The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-01
FARM PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
Development Agent c. l.. Smith, on
Value of Forage CrOns.

Tribune: c. l.. Smith, DEVELOPMENT
agent OF the O.-W. II. 4 n Co. met
with the governing board of the Com
merc1al club of lewiston last Thurs
day, and during the afternoon arrang-
Ell for Lewiston meeting with the AID
cluD i'll June, at which time he will
speak on the relationship between the
merchant, lawyer, banker and farmer.
Mr.. Smith gave this address before
the Olympia Commercial club several
weeks ago and aroused such interest
that he has been invited to talk be-
fore the commercial organizations of
the larger cities of the northwest.
He spoke before the industrial COM
mittee of the Portland Commercial
club recently and the interest aroused
resulted i'll COW loan committee
being named, the purpose being to
provide funds for farmers who de-
sire to engage in the dairy and cattle
business on the farms. He was later
invited to appear before the Oregon
Bankers association where the ad-
dress was given
Mr.. Smith is much interested in the
plans of the Camas prairie farmers in
regard to the growing of forage crops.
During the spring he has shipped
more than a ton of seed corn to Cot
tonwood to be planted by the farmers
of that locality. He said the prairie
farmers will find field peas, winter
rye and corn the most profitable for
age crops, peas and winter rye being
Especially adapted to such conditions
as now experienced in the prairie
country. Mr.. Smith regards corn as
the greatest crop grown on the farms
but in such localities as the prairies
the best results from corn cultivation
will not be secured until the seed has
become thoroughly acclimated.
Field peas are especially valuable
for hogs and no expense of harvest
ing is incurred as the hogs are turned
into the field He stated ten-acre
field will finish forty hogs but the
best results are attained when NOV
able fences are provided and the hogs
are given the field in acre tracts; that
is, one acre or rather one-tenth OF the
field is separated with the movable
fence and the hogs are turned into
this pasture as soon as the lower peas
are beginning to turn gray the
fence is moved as the feed Is ex
Ihausted and by the time the last plai
lis reached the peas are ripe and wher
lit is finished the hogs are ready fol
market, Mr.. Smith stated expert
lments conducted under his depart
Iment show a field of ten acres ha(
grown and fattened forty hogs III lO'
Idays. The hogs averaged 10 pounds
when turned into the field and 70
nounds when marketed, the gain be
ling 1877 pounds per hog which at
price of Z cents per pound would meal
$3S3. so or $3.50 per acre. He stat
cd n little headed barley was fed thes
hogs while finishing the last plat o
neas He advises that farmers see'
at least an acre of field peas with
drill in order that the crop may d
harvested for seed. An acre will pro
duce sufficient peas to seed ~ acre
and nj the present price the seed VII
cost So per acre. rms Woulu man
the acre crop valuation 500
Mr. Smith said the prairie farmer
will make no mistake in seeding WIZ
ter rye in the event they can secur
the seed. Winter rye can be USE
this summer and fall for pasture bu
care should be taken that it is no
nastured so close as to kill the fyt
# will also make good and early pas
tnre next spring and can be pasture
ON the prairie until about June l.
fair crop of rye would then be hai
vested next summer He stated I'M
CROP is especially valuable where IN
e,,,,ars ore interested in dd1rylng.