The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-08

nnr readers hardly realize. unless they
take the Northern farm papers, the
GREAT interest that is being manifest
,4 in the Southern field or cow pea
-n other parts Of the country. The
Practical Farmer Of Philadelphia, Of
which the writer is an editor, devotes
IFS entire edition Of April 21 to dis
u~,ion OF the COW pea by farmers i'll
au parts Of the country. This discus
sion was brought out by the offer OF
three prizes of S25, SD and $40 for
,hr three best papers on the cow pea
and the curing of pea vine hay. The
first prize went to Mr.. w. j. Currie,
rf NiaNtOn. y. c.. while the other two
went 10 farmers in New Jersey and
Vermont respectively. NO one, ten
wears ago. would have dreamed that
our Southern pea would ever be grown
successfully IN Vermont. And Yet
rbr writer of the third premium ar
trcIc states that it has been found in
~outhern Vermont Il very valuable
food for dairy COWS. and that it more
than takes the place of the purchased
bran i'm the mixing of the COWS ration.
I'm the same edition Of the paper are Il
series of other letters from almost
ct,,+,, -, tbe country tescribin o
tbt, Sut.ceSs that has been attained
north with the pca.And Vet our south
r.n farmers have. many of them. not
Vet awakened to the great value CT
rhe plant that does so much better
here than at the North. While the
Missouri cattle feeders found that they
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-, 4,,,.t of exnort beef and the
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@',h ,'hi1n ,bo Exneriment Stntion IN
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G''' - pay ''lS ~, ~ /
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'', example 'hah 'hf Que gwen W
,I Ne" YORK ENper'meh' 7'a.'oh'
''\ "'d"e " fI7i OF 'hrec COW ,'l Ct
'"' Oh 'htSe was q iuli pioo'r
>'E cow me S'co'd was -" ~
81 ~'N'''H'h .'t' S'N' anu 'i' ''
' WIS 1t NAN Jersey COW: ->oN
"' '"! ll''e'H az once JUMP ~
n ,Hio'' ''i"t II COW - "''' -
"" '.''" Jersey OF even i'''' o'ooo
""'' Sht must OF necessity be super
"' cow }Ut the babcock test SHOWS
@ 'b"l 'hcrt are weeds or poor cows
" among the pest hfeo ahll'id'H'
.,N' COW named gave o,'oo i'o'li"9
'i''N ""Tlil@ 'lle year Niiicn ''A'o'
per cent Oh on''er 1a'. ne scT So,
' Que gave o'ooo pcuhdS Oh in'lh
|'' iFHIcd + per cent butter TAT. WINE
'', ihiFd one gave 4,ooo potndS Oh
'N ,n'' 'cSte" > per cent pu'.eI
heI were al well req ana 'eo
l''''} 'ht same 'ood III the S'l,t
''"l'' ne lfAl co" ih'iie 90
''""S 81 pulter- Which a' ~ eeii'S
Po'ild SOFA Tor Tlo".'uo. ne sec
'' COW maze 40 POUNDS or ouIttr
or $500 worth and the third made
POUNDS OF H@o.2o worm. hat =
'' made $40 less than her 1000 cost
me Iood o! eacn cos 'o+'-'o ior inc
30 Nh.ie the HfS' co" il''','e '
''' Pfoht the second one mace q
"ai one ana the 1hifd los' money
'T bef feeder. HOW many farmers