that the estton farmers pay
about 50 per- cent advance oniqietea
Chicsgo prices for all the.westerH eHrTi
they buy, and %, that very MANY fsrrl,-
ers in that states will engage har-
raising and steet-raisiug on IN mt
ususlly laree. seales this year fhese
the-esitor CARDS az sufficient warrant
fer the widespread interest which, is
being nsnifester IN thenatter of ind
ing aciesp Int saeisfaetory sn astiHafe.
fe,s that lsiaa of stock feed Fhas
article readss
We have published rerentlg several
impertant articles on This subject nd
voeatine and sxDlaiainp the vaiaesof
eettenI seed sweet and rish oetasaps
and sernhun, csnes ferr feedfne haps.
Rev r. e. Williams, i'm HIS letter.
printed two DAYS ago strongly urges
thesenanemp aHaothar virtues of SPIN.
ish pindars for thessame' 'pnspose AM
apticies which vaa reprinted yesterday
f'sm thas Valdesta1 Gsssl Times aise
strongly ndorses Diudars'' whether
Spsnish ot. others svts not tstatea-=fsidI
adds sernas l,igHlp interesting testimony
tethesvalae Of muiherries ma an ezeias-
sives hog feea from Apidt to sepfen1-
hers Mr. L " Harreil, of Vaadasts.
az repnrtea, raised ~ hogs on pindass
and naiberries last years did not
feed So much AZ fifty bushetss Of
cernl To Them, and cleared ahsns
s1.50e He advises planting mulberry
trees ut east tiftYzaonl eperv farm
and & they will feed hogs fsesaaa#hs
n'the year svesn nsavests amend ov aaie-
ing the' naasisersa NJ east 100
Wesprins - etterifr6M Mr. j ss Ge4-
fess; Of leereHeps In which Iis. adds his
testin,eng ia that aireadYy pnblishea' as
To the aerits of sweet Dats4ees ~ a.
feea for everything on the faefn,f BIZ
peas and qpaarupedsl aliloe, baf with
special referenepi to ts vstln.s ff1. fapd-
ing Stock Mr.. .Eeffers, itwill be.n.ater.
has fed sweet pstatees for several
yesrs and sneaass, tlierefose5 with an4
thority Hem.raisers VIII be parfien-
la~is Interested n vhat he saws ai1sn4
the virtue of y laixeri and boilea rtb4ian
of cetten-seea mead md sweet 8eta-
tees and sanse corn, for faatenine.
hogs; and tebaeee-growers n What ne.
says about the yalue Of potato ground,
veil rosseti ffp bsT Fagsl for rruvi ne,
babaeee.
The. part of the ietters which wi Il be
1T most general interest probably il
that which reiaAesf to thesiises Of tYssta-
tses as fossz for Tnniless horses and
cows. Topoflat ~ Said sioent feeding
them to nersesl and mules ve nav add
some interesting facts reeeTtlv eb-
taanee from sn sspert. farmer wi nc
near Chariestsns This geatlerna,f f,sld
ns' ~ fe7v days seb that he and MS
nesghbors discovered the vsslue Of
sweet possteesa ia . food for their
farm steele al,outt five or six Tears
ago, and we're. SO veil satistied with
bheirr first years expert nse41t. that
their potato crop the next year vas
increased tes4fela Since that. s,fne
theg have fed their lforses and arlesl
throughout the winter, from 0ets-
bef to April. exclusively on q liked
ration, of which sweet pota,oes forms
The lsrgeve part The ootstoes are
chopped aud mixed wi tn a l,oatss. fe,1rsl
or . fifth ~ f5lseir weie,ltiof rice fosTr.-
the cl1eapeat 'brssff that can be OBJ
tanned IN Sisis region AIfy other
Kind Of or.n will answer ss we'll. glle
objee5 ~ the naixtnre oeinqto provide
n due proportion Of "roug,,neass' with
the more concentrates food so fs 10
promote Digestion .7Yom a. peck to A
peek and a half Of the mi xS,sre Is fed
daily to vorfeine sni nins4s sus q l,1tHu
of -oc!, saltis Kept ntiae feed tsongs,
50 they can get II whether tl4ev want.
its Fhe objeesi IN cisopoinQ the pota-
toes sad mixing tassH wfta the
BRAN is 10 ,ompel4 the stock
TO eat both st once. If
Sae potstses and Bran or hay, or other
''rou0hpesssF are placed seoaastely IN
the 5rou9n. the snimsls will eat the
potatoes esessily and evsrcsse taes,,
Judgment sooas eating the less at
srsctive fare, and Shs digestive aad
economical Uses Of rnixssire will be.
or may be, lost. The importans a.tvsn-
es9es of the sweet potato az A. food Eoy,
stock sad hogs consist IN sae two facts
ebss it sas been souad to be a oeefees-
~ satisfactory substitate for corn, and
is very much chesor7. than corn. Three
bushels of potatoes will fully supply
ehe place Of one oushel Of corn, and an
scse ~ ground chat win grow oa4y a
few barrels ~ corn viii r.ow Erom I5S
TO 300 bushels of potatoes Land
eAaS will aot 1row corn, moreover,
will zrotv potatoes sopudsntiy. s'rhe
sandy ridges says Hry Je5fers. are
sbe best potato lands,r sad is would be
vsin to say shas gasy are Che best cora
lands.
Mr Jefrsrss ie wiA be noted, es5i-
mates that ''one~third ~ she corn t,s-
ba4ly fed TO ranles and herses m the
winter months can be saved by fesdiaq
potatoes Whole, sccordia9 20 his plan.
lS shonld be observed Saas no corn Is
fed duriHg those months pnder the
plan ws have described.
Mr. Je4fers also lays some stress on
bhe fact that she ootaso ration gives
ehe stooie green foodss whea fs is
hardest to obta4s. This poias de-
serves psrsicalsr Notices and also
She suggestion that potstoes are kas'
move saerfsious easa snrasps for sess.-
ing sheep though toYsfps ses largely