The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04
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Sheep Have Been Here for Some
Time and Business is Growing


Sheep Have Been Here for Some
Time and Business is Growing
Sheep have been raised in the vicin-
ity Of Chipley for many years. and the
business is one of the recognized indus
tries Of the section. there being hum
dreds Of Aocks grazing in the park-hke
timber tracts at present. Besides the
wool that is shipped each year, Chip
ley farmers who handle sheep are max
ing some very nice money out Of early
spring lamb, the demand for this deli
cacy being a steady call each year and
source Of ready money to help in the
spring planting. each season.
Great Forage Crops Beginning
To Be Planted on Chipley Farms
Seeing what is being done along cat
tie raising lines put the idea of forage
raising in the minds Of many of the
farmers and several experiments were
tried. not only for cattle food but for
hogs as well. and the result has been
most gratifying surprise. The Japanese
Kudzu vine for stock food. and Cassava
for hogs, stock. and chickens have given
results that warrant their permanent use.
Kudzu, which. when once planted
continues to grow forever, Is stock
food stronger and with more real food
in it than alfalfa. and it spreads over
everything. In few months vines will
grow many feet in length, each strand
of the original plant taking hold again
and again and starting a new base Tor
the growth. On one farm near Chip
ley the second year after planting more
than ten tons to the acre were cut in
fodder one summer without in the slight
est degree weakening the original
growth.
Kudzu has solved the forage ques-
ton in western Florida and has assured
the permanence of stock raising. 1t is
ready to pasture in western Florida
latitude 81 degrees) by April |. and
often earlier than that, having the ground
covered entirely with the new growth
by that time. and if it is desired for
hay. it can be cut as early as the FIRST
of May. kudzu makes as much
growth by the FIRST Of May as the vel
vet bean. plant it much resembles.
does in an entire season.
Cutting it does no harm for it comes
again as vigorously and rapidly as at
first. and two weeks after the first cut
ting the ground is covered again. 1t
is one Of the most easily cured Of all
forages. Kudzu is planted once and
cultivated but once. the first season, at
ter that it stays put" and all that is
necessary is to cut it for hay or turn
the stock into the field, Divided into
lots. a Kudzu field will keep herd
busy eating all season. and after frost
the first cuttings for hay are available
for food until the next spring.
Kudzu has cut the Gordian knot Of
stock raising in western Florida and
from now on the planters in the vicinity
of Chipley. at least. will pay as much
attention to stock raising on their land.
as they do to corn, truck and cotton.
kudzu is ground protector and nitro
gen gatherer and as such has no equal.
1t is rated by the state agricultural de-
partment as being more nutritious than
either the vine of the velvet bean or the
COW pea.
Another stock food coming into use
about Chipley. and especially adapt
able for hog raising. is Cassava. 1t
was introduced few years ago in
Chipley and has taken a permanent
hold AS hog food it has no equal
anywhere or under any normal, profit
able stock raising condition.
Cassava is a big, juicy. sweet tast-
ing root and stays in the ground all the
year. although it is better, under some
conditions. to harvest part of the crop.
The roots of the plant. which form the
food. grow in great 6nger-Gke punches
ana about Chipley grow in luxuriant
quantities.
One acre of cassava will fatten for
market twenty hogs. and one acre will
furnish as much food for hogs as nine
acres Of pea nuts. By actual test the
Florida experiment station found that
cassava exceeds corn as stock food by
FIVE or six times, and that it will raise
pork at one cent a pound. 1t yields