Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-08
The Strawpile
Stacking P.a Hay Green.

Stacking Pea Hay Green.
It is SO very difficult to cure cow
pea hay in the shock or windrow. and
when cured it Is so difficult to keep In
stack that very little of 1t Is put
up out Of doors. Barn room is not
always at hand, and consequently
much of this valuable forage crop 10
lost or indifferently cared for. BY
following very simple plan, how
ever, this hay can be cured and kept
in stacks without losing any shattered
leaves or having it mold. according to
H. F. Grinstead in Farm and Home.
Set pole in the ground where
you want a stack. Throw little
brush around the pole to begin stack
ing. then stack the pea vines as soon
as wilted around this poie, m taking
the stack not mort than eight feet
in diameter. When you have reached
a height Of four feet nail two strips
six feet long to the pole 40 right an
giles. then begin stacking on these. and
when you have piled on another four
feet nall another pair OF the strips.
Don't get on the stack, as your weight
would break through.
When you reach the top cover with
a stack cover or grass hay. In ray
or two the hay will settle, leaving
an air space under each Of the sup
ports so that air can circulate freely.
The hay will not mold and can"be fed
from the stack This plan is prac-
ticed successfully in the south where
pea hay Is a staple forage crop.
HIM on Swine Eoodino.
Hogs are not fitted by nature to
subsist entirely on waste products,
They do their best on a c.ean. we'll
balanced ration. There are. however.
some kinds of waste products. such
as apple and potato pee:;nes, table
scraps, etc, that can be utilized to
good advantage.
In the corn belt corn STANDS at the
head of hog rations, being the cheap
est and best feed available. Feeds
rich in protein should be red with 1t.
for corn contains an excess Of carbo-
hydrates. Skim milk grass and es-
pecially the clovers, are excellent
ing pig needs proportionately more
heterogeneous food than mature hogs.
When hogs reach the fattening
sively. Clean waste scraps OF fruit
and vegetables may be fec with the
foregoing feeds. but 1t should be
borne in mind that the digestive ap-
paratus Of no animal is htted to
assimllate soap suds and other cheni-
cal of like nature, which are often
thought by the poorly Informed to
be excellent hog feed.-C. E Wallace
in Farm and Home.
Hints to Bee Beginners.
Bee keeping IL the very best pay
ing branch Of rural work as regards
profit versus time and experience.
The initial cost il. or can be made
small and the work IL OF character
that is better adapted to women than
almost any other outdoor employment
says a writer in Farm and. Home
Two colonies Of bees. a half yard OF
MOSQUITO netting for veil and
smoker comprise the initial outfit.
AS the season advances and the
hive fills with honey, another box or
hive is needed on top OF the old one
for more honey storage room. Wnen
that is filled. still another story may
be added, and this repeated until fall.
when the crop Is gathered. the extra
boxes removed and the hives made
tight and warm for winter, either on
their stands or in the cellar to hiber'
nate until spring.
During the season the hives need
examining every ten days. but only
when 1t is warm, sunny ana no vino.
The more honey room given. the less
the inclination to swarm. The best
book on the subject for beginning
Is A B C in Bee Keeping.
The cheapest way to begin an
apiary is to buy a few hives OF bees
from some one within driving dds-
lance. They may be the common
black bees. INFESTED Italian queens
cost so to Is cents each and VIII
in six weeks "Italianize" the colony
and increase its value to SO or more.
The mosquito netting preferaoiy
black. Is sewed up, each END open.
and an elastic run through Il. one
end slips over the crown Of the nat
and the other around the neck OF the
wearer. The smoker 10 little bell
lows with funnel attachment. The
smoke is puffed gently at the entrance
and under the cover Of the hive. be-
fore examining the interior. It has
a very quieting effect on the sDees ano
enables the examination 20 be con-
Quoted comfortably.
White Afrjean Guinsas.
The voices Of the White African
guineas are not so harsh In tone or
so loud az are the other varieties.
They weigh about tho same and are
more attractive for table use. ~ sae