Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-04-22

meal or cotton seed cake can be fed
to good advantage to this class of an
imals when on summer pastures.
Dairy COWS may even consume three
pounds profitably, but we believe this
Is about as much as need be fed.
Suggestions are not offered as to the
use Of other concentrates because
cotton seed meal will be found the
cheapest material to use as a supple
mental concentrate.
For the winter maintenance of cat
tie some of the tame grasses men
toned above will be found valuable,
that is, they will afford grazing from
one month to six weeks before Ber-
muda grass Is ready, and they will
last for several weeks later in the
fall. Areas devoted to tame gra! ses
should be SO handled as to have them
at their best at these two seasons.
After their productiveness has
ceased cereals which have been sown
at the right time should be ready for
winter use. Rye, wheat, oats and
barley may all be used with advant-
age. Rye will stand more abuse and
make the largest top earlier in the
spring than any OF the other crops
mentioned. Barley Is not so well
ium fertility, nor has it as wide an
adaptability as the oat or wheat crop,
but 1t provides a very excellent quail
ity Of grazing, and can he utilized to
advantage much more extensively
than is being done at the present
time. Oats can be grown in practi-
cally any part Of the State, and if
put in with the object Of being used
for grazing purposes may be made
to carry a very considerable weight
of live stock per acre. The grazing
Of these crops in the fall, provided
they are properly fertilizcd when an
! imals are not turned on the land
when it is too wet will not seriously
interfere with their making profita-
bic yields Of grain the next spring.
Vetch may be combined with any oc
the crops mentioned. Hairy vetch
will be found the best variety to use
for general cultivation, though the
Oregon Vetch can be used to some
advantage in some sections of the
South. The addition Of a legume
will improve the quality Of the herb
age.
In utilizing cereals for winter pas
ture purposes some dry roughage,
which is available on every farm,
should be fed. Corn stover, sorghum
hay or the straw from cereals may
, be scattered on the ground and the
animals allowed to pick it over. Ma
turally, in the winter time the grain
ration should be more liberal than in
the summer. Three to four pounds
of grain can often be fed to advant-
age to young yearlings or other beef
cattle which the land owner may be
carrying through the winter; where
as five or six pounds OF grain will
prove profitable with dairy cows.
For beef cattle cotton seed meal will
probably be the nose desirable con-
centrate to use; for dairy COWS, the
addition Of some oats or corn to a
ration Of cotton seed meal will be an
advantage. These three food stuffs
may be mixed in equal proportions.
Where only one foodstuff is available
beside the cotton seed meal also mix
in equal parts. OF course stabling
should be provided for dairy COWS so
they can be fed their grain ration
under the best conditions and milk ed
| and sroomed properly.
Where pastures become short for
any reason great variety OF supple
mental soilng crops may be depend
ed on in the Southeast. Crops best
to use for this purpose are COW peas.
soy beans, sorghum and corn. Vel
vet beans may be used for pasture at
! certain seasons of the year or can be
fed as a soiling crop. Of course
where pastures fail or where they
can not be maintained to the best ad-
vantage from any OF the great variety
Of crops mentioned, the silo may be