The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02

Additions te the Grain Rstisns for It is not many weeks before hogs on the farm will be given the range of the fields, change from their summer diet which is too often corn alone. We All know how rapid is the growth when hogs have the range of the felds ana 1t is well for us to consider why their thrift is so much increase 1t this sea son of the year. It is not only be- cause of the increase in the quantity of the food. but also because or an Improvement in the quality Of the Ioou. This improvement consists cniehy in the additional amount of foods ricn m nitrogen, such as peanuts ana cow peas. We cannot too frequently en- phasixe the fact that corn alone ooes not contain enough nitrogen for the best growth of hogs and we must add some supplementary food throughout the year if we would secure the most economical growth.
 The experiments made at Auburn sew eral years ago and published in q oui- lettn, the issue of which IS now ex-
 hausted, show how much more econo'n- ;cal Ia a ration made ur of both corn and cowreas than 's one or corn alone or even an exclusive ration Of cow
 peas. neriments at the Indiana Experiment station give further striking connrm-
 ation of the profit in adding 5ome ni- trogenous food to the usual corn ra-
 ton. A pen of pigs fed exclusiveIy on corn, required to produce one pound or growth, b57 pounds of food, while the other pens to whose ration of corn was also added one of the nitrogenous foods named below, required about three nfths as much food to pr,ducs the same eftect The kind of rations fed with the number of pounds of grain per pound of grt with Is given below.
 Lo. 2. Equal parts of corn meal ana wh cat midclings. 3.4s pounds.
 Lot 8. One-third soy beans and two- thirds corn me al, 3.11 pounds.
 Lot 4. One-sixth tankage. two-thfrds corn meal, 3.31 pounds.
 This shows the great value of soy beans as a part of the ration for swine | and this result has been shown in pre- yious experiments at other stations. | One spec.al advantage of the soy bean 1 even in comparison with our own valu- | abls crop the cowpen. is the ability | of the soy bean to remain sound in the | field late into the fall when most va 1 rieties of Ccwreas have been destroyed | by mildew.
 l At this season. when cowpeas ana peanuts become available 1t is well to hear in mind that even these rich l foods, fed clone, do not give as rapid I growth ncr as economical gains as a l mixture of these foods with small amount of corn, sweet potatoes, or l other starchy food. J. F. D. l Harvesting Soy Beans.
 It is true that there are not many acres of scy beans in Alabama and probably on many fields whsre this l plant is grown in a small way the | stand is defective. due generally to the late planting, to the heating of the seed before planting or to the depre- dations of rabbits on the young plants The means of overcoming the dimcui- ties in the stand for another year are obvious. The point of the present par agraph is to urge those who have even la small area of soy beans carefully to
 save the seed for next years planting The only variety of great value In the South Is the Southern grown Large
 Yellow, and enc is not always sure ci
 being able to get Southern grown seed
 from commercial seed firms.
 The soy bean has a provoking habit
 | of shedding It's seed through the burst
 ing of its pods and this may occur
 even before the entire crop of seed IS
 | ripe. We once had the experience oi
 losing the seed on small area by the
 tdelay of only a few days in harvest
 ! SeeQ,
 where, however they would have been
 useful as hog food If the field had been . enclosed. For seed 1t is well to har-
 vest the beans before the latest pods , have entirely changed color. but when
 all are we'll filled and the oldest ripe
 On September 26 of this year the old
 est pods of Large Yellow soy beani
 have just begun to pop open, warnine
 us that we must drop other work anc harvest the seed crop at once. The station has just put into it' barn A lot of soybean hay of most ex cellent quality. These plants were cu' before even the oldest pods were thor oughly filled and as soon as the ap pearance of a few yellow leaves gave notice that shedding of leaves wal : about to begin.
 .i Tn feeding experiments here and fl general feeding, we have found this ha! l most palatable and nutritious, but no ] eaten quite so clean as cowpea hay oi ,, account of its larger stalks, which f however, make rich manure, One yea ] we saved a lot of soy beans for seed ; but finding it inconvenient to get then . to the thrasher without waste. dectde'
 to feed the entire unthrashed plant; : leaves, pods and all to hogs. Thi | procedure was most satisfactory. al . of the seed being diligently sought ou : and consumed and some of the leave
 | also eaten just as the leaves or COW = peas and alfalfa are in small quantit o advantageously consumed by hogs :. winter. J. F. D'
 Is Alfalfa . Success Near Birmingham
 It Is hoped that the publication of tn { following reply to an inquiry WI cause some one having a satisfactor i. field of alfalfa near Birmingham, any exists, to send to the writer an ac
 count of his alfalfa field:
 ~l Your inquiry of September 22 is hand. There have not come to my al tention any reports of the successft !, growing of alfalfa in the district adJa ( cent to Birmingham. From what : know of soils of that region and frol = requirements of alfalfa. should nc n expect success there except possibly Q ?. small strips of unusually fertile val
 ley land, we'll drained, rich in linn
 and quite free from crab grass. weed ii etc. I think you would do better q your soil to raise cowpea hay for tn 3 work stock that you have In mind. 0 J. F. D. MeIfIOtus and MelilOtus Seed. a A correspondent in Maine asks aboI If melilotus