The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-29

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period comes along in August and
September. when the pastures are
the shortest. This is when the ST.
lage comes into play as suplimen-
tary feed.
Mr.. Henry said that az a rule the
silo is entirely too low. These can
be extended to fifty or sixty feet
with beneficial results.
. Importance of Soy Beans.
The speaker then emphasized the
Importance of soy beans. He was
the first man in Minnesota to raise
an acre of these beans, and since
that time has raised thousands or
acres Of them. They are legumes
the same as clover, and they not
only improve the silage, but also
improve the land where they are
growing. Corn will usually make a
great deal better growth, and be
richer in nitrogen when the soy
beans are sown among the corn.
The soy beans not only gather nj
trogen but adds to. the growth of
the corn. Usually two or three
tons of the beans osn be produced
on an acre planted among the corn.
They are richer in protein than al
falfa, and can be grown among the
corn for the simple cost Of the
seed. which usually costs about
thirty FIVE cents per acre; A bushel
will plant ten acres. Mr.. Henry
advised innoculation of the soil,
" here beans were not previously
raised. He said of the many varie-
ties he had tried, the Ito San or
some of its offshoots seem to give
the best satisfaction. There are
1900 varieties on the market. Many
of these are entirely too late for
this latitude While the Wiscon-
sin Black is very good bean in
connection with corn for hogging
off it grows too short to be of par
ticular value for islage.
Numerous questions were asked
during Mr. Henry's talk in regard
to better feeding of hogs. Mr.. Henry
replied that during his forty years
experience in raising hogs, he had
marketed more than $4,000 on the
Chicago market, and never lost one
by hog cholera. He said that he
fact that he had always taken into
consideration the health of his hogs
first Some of the things he men
toned along that line was the keep
of mature stock for breeding pur-
poses. He always run his hogs on
clean pasturage every year, and
gave them plenty of fresh water
and shade during hot weather, and
last but not least fed them plenty
of pumpkins during the fall season.
He said that intestinal worms have
done more damage to hogs in Min
nesota than the hog cholera. While
they do not kill the animal they put
his stomach on the bum, and there
by make him subject to attack of
disease. These worms can be en-
tirely dispensed with by running
the hogs on new pastures each
year and feeding them pumpkins
during the fall. Mr.. Henry ex
planned that underneath the skin of
the pumpkin seed there is a poison
that will kill the intestinal worms.
He said that there is not a doctor
in the land, hut what knows that
the best remedy for worms in chill
dren is pumpkin seed tea Why not
give the seeds to the hogs also.
among the corn at slight expense
The flesh of the pumpkin will also
act as a corrective to the digestive
tract during the time of feeding
hogs corn. It will also do away
with feverishness in the stomach of
the hog and produce a laXity which
is absolutely necessary while heavy
feeding is in progress. A hog that
Is thus fed is not as likely to be
prone to attacks I of hog cholera.
Mr.. Henry found that hog fed on a
ration of pumpkins had gained at
least twenty percent
Mr.. Henry will speak at Amboy
tonight.