The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23

tisSssEsSsAG6sASEAS8 But, rs pr. But
". =. Massey. lor recently said
in the Progressive Farmer. so long as
every state In tho South is buying hay
from the North is is evident that We are
rot growing enonsn for what we have.
lIut ,hcro is no doubt Lat there is a
scarcity OF good feeders in the South
and that most OF the hay bought is for
the city horses Then in the cotton
country, the notion has prevailed that
a ration OF cottonseed meal and hulls
-vill make good beef Eut experienced
feeders know that good finish can
not be put on steers with this ration.
and If too Ions continued il leads to
disastrous results from uraomic pois-
onins. Professor Curtis. At the North
Carolina experiment station. made ex-
ieriments with cattle from the west
ern part OF the State 10 determine the
most profitable roUghagts 10 use with
Cottonsecd meal. He used cottOnSecd
hull and corn silagc alone. or corn
silage and dry corn slower combined.
lie found that corn silagc is the most
economical method of using the corn
crop. and that cottonseed hulls are
far less desirable He found that cat
tie FED on corn silage and cottonsced
meal not only used the meal more
economically during continuous feed
Ing period, but finished in better con-
dition. and commanded higher prices
than where fed on dry roughagc. Cat
tie fed on cottonsced hulls us the sole
rouehagc made fair gains for sixty to
ninety days and then the rate of gain
Rapidly diminished at the expense of
f proper finishing of the animal. The
fact that succulent feed Hike corn sill
age will materially increase the vnlue
of Cottonseed meal to beef cattle feed
ers should place the South In line for
the production of a large part of the
Eastern supply OF beef. now almost
entirely shipped in from The West
Cottonseed meal and corn silage will
give more economical results than any
other feeds that can be used for fat
tenng steers.
The Cost OF MIX.
The constant effort to keep down
the price OF milk TO consumers, and
inc increasing stringency or the re-
Guirements OF the city health officers
has put the darynan into a very un-
profitable condition when he has 10
sell his milk at cents TO the men
lwho make tho money on II in the cities
The New Jersey station has made very
careful experiments to show the actual
cost OF producing milk. and has
Preached the following conclusion: Cal
culating the manure worth $40 per
GOV, and the grade calves Sc each at
.
q Accent milk even with the high Yields
reported and not including tho cost
o. supervision, was approximately
cents per quart Not much chance
.for the dairyman making living at
that one very Intelligent dairyman
near Baltimore wrote me that with
fifty COWS we'll fed and the milk
shipped 70 Baltimore, ne made clear in
Sin months just 50 cents. That man
sold his COWS. and has gone into plant
Ing appla orchards
English Blue Grass.
- notice In tho farm papers North
that English blue grass is highly val
ued. 10 You know anything about
H. and where the seed can be had?'
have never been able to understand
why the name blue grass has been
applied TO this grass. We have gener.
ally assumed thar the blue grasses arc
members OF ;he Poa genus But this
grass that In the West has gotten the
name OF English blue grass IS not a
Poa a. all, but Is The Tau Meadow
Fescue that Is known in Southwest
Virginia as Randall grass. 1t is a
hne early grass. but why call il blue
grass or English? This name is used
airos, entirely iw'+he West and not in
the East. That; 'Ys a good grass the
farmers in the New River Valley in
Virginia can testify. Better give 1t its
right name Tall Meadow Fcscuc. bo-
tan!caily Fesuca Pratense eIat.or
Damage 10 Apples From Spraying.
My applss on trees that We're we'll
sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, are
very considerably russetted and this
spoils the color but does not seem TO
interfere with the growth OF tho fruit.
Can you suggest better material"
You do no; say what the strength OF
the Bordeaux used was. The $3.50
Bordeaux Is rather too strong for
spraying apples, and 1t would bo bet
ter 10 make It $3.50 That is thrcs
pounds OF lime, three pounds OF copper
sudphate and nfty gallons Of wafer But
so far as the prevention of scab dis
case is concerned. The boiled limo sui
phur IS fully rs good the Bordeaux
mixture. and If the self boiled lime
sulphur Ia carefully made st is nearly
as effective, and II IS a good carrier OF
lead arsenate TO destroy the codlns
moth
This is MADE by shaking in fifty
gallon cask fifteen pounds Of fresh
stone lime. and adding ten pounds or
flower OF sulphur. The shaking of the
!ime makes the boiling heat. and thcn
after the boiling ceases the quantity
is Increased 10 hfty gallons by adding
water. This ls less trouble to make
than that which IS fully boiled by fire.
but the boiled Is rather more effective.
~ the proper season ! VIII treat Of
Alfalfa Turning Yellow.
Last fall ! sowed two small lots or
yards H. alfalfa for my chickens II
came UP nicely, and though The chick
ems picked IL closely ia winter. bv
changing them from one lot 10 the
other IT got nice start / have not
cut 1t, ana in one lot II is noy Knee
high, and has been blooming for some
time but is nov turning yellow while