The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-08

in the tops and leaves as much
nitroge, as 100 pounds Of cot
ton seed neal contains and
enough material to feed a COW
1870 days, ! believe il was. So we
can keep our lands husy twelve
months in the year growing feeds
and fertilizers and sale crops.
We can enrich our lands IN win
ter for the regular spring and
summer crops
will give you u little more of
our own experience, and | am
done. About the first OF August
last, we planted a great deal OF
sorghum en- land that had been
enriched by vetch. The results
have been a revelation to me
and confirms my conviction that
we can beat all the earth growing
forage for livestock. August
TO 10th paintings had plenty Of
time 10 mature. The Yields
reached 20 10 23 tons green ma
terial per acre making as high as
AZ tons of thoroughly dry hay,
or s or 8 tons Of juicy hay cured
enough tosstack or house. Most
of this crop was made into enai-
lage, and better ensilage never
saw. After hauling the green
cane a mile and half our total
expense from buying the seed
and breaking up the ground, was
in the neighborhood Of Soc ton
for the eusilage made. IL was
put into rne silo Just after our
first light freeze about November
1st. Another piece was cut
for hay and allowed TO lie one
week. II dried out enough not
to sour, and 10 today sweet as
sugar and still juicy enough to
chew. Ihave never seen any
hay that stock eat up cleaner or
relish more. BY having II rea ly
TO cut late in this way, | feel safe
in saying It win remain juicy and
lsucculent all winter and do away
with any necessity for ensilage.
| am sure this hay. calculated to
thoroughly dried material, maxi
ing it as a secondary crop in this
way will not cost si.50 a ton,
where large crops are made.
| There is no crop 50 hardy; no
crop that will stand drouth 80
well. and make SO much fine for
age the latter part OF summer.
IL will stack better than any hay
| know, turning water like a
ducks back | feel sale in cay
ing II may be cut down in our
dry October or November wealth.
er and lie month without injury.
In fact we had some that was not
stacked owing TO rain and took n
month OF the bad weather we had
in November and finally cattle
were turned in the field, and they
ate every shred of it greedily.
This is one crop that will wait our
convenience.
The gr sat success attending
this sorghum trial, encourages
us to go one step farther. We
have the whole face OF the earth
up our way, in turf oats and hairy
veth. AS the yetch gradually
whip the oats out taking field af-
ter field, we are getting large
areas in solid vetch, We find
this vetch, or oats and vetch,
moved the last Of May makes a
hay not inferior to red clover or
alfalfa. BY plowing up this land
and planting IN whippoorwill
peas, we can ensily make a crop
of hay in two months. This will
give US time To plant sorghum
from the 1st 10 the 10th Of Aug
ust, the very time we want it
planted. BY this means we heye
| the vetch working night and day
all fall, winter and spring gath
ering fertilizer, much OF which is
left il the roots and stubb'e.
| June fst, we harness up that
best Of all fertilizer gatherers,
the COW pea, and work it for two
months. Then this crop is taken
off, and that great glutton, that
immense feeder, that most ex-
haustive Of farm crops, sorghum,
is put on TO use up this plant food.
| Nine months Of restorative crops,
elaborate food in the soil and in
three months il ispumped out by
the sorghum and fed to stock.
4 | have just this prediction to
make in regard to these three
crops on the game land, II We