The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-13

- sents a very interesting sub
ject 1t is we'll that we grow cotton
and corn We cannot neglect the for
age crops. An interesting feature in
the production of forage crops is that
they can be grown in great abundance
without the smallest degree Of in
attention to the staple crops.
Inquiry is made as to penicillaria,
commonly known as cattail millet.
1t is a gross feeder and not entitled
to the first place even when one is de-
sirous of green feed only 1t will
stand nanny cuttings; that is about
the best thing that can be said in it's
favor Either Amber, Orange or
Links Hybrid cane will yield as much
green stuff, supplying far better food
for cattle They are saccharine
plants. The seed and the cane are
excellent for milch COWS.
If one should want green stuff, the
cane will supply it in thirty-five to
forty days after the seed have been
dropped into the soil At 80 days
from date of planting, it will be ready
with a large crop Of forage, rich in
saccharine matter, and thirty to forty
bushels Of seed which latter are next
to wheat in nutritious value.
1t must be born in mind that nei-
Their Of the canes mentioned should
be fed while green, that is, not until
what is called vegetable wax, a
white, sugary, substance, appears on
the stalks. Up to- that time, it is as
green as we'll can be, and will have
the same effect on live stock, as a
rule, that green peaches and apples
have on boys who are disposed to
forage for early fruit. After that
time, it will not only be safe, but
most desirable, as a feed. The plants
are then about waist high.
Cut and feed; do not pursue the
wasteful policy of ''hogging" it.
Given an acre: To cut the first row,
or the first two or three rows, and
each row in succession as needed, will
be to find the rows first cut ready to
be again cut, and so till a killing
frost.
If seed be desired, cultivate as corn,
and harvest the seed in the dough
state j. e. so days from the day the
seed were planted. Cut the seed
tufts, and lay aside to cure. Cut the
stalks within six inches of the ground,
let remain in the field three or four
days, then haul to barn to be run
through feed-Cutter and fed to stock
throughout the winter. Ground, or
cooked as one would COW peas, the
seed make a splendid feed for mich
COWS. Mix with bran, dampen but
do not make sloppy, add a small
quantity of table salt. The seed are
good for hogs and poultry.
1t is fairly we'll known that either
of the canes named will yield from
150 to 300 gallons of good to extra
superior sirup an acre. The degree
Of superiory Of the strip will, of
course, depend on the facilities for,
and the care exercised in, making
the same
I give the palm to Links Hybrid.
1t is, par excellence, the best. Plant
and cultivate as corn. Save the seed
do not strip the stalks but cut close
to the ground, run through the mill
The leaves will not discOlor the juice
or affect the strip. The waste or
bagasse will make a good feed for
live stock either green or cured.
When cured, the bagasse carries 80
per cent Of starch.
There are a great many interesting
things that could be written about
Links Hybrid, the leader, but the
foregoing must suffice. 1t is prob
able that genuine Links Hybrid seed
can be obtained of Mr.. Robert Link,
Greenville, Tenn. Write him.