The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-10-04

.v;ment station will this
,.tsiag up silage. There
.rops generally used Tor
]. .his county, corn and sor-
though sunflowers are being
!. some extent BY the E1psr'-
station Il MCNEIL.
Corn ravies in this parti-
.uuerior to anything else
= experience in South Mlss's-
4. been that only early planted
.,es satisfactory yields on ac-
] insect pests and plant dis
al always attack late corn.
.,o,,bles are ont bad with
=, therefore, for late planting
..n is greatly superior TO corn
silage corp
,,erslly speaking, we coun' = pos
I'm OF corn silase for every
Aushels Of grain that the corn
.,oduce, So in order to make
.sns Of silage per acre from
4 would have to De good
4 to produce fifty bushels Of
Corn varies in hits parti-
9TH the varity-Goliad being
variety that gives the heaviest
n in proportion to grain pro-
4, experience in South Mississippi
h.ep that we can make two or
!. times the tonnage from sor-
4, that we can make from corn
,e;ally when planted late, and this
must generally do because OF a
NJ distribution Of labor ana bet
utilization Of land. Here
.lvays plant sorghum after oats
I,h bur clover or some vegetables
4 this is ready to cut when cot
l picking is finished and most
q crops harvested.
I1st year on land following crops
bur clover, vetch and oats we
" an average Of just . little less
a 20 tons of sorghum silage per
\ on considerable area and
: than a 100 tons silo with sor-
nm grown on six acres. FMS
4. due to wet seasons, we expect
Weld Of 100 tons from five acres.
is sorghum is allowed to fully
\ and the seed to mature before
ting and in this state of maturity
grain equal in value to corn is
tributed throughout the silo and
atty adds to the feeding value.
This sorghum is planted In mar
! rows and an effort made to
q stalk every three inches in the
\. As matter Of fact, the seed
sown by hand lightly in drills
never thinned, giving very
III stalks, al Of which make
ds in proportion to size and con-
uently give q very fine silage.
planted too thick corn will make
grain at all and this is an advan--
E decidedly in favor Of sorghum.
silo for saving these crops will
little if any more than q barn
ficiently large to store the same
egae of dry forage. It is neces-
, to provide q cutter and blower
Oh is an investment not required
dry forage unless we choose to
I'd it. It is also necessary to have
.orn harvester il the work OF
ing corn or sorghum is done
but this harvester will
indefinitely and is no more ex-
sive than q reaper and binder
oats. An engine Of considerable
er is required to run a cutter
blower and before the general
Of tractors on the farms such
ines were stationary and could be
for little other work and an
'stment in them was idle most
the time. Now, however, most
ners have tractors and these
lish excellent power for cutting
silage and can be used through
the year in various farm opera
he two stations at McNeill aid
larville each have Fordson trac-
and use these and the cutter ana
testers comparatively in cutting
&c at each place, one Fordson
ing the harvester while cutting
binding the sorghum while the
r Fordson pulls the silage cutter
blower, cutting up this sor-
m and putting it in the silo.
he silage made at Poplarville Is
to feed dairy cattle while that
at McNeill is used for fattening