Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24

be practiced with the corn crop the
same as is practiced with wheat
growing. The chief requisite for
successful corn growing under these
conditions is to use seed which has
been acclimated. Corn grown in the
central west states will not mature
here because of the shorter period
between chilling frosts and cool
nights during the summer. We have,
however. several strains of well &C.
climated corn which we have devel.
oped at the Washington Experiment
Station. Another requisite is thor
ough cultivation for the conservation
of moisture"
"The practice of growing hogs on
alfalfa has been shown to be very
profitable. On alfalfa pasture of
good quality, at least 600 hogs could
be pastured on thirty acres. Alfalfa
seeded in the fall will not give a full
crop the following season, although
on irrigated land, fall seeding may
give a single fairly good cutting the
following season. Fall seeding is not
usually so satisfactory as spring seed
ing. Young pigs can be grown sue
cessfully on Alfalfa pasture alone,
but do not make as profitable a
growth as they will If fed some grain
Under present market conditions the
best grain to feed in combination
with alfalfa pasture is a chop made
OF equal parts of wheat, oats, and
barley ground together. Ten to 12
pounds of alfalfa seed per acre is
sufficient, If sown with a grain drill.
II seeded broadcast, fifteen to eigh-
teen pounds is usually necessary in
order to get uniform stand. Alfalfa
seed sells at 1Sc to 25c per pound,
depending upon the quality Gener-
ally the higher priced seed is the
cheaper as it carries a much higher
percentage of good Seed"
"Logged-off land in western Wash
ington and western Oregon is admir-
ably adapted to pasture usage 1t is
quite a common practice to seed the
ground between the stumps with
clover, especially white clover, and
in a few months have a splendid
pasture which may be used for a per-
iod of years without removing the
stumps. There is considerable diff
Guilty in seeding grain under such con-
ditions, however. The adaptability
Of such lands to the growing of cat
tie, therefore, depends upon the place
which pasturage may occupy in the
growth of the animals and this in
turn is determined largely by the eli
matte conditions. There is no ques-
ton whatever but that such pasture
lands are admirably adapted to dairy
COWS and growing young stock. 1t is
my opinion that hogs may be very
profltably grown under such condi-
tions, suplementing the pasturage
with little grain which can be either
grown or purchased.
Canada field peas have been culti-
waited very successfully all over
eastern Washington where the rain
fall is Is inches or more both for
forage and for green manure. 1t is
possible to get growth of as much
as three tons per acre of air dry
material to be plowed under as green
manure and field peas are much bet
ter for this purpose than alfalfa, be-
cause they make their growth and
are ready to plow under within about
one hundred days, whereas alfalfa
requires at least two years to get in
good shape to plow under. Canada
field peas should be seeded at the
rate of about one and one-half BUSH
els per acre on dry land, the ground
being first plowed and we'll narrowed,
then the peas seeded with a grain
drill in order to set them three or
four inches under the ground. They
can be seeded by sowing them broad
cast on the ground and than plowing
them under with very shallow plow,
but this method does not conserve
the moisture as the other process
outlined"