Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

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The proper time 10 cut Geld peas for
bay Is when most ot the pods are well
forssaed. sincr considerable as the ngi-
trsans saaue OF the f3ans Is contHtnsst
In the seed. when setxsea in salasures
With grain. tiae time at cutsing may se
governed 20 some extent by tsae ain.
iufiSs af the grain. but slse varieties
OF peas and graia used la The naixtane
should be chosen that THE crop can be
harvested at the most favorable pc.
riod az maturity for both Formerly.
q crop OF field peas Was considered
very difficult TO harvest. and much Of
the harvesting was done with scyfie
or an old-fashionei cradle. This Was
thought necessary. ilrst, because the
vines are often tangled and, second.
because of the loss from shattering
where mower and rake are used There
Is now available however, an attach
HleIit for the ordinary mower which
consists OF guards that extend In front
Of the cutter bar lifting the vines off
underneath without becoming entang
led In the vines themselves There is
Also windrow attachment which ef
Sectaaliy removes the peas from the
swath and leaves them In windrpw
behind the mower. Where such an at
fachment Is nor used 1t III necessary
TO have d man with fork follow the
mower and more the vines to one side,
SO that The team and mower will not
pass over the peas In the following
round. The pens can be left In the
windrew or punched with rake and
LETT nnttl dry. and ready to stack.
When stacked in the open 1t Is neces-
OF canvas covers or with layer OF
green grass placed over the top.
The field pea should be cut for seed
when the pods are fully mature and the
peas have become firm. It Is not well,
however. to wait nntii the vine and
pods are both dry, since If that II done
the Joss from shattering is sure to be
large.
II the peas are rained on during the
period while they are curing in the
windrow or Ia bunches, they should be
turned, over as soon as the top OF the
bunch is dry. II this is not done the
peas underneath will swell and burst
dry great percentage viii shell out
and be left ON the ground, Whenever
possible, the peas which are intended
Tor threshing should be stacked under
shed. but IL necessary to build the
rick outside. 1t must be protected as
noted for hay.
The threshing of the field pea is usu-
ally done with an ordinary grain sep
arater atted up especially for the pea
by the substitution of blank concaye
I teeth below the cylinder. Usually four
concaye teeth are sufficient TO retarG
the passage Of the vines long enough
20 that the cylinder will break up the
limiting che number OF concave teeth
and reducing the speed OF the cylinder
about 0ce-haH II Is possible to thresh
the field pea without cracking any con-
siderable percentage of the seeds.
Pasturlnp Field Peas
1t is 4 common practice In some lo-
cAiitiea - harvest the crop by pas
turing with hogs or sheep Many
farmers, however. are disseminating
the practice Of pasturing their field
peas on account of waste and are har-
vesting all or part OF their crop and
feeding II in a feed lot. A combina-
ton of pasture and dry feed has been
found hest The animals after a pc
Rod of pasturing make better gains on
dry feed than where given dry feed
during the entire feeding period AL
falfa or sweet-clover pasture used In
connection with field peas noticeabiy
Increases the rapidity of gain.
The field pea Is often sown In mix
tures with small grains, primarily to
hold the vines off the ground and thus
make the harvesting OF the crop easy.
4 Oats are more often used for this pur-
pose than the other grains, although
barley fs used TO some extent and
wheat In few cases The yield is
nearly always larger: when oats are
used than with either barley or wheat.
i Mixtures are recommended In all cases
where the crop is to be used exclusive
( Iy for hay The presence OF oats or
bsriey ID the pea hay makes a better
quality of feed than pea hay alone.
Field Peas as sIIane.
II rs not economical to put the fieId