The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-06-15
The CROPS ARE
GROWING TOGETHER
Farm Adviser Tells Of Man Near
Oak Ridge Growing
LOG Feed.
Ey {. N. McWILLIAMS
County Farm AdviSerl

! Oats and Wheat. - One man. living
near Oak Ridge, saw last spring that
his wheat would rot make a profitable
yield and drilled the field with oats.
As a result he has fair yield of oats
and there is quite bit of wheat all
over the field. He also has a good
stand of young clover. The wheat
land dried out early and he was able
oSOw the oats in good time. There
are ten acres in the field and the own
err will get $50 or 800 bushels of good
feed for the price of his seed and his
labor. BY watching his business a
farmer is often able to save what
might have been a loss, and in some
cases turn it into profit.
The case stated is Il good illustra
lion, and the same principle may be
applied in many instances.
Feeding Hogs for Prcfit.-With the
present good hog market every man
who can is feeding a bunch of porkcrs
for the market With the present
prices Of hogs and corn there is money
in the operation. The margin of profit
IS determined very largely, however,
by the cost Of gain. Corn and clover
pasture go we'll together. The clover
largely supplies the protein required
and the corn furnishes the fat forming
food Even with clover, hogs will re-
turn better profits if some contrastcd
protein food like tankage, oil meal, o.
short is added. Nevertheless, thrifty
shoats running on clover pasture and
getting a proper amount Of corn will
do we'll. One cannot afford to feed il
4 dry lot or on a grass pasture, if it
can be helped.
Limestone Shows Results. - Every
little while some instance of the ben
eft to be derived from the use of lime
stone presents itself. This week | saw
where 4 man in preparing a field for
alfalfa last summer ran out of ground
limestone and was unable to get more.
The thinnest places in the field were
treated. 1t is easy to tell the lime
between the two portions of the field.
That which was lined is thicker.
greener ard more vigorous. At pres
cnt the unlimed portion does not look
like it would remain. In the other
case , man thinly scattered half bar
rel of old air-slaked lime that he had
on hand, in an oat field last year. The
season was favorable and he got a
stand OF clover over the entire field,
but j. the spot where he applied the
lime the clover is fully one-third
higher and much darker colorcd and
vigorous.
There IS no longer any question
about the value Of ground limestone,
when applied to lcGumcs.
\ more general use Of it would I'M
doubtedly be profitable.
Tile Low Places. - On many farms |
there are 10 wspots that are fed from
springs, that remain wet SO long tia; |
any crop other than grass cannot be !
prolitabIy grown on them. Such places
can we'll be tiled; often they berome !
very profitable and productive. On !
one farm a wet weather spring over
flowed, in rainy seasons, moro than nr
acre; of ground. The owner decided |
this year to tile it and laid Il single |
Inc of Six-inch tile $50 yards lCng, |
and the job was dorc The field was
put in corn and notwithstanding the |
recent rains the water has rot hurt |
his crop. In this one season he stands
an excellent chance to more than pay |
for the tile from the increased crop.
This instance was an unusually easy |
one, but there are many places in the |
county where one or two short lines Of |
tile would reclaim valuable farm land. |
In all SUCH cases thing is a profitable |
and one that should be
made.
CHAPPIUS' WIFE SET FREE.