Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-01
(Copyright.)
Grain Mixture for stock.

Grain Mixture for stock.
Intelligent. raisers of all kinds of
stock are learning slowly but surely
that in most cases a mixed feed is
preferable to feeding a single kind of
grain. In sheep sections bran is fed
to a considerable extent. and raisers
learn to rely upon it to a greater ex-
tent than it's food value warrants. II
oats and peas were fed 1t would be
found that not only sheep but COWS
would do better at about the same or
less expense than on bran. They
should be grown together in the pro-
portion of one-third peas to two
thirds oats for sowing with the drill.
Sow at the usual time for sowing oats,
and cut when the oats are just ripe
enough so that the berry is soft but
found that the oat crop is heavier than
the pea crop, about one-fourth peas
and three-fourths oats. Ground this
in proportion they make a grand food
for all stock, while fed as a soiling
crop for COWS they increase both flow
and richness of milk. The oat and pea
straw, if not damaged by the weather.
is a good hay crop to alternate with
timothy or clover for all stock, in
Guiding horses Both. the small Cam
adam white pea and the Prussian pea
are good for this purpose. the former
the best for grain, the latter for straw.
UfiIixihg Sugar Beet Leaves.
During the past season there were
many acres devoted to the culture of
the sugar beet, and while it is feared
that the scheme of beet sugar raising
by farmers of the country will not turn
out particularly well, except in fav-
ored sections, and after considerable
experience, it is a fact for congratula-
ton that the value of the scheme is
being determined by the farmers
themselves in personal experimental
ton. 1t is estimated that the green
leaves OF the sugar beet weigh about
| ~one-fourth of the root. SO that with
| FIVE IONS of roots there would be a ton
or more of leaves to be utilized. There
are two methods by which the leaves
can be made misunderstanding them as
a green manure for blowing under, or
| putting them in the outdoor silo for
| stock feeding. In Germany. where
| sugar beets are largely grown. the
leaves are fed to stock green, but the
plan would not be advisable here I'M
| der our manner of feeding. The out
door silo is a trench two feet wide,
eight feet deep and of convenient
length, and is made at convenient In
tervals along the border OF the beet
field. The leaves are put into the
trench, piled up as high as possible
| and covered with soil. When wanted
| the pit is opened at one end and with
a sharp hay knife the pressed leaves
| are cut of as needed. washed in
water and fed to the stock in small
| quantities The plan has the merit OF
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small scale, as the crop warrants.
Adapting the Crop to the Soil.
There is a decided tendency in GER
tain sections. as there was for years
in the South with cotton. to put In 4
certain crop whether or not it can be
! grown with profit either as to yield
OF selling price. This is the case In
many instances with the corn crop.
There are sections of country and por-
tons OF farm laeds on which corn can
not be proftabIy grown. the ears being
mainly nubbins. and yet. because it
is a part of a rotation or. more likely,
because 1t is handy to feed. its eui-
ture is Continued even al a loss, or
rather without profit.
In such cases soms other crop could
be readily substituted. Corn must
have rich soil. fairly warm, fos itu