SATU RD AY, .-FEBRUARY 7, 1914..
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"commercial: fertilizers generally pay
! in the locality it Is probable they, .will
pay on the oat and jvea crops. - x;
" ; We suggestr using phosphoric- acid
K for bothihe oats and peas and nltro
used, but if "as jnuch nitrogen is ap
plied as is removed in the oat crop
and leached from 'the soil, and as ..
. much, phosphoric acid applied as Is '
removed -in both the ;. oat And t pea
o-Wn rm :t1io:nata - Tn onnnlv thrt nhnfl.' CrODS thff' DrOdUCtlVfehesS Of the 6il
:: phone acid roi" both crops; we would is imeiy, w oe mcreasea sngnuy lor . :
QrOB,UCa.Sb Or WiUl XJ19; Bceil " vaa ' aviivi w ma viuji, uuui via? uiiiycu ,
5r .befQre-, sowing the oats gamerea irom me air Dy ine pea crop
nbundfl to;500:pounds of 16. and left iii the soil in the' stubble and :
;.-;acld phoBphate' :To i 8up.ply,sooU.',. . - ; '; ' -:-f . :. y: '
the oats .we. would use 75: -A crop, of 25 bushels, of oats will v
find cdttOnseedAmeal
value of "greens grass
just common aa
The. value of
according' to t
ft
I 4
hfeIr.Aj
antri
5(Wf pounds ; of nitrate of: remove about 23 pounds of nitrogen
'X T yr:yffo parts eacn- or: wneatr.Drani 'ariea soaa per acre a a.aup urBBu&( o.- irom me son u grain ana straw are
?ih?am5nr to brovide for this ''
Ap-y- J; ; r should make a good ration but we are jdry ; and hot later 'than four- or and the nitrogen leached from the
ieaH wiu. v ai jr.- oeiieve mat lesstnan 21 pounas 01 uve .weens nueiviiuo unw cu, sou yrouauiy . m pyuaas Qi. aurusea
un.Htv ''hfi fl.nl- 011AK o Watn mlTtiira iailv 117111 nrATo nrnvidfid thev are sowed as late as Rhriinld hA AnnllAd In r.nmmArr.ln.1 fftr-
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their fee'ding values .except to -give
below -the digestible nutrients and the
water and ash in :100 pounds of each,:
Cowoea
-i- hay
Corn
' stovef
Shucks
(corn)
Wheat
- straw
Wheat
. "V bran
: Torn
meal
seed
f!ntfon-
seedmeal
Pasture
: grass
Water
10.7 lbs
218 "
lo-or
9.6 '
11.9 "
15.0 '
10.3
7.0 " u
80.0 1
Ash
7,5 lbs.
4.9 "
8.4 "
4.2 "
5.8 ;:
1.4"
6.6
2.3
Protein
Carbo-i
hydrates
llO.S lbs
1.8 "
1.0 -
0.8
11.9
1 "
h2.5v"
37.2 "
2.5
38.6 lbs:
42 3 "
54.0
35.2 "
42 0 "
64.3
B0.0' "
21.0
110.1
u"
Fats
LABOR-SAVING MACHINES WE MUST NOT OVERLOOK
UO lbs.
k).69 VAV
0.28 "
0 40 "
2,50
.3.50 'I
17.30 t .
ViU ,
0.50' M
TN STUDYING the .
'JL AmMmt nf farm.
WWW W . V W mmw
machinery arid its eco
nomical management
- we must not overlook
the necessity for that-
most fundamental of:
all farm machines
the heavy.' capable
draft animal. Steam
and gasoline tractors e
are all well enough in
their place, but it is a
far cry fromrthe one,
two and three-horse
farmer to the big grain
farms of several hun
dred acres that afford
the best opportunities
for the tractor to show
' its worth in breaking,
.The above figures 'do not agree
with thft "books." esDecially as -re
gards the' water in corn stover and-
corn shucks. Henry in ' Feeds and
Feeding" gives the water, content of
field" cured corn stover? as 40.5 per
cent'and that of corn husks as 50'9
nercent. 1 -...,- ?" :
These v may be correct statements
for Northern 'conditions, where the
corn ripens so late in the season that
it Hnoa nnt drvmit. like if does in the
South, during our late, dry falls. The harrowing and seed-
estimate of water in these two feeds, fag the land andhar-
in the above table. Is tafcen irom
Southern analyses of these materials.
