The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

r,on.,e for. After the full moon in
March through April the summer
grazing crops must be planted and
enough soy beans sown to carry the
COWS from June 1 until the last of
August. Even though the cows Craze
outdoors all year MacRae believes in
double protection in case of an ex.
c~eptionally severe winter, and keeps
the silos filled with silage made of
SOW beans fermented with m~olasses.
August 1 to October Is
August 1 to October Is is the Sc.
cond important period because oats
and Abruzzi rye must be sown ear
ly enough or interplanted with other
crops in order that they may estab.
lish good root systems before cold
weather.
Manganese bur clover, planted with
one-fourth acre per acre, is believed
by MacRae to be n of the most i'm.
portant plant introductions e v e r
made in the south. 1t is eaten with
relish by cattle and other livestock,
and because of it's deep root system,
the plants do not suffer seriously
from drought. Mixed with spotted
bur clover and crimson clover, man.
ganese lengthens the fall grazing
season by two weeks, and forms A
splendid foundation for profitable
animal husbandry.
AS for Johnson grass, planted one
half acre per cow, which is the crop
william to SO many farmers when it
appears as a weed in corr crops, it
is of great value mixed with bur
clover and desmodium.
A bur clover field is disked in
May after the bur clover has ma
tured it's seed, and t h e johnson
grass on the field has already been
grazed closely. Johnson grass and
Sudan grass is then W This
plan furnishes abundant grazing at
minimum cost from nine to ten
months of the year. On these same
fields crimson clover is sown in ALL
gust for winter grazing. Broad leaf
ed vetch mixed with this crimson
clover proves very palatable to COWS.
Crimson clover, beautiful IN it's
red blooms against a green back
ground at this time of the year, Of
fers three varieties of early, medium
and late to give seven months luxu-
RANT grazing from mid-November I'M
til mid-June. Broadcast on Lespe-
deza stubble with fine results, Grim
son clover is however very exacting
in regard to incubation of the soil.
Annual Field bay
Every spring Hugh MacRae sets
aside Field Day at his experimental
farm Invershiel near Wilmington
when the whole South is invited
to visit the farm. This year mora
than 500 authorities and farmers
were present to tour the various
1lCldo SOlOI4dl VAIL lax DlOO1l1S vi
crimson clover, purple vetch, giant
White Dutch clover and scattered
orange California peoples, descen-
dants of early plantation days.
In a grove of trees historically
significant as the site of the home
of the first settler in Cape Fear,
North Carolina. MacRae told Of his
methods and distributed formula in
prepared memoranda. Other lectures
and talks on southern agriculture
were given by eminent authorities.
Outstanding among these was F.
L. Holcombe's experience with mo-
lasses and soy beans siiage. The Fay
e~tteville Dairyman said that this
year he is filling both his silos with
soy beans and molasses silage, ELI
minating corn entirely. From one
half a silo of soy beans silage two
years ago suggested by Hugh Mac
Rae, Holcombe found that the soy
beans give more milk per acre than
corn. Also when the COWS were TAX
en- off outside grazing and put on
silage there was no drop in milk
production.
Through experimenting with soy
beans put up in bloom stage and
soft-dought stage of maturity, he
found that the soft-dough stage pro-
vided 6.16 per cent protein (three
times that of corn), 81 per cent fat
(twice that of CORN and the bloom
stage produced only AZ per cent pro-
tein (twice that of corn) and .83 per
cent fat. The soy beans provide seven
tons bean silage per acre.
Holcombe plants Biloxi soy beans
entirely to keep both grazing and
silage on n variety, and because
Biloxi soy beans are tall enough to
harvest with a grain or corn bind
er at very low cost.
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