East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-15

(Bulletin from Oregon Agricultural
College Experiment Statlon)
This kale is chiefly valuable as a
green feed for hogs cows or poultry
through the winter from November or
October to April. The better types of
plants endure the Willamette Valley
winter weather without injury, yield
ing from 80 to 40 tons of succulent and
nutritious green feed per acre under
favorable conditions. 1t may also be
grown for summer green feed although
less successfully.
A deep, well-drained, rich loan soil
is best for this crop but the ordinary
valley clay loan soil, If well-dralned
thoroughly titled and heavily man
ured, will produce excellent yields. II
possible a long, narrow, slightly slop-
ing field, running lengthwise Of piece
of sod ground, or a wide sodded fence
row, or one of the farm lanes is pre-
ferable, as this permits easier hauling
during the wet winter weather.
The kale ground should be heavily
manured and deeply plowed in the
fall If POSSIBLE, and replowed once
early in the spring and again before
transplantng. If fall plowng cannot
be done, manurlng during the winter
and spring and deep early spring plow-
ing repeated twice before transplant
ing, will put the ground in good shape.
Following the second .plowlng the
ground should be kept clean Of weeds
and thoroughly mulched to conserve
the moisture, by frequent light har-
rowing until transpanting time.
For transplanting the seed should be
sown in drill rows about three feet
apart. as early in March as II is pos
sible to get on the ground. If pos
sible a strip Of the best drained ground
on the farm should be used for grow
ing the young plants and this should
be manured and plowed in the fall
so that It need only be replowed and
worked down at once for the seed in
the spring, thus getting the plants
started as eaarly as possible. one
pound Of seed will furnish enough
plants for an acre.
When 10 Transplant.
Transplantlng should be done about
June 1st, II possible, when the plants
are to 12 inches high. Later trans
planting Is liable to be held back by
the dry weather so much as not to be-
ready for cutting in early fall. With
the ground in fine tilth, transplanting
OF small acreages may be done rapid
ly by hand with n long bladed spade,
care being taken not to injure IN
roots in taking them up from the
drill row, and replacing them in the
ground. They should be placed three
feet apart each way covered little
deeper than I'm the drill row, the soil
firmed around them with the foot and
later when wilted down, the whole
field should be rolled Plants should
be left every three feet IN the original
drill rows and all extra plants saved
for replacing those that may not sur
vive transplanting.
ITdUSlluUllIB VI ldIbNl HNltdb'o
may be done by plowing and placing
the plants three feet apart in every
third furrow, covering the roots but
not the leaves, with the next furrow
turned and following the days work
with a roller. Missing plants my be
replaced later by hand.
Instead of transplanting the seed
may be dropped in hills three feet
apart each way. several seed to the hill
as early as the ground can be
thoroughly prepared. Later each hill
should be th!nned leaving one vigor-
Gus plant As a rule this method does
not give as good yields as transplant
ing.
After transplanting or thinning the
field should receive frequent shallow
cultivation to conserve the moisture
until the plants branch out so far as
to prevent further tillage.
When TO Feed.
In October or November after the