Vol. XXXV ;No,v34
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1920
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'.By taix:buxler
ern Field Crops", reports results of
experiments by the United. States
Department of Agriculture in Geor
gia, in which the following statement
occurs:
"As a source of nitrogen. -nitrate
bf soda .was superior to cottonseed
meal; the nitrogen in cottonseed
meal was more effective and profit-
able than an equal weight of nitro
gen in the form of cottonseeds
We consequently think it entirely
safe to state that nitrate of soda
den change
pasture crop
TT IS now -too late itoroake 'further :mg away of 'the soil and the more
1 efforts, to t-.protfuee 'Tough rfor- rapld growth of non-pasture plants
age for livestock thi$ winter, 'but .arethe only Teasons why our road
it is not too llate o - make every sides .and -vacant or uncultivated
effort to save everything growirigon areas are-not covered with grazing
the farm that will serve as TOughtfge. tplants throughout the South, as in
There is usually enough corn Ttwwr, TOthcr;more noTthefly sections., If one tproperly, applied to theigrowingcane
j-rass and other'afonghage allowed to sidoubtfulfofthis,he;hasfon4y'to pre- will notinjurethe quality or flavor
waste on oouuiwu wkjum iw.;iwiuxuur vcui wasjiii oi me json ;ana Keep
down rthe -non-rpasture rplants to be
onvinced.
3. Dniy such -plants -should be -selected
as the basis of the jpastute ;as
nave demonstrated their ability .to
livestock and wipe out fone of our
largest item tof expense our slarge
nay bills. ' :.' ' "" '
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Every Mortlaodd Madeto
Save Moi3Rarage " '
I THERE ever was'a time when
xf the molasses.
It is stated, however, that very
targe quantities of stable manure
.may 'give the syrup a dark color and
an inferior 'flavor. Nftrogen in any
available form applied too late in the
take the land and hold it against all season may .prolong the .growth and
obstacles. Where -Bermuda-grass and delay ripening of the cane and in
icspcucza naiurany xnnve or nom tne this- wav mav reduce the vield ,of
the South should makeeveryef- land against M anther tpknts hey --svrun. -and 4nrare '-its otialitv We
fort possible to savetbay ?and tother should sform tthe 'basis tof the perma- rethink the latterTart -of Mav or arlv
ro
ugh forage it is this, season of.41920. nemzpas:tuTB.Thi8nwillttathegr in -flrine -wmtld frave hen a httr
The corn crop will .almost certainly part rf tthe northern twothirds bf itinie to apply -the nitrate -of soMa
be short over a considerable ipoition the Cotton Belt. Where carpet grass than early July
of the South, which maiesdoiibly -dtiioWlieMe iae- "The amount which should be ap-
'OHi-iltlH rAl M4m4I .. a4L am kAitMM - O
duced. More hay will feduce the
grain required to winter the stock
and make next year's ixsrops, and cer
tainly it will also Jbe more economical
to buy one'-product, cxmihand buy
both hay and corn. -It is nowtoo late
to grow forage this -year,lbut'thereis
an opportunity to vsrre mon; df "the
forage grown than fis-eneratllyidone.
Every year, corn storer and other
plants that might (bei:utaridxuredkf or
to green feed; where a
is inciudtfa m "tne Ta-
tion -ffor work liorses, the vpracticc
should be 'Continuous, -not mtermit
tent," 'From my experience, as a practi-.
tioner of ve'terinaty jnedicine and
many years' .bbservation bf work
stock, I am fully convinced that injury
rather than "benefit" results from
horses and mules which do haTd work
tin hot weather being .allowed "the
Ifreedom iof pasture during the night
.and ton .idle jays."
Of -course, -for the idle (horses igvassV.
is good, but when the i horse Hspufcto
hard work on the farm or.onthentoad
he isino longer under 'natural" jeon-
ditions and .what may.be jregarded as
his :natural feed no longer .fits his
-needs.
The.only argument in favorOf graz
ingwork 'Stock to which we cangive
any weight is that pasture, when
availahle, may-cost le9Sthan dry fed.
