The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-18
INSTITUTE SPEAKERS
ON FORAGE CROPS
Interesting Talks by Agricultural
Experts Delivered at
Farmers Club.

Prominent visitors to Lakeland
Saturday Mere Profs. Rolls. McQuar-
RE and Spencer. who are conducting
Farmers Institutes throughout the
State, and who delivered very inter-
esting addresses at the Farmers Club
on that day. which was held at the
/ home OF Mr. Eugene Finn, south OF
| town
! There We're about seventy-five
members present on this occasion
and all felt highly repaid for attend
ihs as the sneakers spoke on matters
o. vital interest To every farmer
present. Prof. McQuarrie was the
! Isl sicak.r and he took for his sub
ject Forage Crops. He declared
that the YokahOma bean. the COW
pea. the emma bean and hc2gar weed
were ali fine soil builders and that
I, the beggar weed is the best for hay.
T. liz stated that he thought the COM
| ihS fnrae. crop for South Florida is
Japan clover.
! Prof. Rolls addressed the club aft
er Sinner. He gave talk on for
age crops and stated that the quality
0: the soil is to be considered in
, planting Among other things he
F., said: Seeds come from different
parts of the world and some are fail
ures The velvet beans have been
used With success a long time Seeds
from tropical climates are being in
troduced with success. Japanese
cane is also grown in this section of
South Florida with success.
1 lie gave an explanation Of how
! japanese cane can he used for feed
one Of the best ways being to cut
il and shock il and il can then be
fed during the spring 1t can be
used IN this WAY and save one-half
The expense OF ,eediEg stock II can
also be- used hy mixing it With other
fc"GS without any harm to stock
frllliHinG Is about the same as for
corn For syrup producing japanese
cane is not as GOOD as other cane
/ Sorghum is not Grown much in Flor
| ida but is coming more into use in
several parts Of the state The Jap
1 anesc cane and sorghum can be used
4 for the greater part Of feed for
stock and are substituting the Other
4 kinds of feed with economy in cN-
pcnsc Dwarf Essex rape can b.
grown for forage for cattle and hogs
but is not good for work stock
Prof. A. r. Spencer gave an ad
! dress on clarifying lie said that
milk selling for &c per quart is not
making the producer much money
The main cause for this is the eX-
pense of feed for cows. lie recon
mendcd the use of silos. Silos will
keep the grain from spelling and
are used with success evcrywher"
they are tried Jersey cows, he said,
are the most in demand above til"
I'olsteins and Guernseys. Climat.
and feed here, he declared, are good
] for llolsteins and they give as mucn
or more milk than do Jerseys. He
commended them being raised
more.
Ticks. he said. live on the COWS
and absorb more or less life from
them. Watts are in use now to get
rid of ticks, and are being used with
much success.
Forage crops are necessary to keep
expense down and in turn necessar !
TO keep mp the dairy. Cotton seed
meal could be counted on for feed
for making milk but he said that II
should not be fed quite SO much IN
summer but was a good feed gen
orally the year around.
Mr.. j. F.. Cox was presented Il
the club and he asked the club OH
behalf of the Lakeland Board OF
Trade who are Offering prizes for III,
best crops grown in a year. to enter
their names in such q contest. Col
Clifford. DR.. Conibear and Mr.. Finn
we're appointed committee to con.
fer with the Board of Trade In re
gard to the matter.
A fine dinner was spread at tn,
noon hour. which all very much en-.
j1yed. The club adjourned to meet
next with Mr. vanSickle. on Souti
Florida avenue.