Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-26

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served. A good seed bed should b
bed When drilling shallow plantin
should be observed. Some men see
the crop with corn planter by frs
making special plant and drillin
it and tapping the rows. The see
1 bed should be well prepared and tn
weeds under control before the GRO
is planted to give the cane goo
chance. Ootherwise, when drilling i
rows 1t may be necessary to cultivat
same to keep the weeds down. TIL
crop may be harvested with binde
which will facilitate in handling TO
seeding purposes or it may be Gu
with mower and punched an
handled as other hay
1t Is a good practice to cut the can
when the heads are just beginning t
fill and the seed has not reached tn
dough stage If cut at this stage ant
weather conditions are favorable ;
second crop can often be gathered a.
the cane will sprout up again TIL
second crop should not be pastured
owing to the fact that poisoning some
times occurs, due to the presence o
prussic acid However, if the plants
become larger they may be pasturet
or cut for hay. There is no danger
in feeding cured cane hay.
Millet is another crop which il
used by some farmers for hay pur
poses. Probably the best producing
variety is what is known as the Lib
erty millet, formerly called the Ger
man millet. Common millet is yer,
good producer, but it does not yielt
as heavy as the first mentioned va.
riety. Millet weighs forty-eight pounds
to bushel and is usually broadcasted
at about the rate of one-half to one
bushel per acre. The richer the
prepared for millet as with the cane
In harvesting this crop, one should
observe the season of ripening. Mil
let should be cut while the grain is
in the dough state owing to the fact
that II it is allowed to mature it shat
tiers extensively and in this way q
good share of the grain is lost.
1t is not too late yet to prepare an
other patch of ground and put in a
forage mixture of oats and rape for
the hogs. AS the summer advances
the blue grass pastures will become
more or less dried up and the hogs
will not have enough roughage. This
forage mixture will be- ready at the
right time with a large amount of
food and would keep the hogs and
sheep or calves which might be pas
tured on the crop for good many
days. Where two pastures are avail
able, changing from one to the other
as they are pastured down. will in
crease the length of time they can be
pastured, and if handled properly
they should continue to furnish good
pasture up until it is time to hog down
corn Or until the meadows Of blue
grass pasture are improved by the
fall rains. Don't neglect the future
welfare OF the live stock at this time
by delaying in seeding forage crop.
The general seeding observed is about
one and one-half to two bushels of
pats and about four pounds of rape.
Some men make mixture Of oats,
rye and barley together with four or
i've pounds OF rape. Either of the
mixtures is good.
Missing Hills.
Where hills OF corn are missing.
various farmers are making prac-
ice Of planting pumpkins. This is a
practice that is well worth our con-
'ideration. The pumpkins furnish a
'ery valuable feed and help to control
he weeds. Cattle feeders and hog
'aisers will find the pumpkin very val
liable in furnishing additional feed It
s recommended also that where corn
$ to be used for sileage that cane seed
planted IN the missing hills at the
ime the corn is laid by will fit in we'll
With the sileage ration, and even
hough 1t does not mature it will help
Q furnish additional feed Our fields
should be producing something on
very foot of land IL it is possible. The
lay crop is going to be short this year
md men should plan to look into their
ileage requirements at once. Any
substitute or a crop like the pumpkins
md cane in the corn field will assist in
living us the maximum production.
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EARLVILLE.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Knehnln ~