"The first cost is less, but Hi the 'les
sened efficiency of the work stockthe
reduced amount of work they are ac
tually able to do is considered,in the
opinion of the writer, green feed costs
vinore in the end,and.the greater ten-
feeding are allowed to -waste throtjgh- position to thrive .over .large aas .in
out the whole South. BySlHneans the 1Southvand should be encouraged
wherever a ton of roughage xzn be as it is a good pasture plant.
saved, even though not of thelhighest The cultivated grasses and clovers
quality, every effortshould bemadeto tnavhe itwH in itPmnorarv nasttirAc in
- - jc - jt : - -
a rotation,-especially when the soil is
fairly fertile and lime is -used, but
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IT..'iSliaUll.&e IttSfta.ailttll'UQttier Jitter -u:t .-ru.,J1 l iCnu.. Jt,e;f th .animal tn sliffpr fnm
plants can be gradually introduced. or where a' legume crop was -plowed xolic .and other digestive troubles
5BurxlcvveTand iwhite jelover wilLdo -tinder 4?efore planting the cane, per- certainly does not improve their
weUiandtadd.to .the,walue'Ofutheipas- rhaps 100 pounds cof ..nitrate of soda health or enable them to keep in bet-
ture toveraJatgeartof ithe South, -will heuflfiiHent; -but on sa less' fer- ter condition.
but too, great tepense should mot 0e -tile soil orone where no tegumccrop In the opinion of the writer, work
incurred to obtain these at first, or has been turned ninderlOO pounds jof stock doing .hard work, especially; in
on too Jare .areas. .The needing as .nitrate ,of soda should be applied at hot weather, should have ?no gren
expensive .and often the .feed, .but a balanced ration of suffi-
very uncertam .atfirst. JDalhsgjass fate .May or .early June. Our reader cient variety made up entirely of dry
cannot .use cottonseed meal to ad- feexl. And of this not -over three
vantage. A pound , of 'nitrogen from quarters Of a. pound of hay -should 'be
cottonseed meal will cost much mare .given dailyor every 100 pounds of
or Paspalum Jdilatatum shows a dis-
save it. Every ton -of -forage saved
will save $20 toneoct spring. Sure
ly this is of the greatest importance.
Essentials of Pasture flaking
HILE grass .grows .abundantly .in
the South, because 'bf rour warm,
moist climate, and the varieties -of
grasses, and clovers aftd other rleg
"mes are almost unlrmiled,Jt is a mis
take to assume that good permanent
pastures are too easily secured. The
I(eas that any sort, oand wilLmake
a 8od pasture andv tnat io care. Js
necessary to obtain nd attiaintain
much money has been - wasted -by the
sowing of -such seeds and no-satisfactory
-results obtained. '
Any man can tell for ; himself the
plants which should form the basis
for his permanent pasture, by simply
looking about him. The plants which,
-when given a chance, take the land
and 'hold it and which the 'livestock
eat and-thrive on rare the plants he
should use.
4. Close 'grazing is not meeessarily
an evil on well Established pastures
made 'up t)f plants 4ike iBermuda,
than a pound of nitrogen from ni
trate of soda and we have experi
mental evidence that it is not worth
asmuch. In other words, a -pound of
nitrogen in "fSiS per cent nitrate of
soda at,$100 a ton costs the same as a
pound of nitrogen in 6.2-per cent (7.5
;per cent ammonia) cottonseed meal
at :$40 a ton, and the nitrogen from
the nitrate of soda is superior, pound
for pound.
the animal's -weight.
TVhy Hogs Eat Chickens
Ik fo m ecnWJyesponsK biuegss, hite Blover,.etc, but too
e lor our failure to fgenef ally have M;icr iaatrnrtv-until the
eood pastures.
close grazing is "destructive -until the
Work Stoclc Need Dry Feed
AREABER writes: "I have a lotof
nice B ermuda 'grass, but it seems
to weaken my -horses to graze them
on it."
Hard working horses and mules
should .notlbe allowed, to, graze grejen
i?rass. esoeciallv in hot weather. For
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pasture plants have fully established idle horses, of course, grass is good
The waste Jandsstlawe) tobipoor to themselves ton the Jand. Too close -and at may be used to some extent for
be profitably mltivatfidr?Dr that are grazing may be injurious even on ld horses and mules 'doing-slow worknf
too rough or wash too readily to ibe pastures, .especially since the live- this work Js not too. hard and the
citable for cultivation, should ibe stock .are iikely. to suffer ior lack of weather is not tao ihot. utiwhen a
made intOipastnrsjibntheyilijot feedbut-in estahlbhing pastnresTtoo hard working horse or -mule is al-
make good, .reliable ipastuies. without dose grazing qand tramping iin wet lowed to graze during .hot. weather
some expense and Considerable .at- weather are fatal to tgood jresults, the tresuits are nafly always as our
tention- ; ' , , ; : If theseour simple, common sense 'rca describes -The bowels are
ti-. : J ' 1 fiu ta imade. too. loose, theanunals sweat too
"cre are a few essentials to-suc- woe .uVCu freely nd.cannot.stand the heat and
essful .pa-sture-WlriWti ihSnnth no disappointment an .the .making-of lrL-i u
"r annox Be neglected without " Zi. hDrsesre -weakened.as stated by
Paymg the penalty, monghesethe ?
viuowmg fmay-ea named !
