Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-01
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Mr.. L. H. Roberts of the Sunset Fruit
/ Farm miles east of Salem on Pra.
tum road, believes in conserving feed
| All hay feed on this farm is cut by
ensilage cutter and blown into mows
By cutting in this way two thirds of the
NOW space is saved as three times as
much hay can be stored after it is cut
! than if put in loose.
Before this hay is fed it is dampen.
ed with water, thoroughly mixed with
tered over this NOW and again forked
over. Every spear is eaten and saving
of 12 or more of hay is made than if
the hay had been fed loose.
Mr.. Roberts makes the assertion that
good straw prepared in this way is bet
ter than good hay fed loose and be.
lieve he is right. AS to the saving,
there is no question. l know men in
Linn county who feed in this way year
after year and their stock always look
we'll, their COWS are among the very
best producers and they feed not more
than 12 the hay and grain fed by their
neighbors who feed loose hay.
In these days Of $40 hay it behooves
every farmer to think how he can get
the best results out of his feed.
| I asked Mr.. Roberts about feeding
this hay to hogs, he says he winters
! hogs and choates on chopped clover hay,
milk and shorts. The hay is prepared
/ the same as for the cows and horses,
with the shorts sprinkled over the wet
hay. He said the hogs eat it all and
grow all winter.
To some the feeding Of hay to hogs
may seem a queer thing. But whyq Hogs
do well on pasture, why not on hays A
| Danish friend of mine once told me in
Denmark the hogs are always fed chop
ped hay while being fattened and if
j hay could not be procured chopped
straw was fed. Denmark makes the
highest priced bacon in the world.
If you wanted to winter horse or
COW you would not feed all grain, One
would burn the animal up. Why is this
not true with the hog9 The hog is a
grass eating animal and if grass can
not be gotten why not feed hay9
In these days of high feed and facing
as it seems, a scarcity why not feed SC
as to save 1-2 of hay in our,mow. Get an
ensilage cutter, throw the hay out. Cut
it and blow it back. It will pay. Mr.
Roberts says it costs $1.25 ton to cut
with the hay stacked outside. $3.50 q
ton will take the hay from the NOW
cut it and put it back, Feed IL less
of 500 hay is a good investment.
Mr.. Roberts is the owner of the Sun
set Fruit Farm. There are 80 acres OF
years old from setting logan berries
and 5000 cherry trees coming into
bearing. The new vines in the logan
berry yard are immense, Prospects fol
crop next year could not be better.
Although the season has been so dry
moisture is right at the top Of the
soil. A spring tooth harrow has beer
kept going all summer and is going nov
the soil in the yard is loose-could bt
plowed any time. The spring tooth hat
gone through the yard at least 20 times
this summer. While it was not neces
sary for this years crop to cultivate 50
many times it pays for next year.
Soon plow will go through the mid
die of the rows and the furrow be
thrown both ways. This will give good
drainage and give place for the old
vines to be put. No old vines burned.