The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-10

during the period Of growth grain (wheat
Or oatsJ is soWn with it. h,Ehe hollow
stems Of the grain carry too much air
into the soil for the production of en-
silage Of the highest quality.
f'The valued the Held pea from the dairy
standpoint is principally for ensilage. Pea
hay isrnot. relished bX the Oregon COW,
nor does she take very kindly to pea meal
Oregom's advantage as a. dairy state
rests In no small degree on the ability to
produce in abundance these leguminous
crops, rich in protein, which element of
animal food is of prime Importance in the
production of milk.
Corn.
Corn is generally considered the king of
crops for ensilage purposes. Owing to it's
solid stem, flat leafy proper moisture con-
tent and the ease witha which = it is
handled, it is particularly adapted. for
ysilo filing. But in, the greater portion OF
western Oregon the nights are too. cold
for the proper growth of corn. Certain
portions of the Columbia River valley and
the lower end of The Willamette valley
however, produces very excellent corn for
ensilage purposes. A Washington county
dairyman reports an average height or
stalk of twelve"feet for his corn crop this
year. In southern Oregon corn is grown
successfully even to the extent OF matur-
ing the ears. It's, value as a green feed
to supplant short pastures in the late
summer is fully recognized wherever the
crop makes satisfactory growth.
This class of dairy feed includes car
.rots, sugar beets, mangels, !turnlps, etc,
| all. of which yield abundant crops Yields
Of twenty to thirty tons per acre are quite
the common thing On the sandy soils OF
the coast regions these crops may De
allowed. to stand in the field until wanted
for winter feed, when they are hauled IN
by the wagon load. But this is hardly
practicable on the valley lands, for they
became too wet in winter to permit OF
driving over However, the roots may be
|>put in most any sort of an old shed, for
there Is practically no danger from injury
by freezing. Roots, however, are not
very popular food stuff. The backbreak-
ing work required in cultivating and mar
vesting them does not agree with the
average Oregonian's idea Of the eternal
fitness of things.
Dairy Methods.
The principles of feeding and care OF
COWS for milk production must be Cd
served in Oregon; the same as IN any otner
place if the maximum of profit is to be
obtained Not until recent years has this
idea, apparently been entertalped. Ihere
was formerly a great scarcity of fresh
dairy products in the winter, with con-
sequent' high prices, and an oversupply
in the summer time, with COrreSpOnOlnSly
low prices. The greater portion OF the
butter procurable in the winter was what
had been packed during the summer sea-
son Of oversupp1y. Along the coast butter
was packed in kegs or small barrels,
which were opened by saving the barrel
into two equal parts from which the but
ter could be removed easily and put into
rolls" for the roll or square, containing
two pounds, or as much less as the greed
of the maker and the forbearance of the
buyer would permit being sold for two
pounds, has long been the standard form
| in which butter is placed in the retail
market on the Pacific coast. The coast
regions still produce comparatively little
butter or cheese during the winter season,
for most of these dairynen depend on
grass alone for their source of food for
milk production. In the Willamette val
ley. however, winter dairying is grad
ually coming to the front and several of
the creameries of Washington county re-
| port a better run during the winter than
during the summer months.
d In the matter of handling milk on the
! farm, the Oregon Sdafry1nanyis quite up
with the times. True, a few have been
leaught with the{ttin-can separator fake,
Ebut most Of them know what a good cream
separator is like as Is evidenced by the
sales Of hand or farm separators Of the
leading makes. While these hand cream
separators have been used for more than
ten years, it is only within the last year