1. It
it--will -not produce .a -profitable crop
of cotton, to quickly - afford much
inquirer
'Notwithstanding that the writer is
l' is essential to prevent the good grazing when put into pasture, thoroughly convinced that theabove
washing or erosion of the "land by :is eorrect, yet there a re .-many ?who
terracing or otherwise .'until "the. No 4SIIdbltteS.om36tlSte advise. the. gra2ing. of .work- to;ck. For
Piants caniinirprtth unit rt tl nrn f . . . f. . ' .w a . ?trctani; in 'Farmers' Bulletin '1030.
this wae,i zitr:. "?rrvr jsoaa.in uaie
' n e South, excepttposkmiy ;thexoarser A READER, asks : "Will nitrate of
sand, wllt4 jcoyer itslf iiK vege- soda when ap0ied fo growing
Nation in o (a,., J.-SIf -jaU'I --imSl J - T rt.n'oiotioanp tnalr ,K-'riftlns
i a iew vears at ittie ;rjii is
i revented .from, washingaway.
2. Owing to our sunsinf-and heavy
1 ainfa11 weeds,'brhbTiarsfad xther
n-pasturpJahtsgriwtverypi
more rapidly sthanheipasturetplants.
Jt is therefore :tnecessary fthat the
non-pasture 'plantsbekept down for
a tew years mntll he?pasture plants
get fun,posrondfthearid,Wash.
Louisiahacane make the-anolasses
taste salty ? Jf not, Aow jnuchu should
be appUed per acre? Could I. -use
cottonseed'meal to .advantage . ?" f
We have no -personal knowledge
'United States Department of Agricul
ture, the following statement is made
regarding pasture for horsesr "Pas
ture is very valuable -in the manage
ment of work teams ; regularly allow
ing horses the.f reedom of .pasturedur
ing .the. rnight and on -idle -days en-
Trances the health of the animals.
A READER has a brood sow that
kills and eats chickens. He aiks,
"What can I do for her and what
makes herseat-chickens?"
. Little .can be done for such a sow,
except to .keep her and the chickens
separated. There is-i!o"bably no
.practicable way of breaking a . so w-of
this bad . habit.
The' hog eats chickens .because of
two conditions: First, she is more
likely to .eat chickens if not fed a
balanced ration. If in. a. dry 'Jot with
out green feed and without. sufficient
protein and mineral matter she. is
much more likely to eat her first
chicken if lone gets in the trough
while she is feeding. Also if a dead
chicken is found by.a.hQg orsilione is
thrown into her lot she is verylikly
to eat it, especially, if fshe isnotjget
ting a 'full supply of those" materials
which her. body craves-.andsmust have
to maintain ihealth.
A hog getting'green 'feed -and .milk
or tankage -is not likely to 'begin "to
attack, vkill and eat !live 'chickens, tut
even a well fed :hogis 'likely no cat a
' faulty feeding is probably mot the
only rea&on - why?hogs .form the habit -of
eating chickens. They eat chick
ens because. of their.natural. desire ior
an imal .matter and .once .havingtasted
chicken .flesh they .continue to eat if
because they4ike it. "
When -young chickens tare allowed
to -eat from the sameitrough with the ?jt.'J"'"
hoes. some. of the hoer&are auite iiiceivi z '
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to form the habit .of chicken eating.,-1
sooner or later.
To prevent ?the iformation - of 4hls
bad'habif, -give the-hogs green stuffy :r,
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and can find no recorded daiashdwTfeere -will 'be an increased tendency animal protein ' and plenty of charcoal"
ing that initrate of .soda canBh toward sweating while at -work hut nd' acid phosphate, And keep the
molasses to "taste salty?a)r giveslit this is not of.gr eat. importannce when Vkhogs 'and chickens, 'especially the
any other nndeshtable; flavor. - "On the benefits are considered. . A neces- vyoung chickens and brood sows, sepa-,
the otherJhahd,IXuggarinvhis :'V3o'tithtry precaution -.is-'to:ayoi4 a sud- rated as' far as possible.
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