Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-12-25

manu. hero rye ~ bOWu In the Tall.
under favorable conditions this can
be done while the corn is still stand
ing, but II necessary Il Is not too
late after the corn has been cwaGnp i
shocked. Rye may be shown Ish
later than wheat. and this Is ON Of
its great advantages IN rotation
such as is now being described.
Field NO. 9 is devoted to rye
throughout this season. In the spring
II is bastured by the hogs as hong as
II is palatabIe. affofding excellent
|pasturage. especially for young hogs
and brood sows. When the rye be-
comes tough and the hogs cease to
relish It, they should be removed and
not returned to the field until two
weeks after the rye has ripencd.
They should then be allowed to gath
er the entire crop and to Craze upon
the young clover that has come up
with it.
Field no. : is devoted entirely to
hog pasture. When clover and TIM
othey are planted together the hogs
Craze principally upon the clover and
leave most of the timothy to be cut
for hay. In the five-year rotation,
however, field No. 5, is depended
upon to furnish the principal supply
of hay for the horses and cows.
There should be some surplus, and
this, Of course. can be sold. Late in
the fall the field is plowed for first
year corn and in the following
spring 1t takes the place in the rots
ton as Held No. 1.
The great merit Of this system Of
crop management is that there is no
rush season and the available, labor
is so distributed throughout the en-
tire year that the maximum acreage
is secured. By piowing one field for
corn in the fall one man and three
horses are able to handle all the
spring work to get the corn in. culti-
vate it, and produce a crop without
assistance.
The next operation is the putting
up OF hay. and here 1t is inevitable
that outside help is called in. Com
pared with other systems of farm
managemept. however. the amount
~ outside help required is very
small. Since the hogs harvest tho
rye there is practically no field labor
to be done after the hay is IN until
early September when one field OF
corn must be cut and early rye is to
be sown. This period OF time for
about. five weeks is rushing time for
the. farmers neighbors and he and
his horses should find it possible to
do work Tor them which can. be rel
turned with extra, work when It Is
time to shred his corn for bedding.
In this way 1t has been estimated that
on a farm of one hundred acres the
farmer will only have to pay cash
FOR about ten days of hired labor
during the hay harvest.
1t is possible that an even larger
farm might be worked in this way.
but when the fields exceed about 20
acres in extent It is not probable that
this system will be found advanta-
geous
= lOn such a farm, as. has already
been said, the hogs furnish the prln-
cipal income. They are turned in on
rye as early as possible in the spring, |
and there the fall shoats and spring
pogs remain as long as the pasture
is tender. When the spring pigs are
from six to eight weeks old they are
weaned and the brood sows are to !
be taken to other enclosures where
they, can be- bred for fall litters.
BY the first part OF May It Is prob |
able that the rye no longer affords
good pastnrage. and the hogs are /
then turned into field No. A, devoted |
TO first year clover.and timothy ana |
remain there with a reasonably Ilb-
eral corn ration. until the middle Of
July, or two weeks after the rye has
ripened, when they are turned back
nto the rye field and allowed to hog
t all down without other feed !
Roughly speaking. it,may be said n /
he rye yields; SEVENTEEN bashels TO
he acre, six foo-pound hogs will har
rest and acre In six weeks. Thus,
~ the time the rye is harvested. the1
'orn is ready and the stock can be
urned into field No. 1. Here they
AN be kept unit lalI the corn is hog
red off. which viii be approximatelyIl
November I. IL none Of the hogs are
old until the entire crpo is gather
ID.