I What is known as "just common
eraBs" in the South, will probably
not rate as h'igh in "nutritive' valueTas
'the pasture grass given in. our table;
but good Southern - pasture mixtures,
like Bermuda 'grass and' Japanese
clover, will certainly measure up to
the standard given., , .A - v .
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A PAIR THAT CAN DO THE JOB.
Probably a Waste of Feed
vesting and threshing
the crop It . is possi-'
ble that in time a trac
tor, of - three or jour,
horse power will come,
ing and. 'ltivaHohm the meantime we Southern farmers of few acres must address ourselves, wan
the means avaifable, to the problem of accomplishing with the greatest economy the work to be done.. :,
, TTtinuoKnrtf,hlu the Kni,th tiHfifiMM heed morehorse power, but we need strong-
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msTY offirieM hnrs frnuier Mnnutimps ha The Progressive Farmer impressed this fact, and we expect to do so many
times again; for we consider that in the correction of this deficiency lies one of the means by which our farm profits may
Vj M.lMArt': iinnntyA '1 -i fifftA nvtrtrXiimoml t ft - itrnt fiA flirt m fn rfitnhlj farmind. but to be most effective it must be
accompanied by the best type of machine in the form of, blood, bone and muscle, no, m planning our purcnases u. im-
"hcfrfpr better iufirk Stock -tO be had through
A - READER says he has a "Holstein
XT heifer, Just two years -ojd, with ,
ner nrsi. can, t now iourj. woc .uiu. i , - - . - t - j - j i. aa
She gives aMittle over, three gallons . : better care, better breeds and better feed. ;
pounds cottonseed meal, six pounds the. rationi. but we vknoFi;oi nothing trate of: soda from to ? 3 per acre. . 01 sou iu uyyijr autuuitt i
bran, six pounds :beetf : .
pounds of corn with peavine hay for pound' of graia should v be. suffi fertilizers for This crop of oats and one and a
roughage. : :'-" -tv .X-forever-f itwo-: and -'ahal? to three- both crops and the increase in' yield half tons of cowpea hay. will together
Onr riiAr tWinkfl this heifer is not pounds of milk produced daily. . r should pay a profit on that expendi- remove about 25 pounds of phos-
evl hoSecause - : :' ,f ture: although -it must be admitted phoric acid .from'tbe soil and to re-
"5?mJ?h2 such crops do not respond to place this and maintain the supply;
' of Lnr
badW- bKe year,:. making about ;20 , .bushels vbf;; i8 not good farming. Land that will muriate.of potash. -These crops will
: fSrV i -itv Peracre.v i want, to sow to Burt: -produce'-only : 20 . bushels of corn. per also remove some lime, so. it ,1s easy .
: mSv I 21-ds oats and follow the pats v with cow- acre should have the coWpeafl turned to see, if we are going to removef two
?nv peas and take both these crops off the under and then it would ontf be nee- crops a year, we must be liberal with
- hS'wr use iny fertilizer ;on essary to use the acid phosphate. - Or our. fertilizers if we expect to keep up
fed,'. the fertility of the land. In fact,
"?Jftn and what will it cost? "By the -manure: carefully saved and re- building up and maintaining soirfer-
frtT be turned to the land In. this case.-the .tillty .with commercial fertilizers, is
Wcnran
:-pounds or-cbwrieaVWidailK ,
.1.1 . 1 nvu if t iifriioiniiaiv iicah . i iftnn innr iann -will u mcrenBiiu oj h'-j ueo , " - . ..-
.'mi . it. nj TinmimJannAiv' nv turn n? unaer 16-
lhlA nrAtAfn-Vliiflv WhAreafl 2n'oundS -grows Only 20'...bU8HeiS '.Otvcotn- per ; commercial leruuzers ou we ui. u,.
. lDie protein aauy,.wnereas pouua9 6i u no, y .. . . rT- m An thA tmnimi rnmes or stable manure. v .
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