Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-06-26
Stock and
- Fam News


sisaaidca nos confronting Missouri
farmers The press oeAe state
has helped N other tines Of need,
and has ever proved the farmers
TREAD
". L NELSON.
Assistant Secretary . State Board ol
Agriculture.
Farming conditions throughoui
about threefourths Of Missouri are
becoming somewhat serious because
Of lack Of rain. Nothing Is to be
gained by denying this fact
Corn IN Missouri may yet be a bumI
er crop The stand was never bet
tier and the fields never cleaner d
weeds . Shallow cultivation and
dragging will. II kept up right along
keep corr growing for some time
There Is magic In a dust mulch and
an old mower wheel dragged between
corn rows may be a wheel OF pro
gress. Let US not. through neglect
suffer loss. but let Us keep the
corn alive to the last. Shallow, lev
eI cultivation Is the thing.
Do not sacrifice habitat live stock,
at least not yet BY all odds, hang
onto the COWS and sows--in fact, "a
all the breeding stock. A further
livestock shortage is sure to near
~sky-rocket prices next spring, maybe
next monfh-certainly Il rain come
and pastures turn from brown tc
green as they do SC rapidly here in
Missouri. land OF bluegrass. While
snch good prices prevail sell the
stock that is ready. and get rid
of the star boarders" that you
have kept too long but keep the good
ones that =si increase their kind
and bring you coupons to clip.
The wheat crop ia made, and while
the thresher has not yet told its tale.
Il is certain that the yield viii noun,
far into the millions OF bushels. Save
the straw. II viii prove valuable AZ
feed and viii go far toward taking
the place Of oats and timothy.
Clover has been saved IN the best
shape. Many fields made record
yields and the quality Is Of the best.
Now with forage crops. for which
there is yet time. there need be no
serious shortage OF feed. v with q
further lack OF rainfall.
Sorghum. cowpeas. kaffir and milo
maize are timely crops. Wheat ground
or ground where OATS failed may, un.
less very dry and hard. be prontably
seeded to cowpeas. New Era or Viii
porWin. or even mixed peas, may do
well About one and one-fourth bu.
per acre OF whippoorwiI or one bu.
of New Era should be drilled in with
a wheat drill. leaving all the hoes
open. Setting the drill to SOW five
pecks Of oats is about right for New
Era, while a little more should be
figured on for the Whips" as the
seed are larger. Broadcasting is not
to be advised. Too many seed are
lost and the expense is too great as
BY this method seeding must be heay-
Ter.
Sorghum. kaffir and milo are all
dry weather crops. When used for for
age. a common practice is to put in
the seed-about one bushel per acre
by using wheat drill and leaving hoes
open. Where broadcasted, twice the
amount of seed should be used.
About 40 pounds OF cowpeas e
acre. drilled after sowing about 20
pounds per acre Of sorghum or mill
let. has been recommended as making
much excellent feed. Cutting should
be done before the millet goes to.
seed.
Turnlps sown in July will make an
abundance OF feed, especially II rain
follows. In many countries turnlps
and other root crops are depended
upon to form a large part of the ra.
ton for live stock, and are also gen
orally served on the family table.
Should rain come. early varieties of
corn planted within the next two or
three weeks, on wheat or oat ground.
should make the very best Of fodder.
as the leaf growth Of such corn IL
heavy. It will fill the sllo, too.
AS the dust mulch is the magic
blanket. so is the silo the magic box.
Even when emergency crops must, in
the main. be relied upon to fill II. |
the result is a fine lot Of feed. silage
It has been said. lis Just grass With
out Tiles" 1t is also grass that
grows even when the pastures fail.
Green and Long. well known feed.
ers and shippers OF Boone county,
marketed a consignment OF good helf.
ers that averaged ZIG pounds ana
topped the market at 1926 per cwt
wednesday. These heifers wer
bought Of the Green Clay ranch. oil
which L. s. Smith has been manager
since the first Of the year ana he
deserves great credit for his ability
a feeder. The deceased Mr.. clay
was one OF the nos extensive and
best feeders that " shipped cattle.
These heifers we're fed
since they we're calves on al
of shelled corn, shelled oats !.
and blue grass and we're finished n f
cottonseed meal-st. Louis Lyestoc'
Reporter.
An Audrain shipper recently eaye
ne folliwing interview to the Hvel,
stock Reporter: I'm all my life III,
ave never known stock and feeding
'aftle to be so scarce as they are
low said he. Time was a few (,
fears ago when VIC could generally /
'ick up about enough good steers IN /
'ur county to finish but nov wei I
're forced to look elsewhere and OIL :
u is a hard thing to find anvil /,
iteers on the market that suit our
leeds. see by the stock papers tina ,
In the range country ara 4,
learIy as high as they arc in theIf
'orn Belt which shows that there IL !
pretty bad shortage right at thely
ource Of supply. Something oughtlt
Q De done to enlarge the feeder 4
upply and reckon a contest Ike n '
90 Is to be held here in septemberls