The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

w. F. Massey. three-horse DIS n
pillow, having been disked over before
turning. Some of the rye had grown to
maturity But the corn had not been
satisfactory. II has dried in places. and
does not promise heavy yield; has
yellow leaves halfway up the stalks
Wha; is the trouble@" l think that the
mature condition of the rye has caused
all the damage. Sowing crimson clover
with rye 10 turn under makes IL nee
ossary 10 allow the rye to grow too
late. and when the rye has headed and
gotten strawy it is slow 10 decay, and
will cause damage 10 the corn from
drought i'll the loose soil. think Your
mistake WAS in using the rye. If you
had had rye alone. il could have been
turned under green, and in that state
would have decayed rapidly and done
no damage But YOU had to wait on the
clover. and that made the turning of
the rye TOO late Here where l live we
have level. sandy soil and ! have
never seen corn fire here where clover
was turned under. and the firing OF
yours is due, l believe TO the mature
condition of the rye.
Beef Cattle for Virginia.
What do YOU consider the best
breed OF cattle for beef in this State?'
! have been out OF the stock breeding
and feeding business for over twenty
I'VE years. and might not be consid
cred good authority on this subject.
Hence I can only speak from old eX
perence and recent observation. II l
Was feeding beeves in Washington.
Tazewell MontEomery or any OF the
me grass sections of Southwest Nir
sinia and the Valley / think ] would
stick 10 the shorthorns and their
grades But east of the Blue Ridge
believe that the best breed is the
Pclled Angus individually they are
not so heavy as the shorthorns ana
iisretords and hence better suited to
HE thinner pastures. But for finish and
quality, they are hard 10 beat. and in
.eceu; years l have noticed that the
doddies have topped the market III
,rhica-o more frequently than any other
breed % oesi cattle.
This is The result OF my observation.
70. beef keep : breed that has been
bred for beef quality. and for dairy
purposes i breed that has been long
bred Tor dairy yield. have no liking
Yor half-and-hali animals, dual pur-
pose as they are called. Some short
horn breeders contend that dairy short
horns axe the best There may be some
snorthorn individuals that have been
bred 70 dairy form, but ihey are no
longer the hes, beef animals And l
noticed that :he late Colonel Bowman.
when he quit the shorthorns and took
UP dairy COWS, took the Jerseys. and
not the dairy shorlAorus, though he
vas one CT the best shorthorn breed
e-s. = beef growci needs the best
bred beef animal, and the dairyma n
the hes; bred milk cattle. y dairyman
Aae Grd "a ~ a.
ucIs in order TO raise veal calves
Siios and SiinSe.
is not pit lined with concrete as
good silo as one aboveground? What
Is the value OF corn ensiiage as COM
pared with clover hay. and how much
sized COW? Will silage left over from
winter keep good for summer
have used underground silos with
concrete walls and did not ind that
they kept The s!lage as we'll as wooden
silos aboveground. as there was q con-
slant condemnation OF moisture on the
walls that did damage TO the ensilage.
Then the getting out OF the silage from
an underground pit is an expensive and
troublesome thing. tall wooden silo
aboveground, with series OF short
doors, makes the emptying far more
easy and rapid. Some are using con-
crete silos aboveground and claim that
they Keep the silage perfectly. while
others have the same experience / had
and md that there 70 a good deal OF
damaged silhEe next the cold walls.
where the fermentation has not been
30 rapid I have always figured that
corn siiege is worth about one-third
OF the price OF timothy hay. But re-
Gently one OF the stations has found
b! careful experiment that the feeding
value OF the corn ensilage was equal
TO one-haif Of that OF clover hay II
= W a rlN
more than half as much AS timothy
hay for cattle feeding. When | was
feeding silage to milch cows | found
that had 10 vary the amount fed with
the individual. and that as AN average
thirty five pounds any day was a fair
feed, each feed being supplcmented
with pound or more Of cottonsecd
meal sprinklcd on the silaRe | found
tina, this was the best way TO feed the
cottonSecd meal. Then my cows had a
yum In winter TO racks under shelter
hiled with clover hay. For economy OF
construction and good Keeping quail
ties | prefer the round wooden siio. \
veterinary friend tells me that / ar
out OF date and that the concrete silos
are best did not find them SO. but ii
they have been made 20 that they dc
better than they did for me, ! have ne
objection TO any one using them If they
can afford them. Ensilage is as yooC
IN summer as winter, and comes II
nicely at times when the dry weather
mas cut the pasture short Any lief
from winter Will mold over the ton
bat will keep all right
Henns Failing to Benr.
ON two acres OF land where we hn,
crop Of lettuce in the spring ~
planted Fordhook Potato Lima beans
bush variety, planting them near tn
!iose OF the lettuce crop between III
lettuce The lettuce was manured Wit
Stanie manure and heavily fertilizcd Il
ADDITION with 5-7-7 commercial fer
tilizer, and also top dressed with nitrat
& - B b. v ~ III =. V