The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-25


18th. Kale and rape planted in April or
May are used June 18th to December
18th. Winter wheat sown early in May
is used June 1st to November 18th.
Wheat sown in corn at the last cultiva-
tion of the corn is used September 18th
to November 18th. The stubblefield
may be used from the time the crop is
off, about August LIST, till the ground is
worked the following spring.
Now, as to winter feeds to be used
in connection with grain:
Prominent among these is found al
falfa hay and the root crops-arti-
chokes, carrots, turnips and the like.
Wheat often is fed in the straw--in
bundles or in other unthreshed forms.
Alfalfa hay is fed either in ricks or
run through the chopper, soaked for
twelve hours, and mixed with grain
rolled wheat barley or whatever may
be used. White French sugar beets,
mangels, carrots and the like as men
toned, form a succulent part of ra-
tion, the grain being fed in addition
to the roots. Artichokes are used
mainly in the late fall after alfalfa and
clover cease to furnish pasturage and
until the ground is frozen up; then,
again in the early spring, as soon as
the frost is out of the ground and the
soil settled. The hogs root the arti-
chokes out. All hogs used for breeding
purposes can be carried through the
winter just as we'll on unthreshed
wheat or field peas.
Crops Used for Hogging Off.
Winter wheat planted early in Sep
tember or October should be ready
about July 10th to September 1st. If
one has not winter wheat, beardless
barley sown in the early spring can be
used from July 10th to the beginning
of the winter rains or until the stubble-
field is open. Field peas sown in the
early spring is ready about July 18th,
or can be used from July Is to Novem-
ber 1st. Spring wheat would be ready
July 25 to September Is. Corn plant
ed May 1st to Goth would be used Sep
tember l to November 15
Blue barley sown in the early spring
and allowed to stand in the field until
the fall rains have softened it can be
used during the late fall and winter.
All of the uses Of different forage
crops and grain | have mentioned are
found now actually in use in the three
states named, over which the rainfall
averages from 20 to Is inches.
To show that it is feasible to use
these crops in this way, Mr.. Hunter cit
ed number of demonstrations which
have been performed under his direc-
tion by different farmers
Mr.. W. II, Steen, of Umatilla coun-
| ty, Oregon, hogged off eleven acres of
wheat that was seeded on side hill
which was too steep to permit the op.
Grafton of harvesting machinery upon
it, in March, 1910. This land had
never been farmed before. When the
wheat was in the stiff dough, July H.
ninety head Of hogs were weighed and
turned into the field. When they had
cleaned up the field, August Gath, they
were again weighed. The gain was 16C
pounds per acre. At nine cents a
pound-the price of pork at that time
the net profit per acre for the standing
grain was $14.40. This was on land
that previously had produced only a
little early spring pasture.
Utilizing Stump Land.
These same hogs were weighed and
turned into 178 acres Of stubblefielt
that had been cut with combined har
vester. The land was level and goot
JOB of harvesting had been done. While
in the field the hogs made gain 0.
l11.73 pounds per acre. At nine cent