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tVoUXXXVIL No.2 SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1922; $1 a Yean 3 Yean, , v IS Ltvesfe and Dairy Problems TAIT BUTLER, Editor require fairly rich lands. The im- ten, add to. the economy of production portarit point is that he. must find one especially with the best cows, or more legumes which will do well for Sorghum. ' him and then he must grow them. w' r - urt.... t. ; THE great American carbohydrate farm the dairyman xan afford to feed Vs!bnfc??? fh! th.m wji-a.-'i'MhWi rarA Southwest, Oklahoma and Texas, the green grazing, whether in winter or dry spells in summer.. and as a substitute for wheat bran; but he cannot afford to buy legume hays for either purpose. 7 How Much to .Grow grain sorghums may properly take the: )lace of corn, but in other parts of the South we know no substitute for corn, In the higher sections along the north ern border of the cotton-growing areas QUFFICIENT silage should be pro,. ana J ine no5 J 5C, DTW O duced for feeding nine months, out other: grain micrht Partly take the place ana tnree manias . necessary uurrag A, . w w r u-r CROPS FOR FEEDING DAIRY TOWS ; : K ; i , There are many other silage crops IN A cropping system for .the feed- but for the average man sweet sor ing of dairy ws in Jhe South, those"" ghums meet the requirements best crops which are best for the produc- tion of suitable roughage silage and J-egume May hay should have , first; consideration. MO DAIRYMAN can afford" to buy t rUn avian Qnnthern-farmer 111 -t.:i. i r . il should attempt to produce concentrates feeding of dairy cattle. If he does not tures become dry and short. The ?' iriS or grains for the feeding of dairy cattle produce all the legume hay required amount will be 30 to 40 pounds a day fftfJS 'rfXJ2?!E hope to produce . cheaply enough to supply his needs for a grain feed of this kind.. It will always be. necessary, pounds ot wheat bran. It is putting winter, as an additional rouirhatre and j i;Ac.fJ r ji;: It will also -be generally agreed himself at a disadvantage in his com- aii the year through as a substitute for previously stated the Southern dairy that silage and legume"; hays should petition with Northern dairymen for wheat bran,or other protein concerr- man-needs a small quantity of such very largely make up the roughage for the Southern dairyman to buy wheat trate, if any such is now purchased; It feed which he must produce on the dairycattle. A small, amount of grass, bran, excellent feed though it be. He will require from four to five tons of far or at least which must be pro hay and such low-grade Toughages as has to pay freight and handling iiage and from two to three tons of aUCed near enough to his farm to corn stover, straws, and unsalable hays charges on the wheat bran, which the legume hay per cow, per year, tt will the high cost of added frekht" may oc useu, vut, : a.r: iuc Kicaicr urmcni uairyiufiii uuc nui yy, tuu require one-nan acre or more 01 suagc part of the roughageif or dairy cattle besides, the prices of the Southern and one to two acres of -'legumes per should be silage arid good legume hays, dairyman's products are also fixed in cow to produce this feed. . If more will depend on many and, varying local he.had better do without. But he can- per cow. ' conditions, dui tnere cau.wc uuie uucs- not atford to do without legume hay in Sufficient legume hay should be pro tion of the absolute necessity of pro- feeding the dairy cow. Five pounds of duced to feed the milking cows the en- ducing tne rougnage iea xa caiue on legume hay will take the place of four tire year five to 10 pounds per cow, In me iarm wiicic icu.? and these should be produced on the farm. No da iryman ' can ; afford to buy hays and other roughage for dairy cows. Freight and handling 'charges are too great on such; a "bulky low priced product, forwhen bought these add too much to the cost of the rough age. ,,r "r-"' ' . '?r SHage Crop . ; Northern markets. The Southern dairyman must pro duce at home, saving freight and com missions, some feed that he can sub stitute for wheat bran. This feed, is legume hay. Good legume hay is an entirely satisfactory substitute for wheat bran. It can be produced on the ifarm for -much less than it can be silage is saved than is required it will keep and if more hay is made than is consumed iLwill sell. In ..this connec- and handling charges, At present corn is produced at the rate of from 15 to 25 bushels per acre in the Southern states. -These 'yields .musrbe raised to 30 to 50 bushels per acre, or doubled, before corn will be -fJLS. itwlr enough for th 0 surveys made of dairy farms in the United States it was found that the dairy farmers" who sold, hay made the most money. The reason would prob ably not be found in the money re ceived but. for the hay sold, but be cause such farmers made and fed all sufficient numberv say; l5 or more, , cost. There are other substihites for V mTTPQi? cjrVnW bought for and for much less than i w.w www. - f- ji i. i xi .m cause sucn larmers mauc auu icu au will not getlsilaget when kept eIv; the hay required-their cows never suffered from a lack of hay and they were never forced to buy hay, or con centrates for which hay could be sub stituted. .-., . -r '.. ' . --,0v Concentrate - "'-'"y: : in silage will be found the best and cheap est roughage forv dairy cattle, .next to pasturagevor green grass; and on high priced lands, probably better than even pasturage. We fully?; appreciate the high cost of silos anaV machinery for wheat bran but for the Southern dairyman we thjnk the best is legume hay. . What legumes shall be used for pro ducing the legume hay required ? In the Mississippi Valley, lespedeza Southern dairyman to use it in any ap preciable quantities to feed his dairy, cows. Until he has improved his lands' 1 so they will produce such yields of C9ra he must, as we see it," depend on better pastures sorghum silage, legume hays and 'cottonseed meal or other Southern protein concentrate to feed his dairy, cows. 1 We are told that the rainfall is not : sufficiently well distributed to; make vj: corn a sure crop. This. is not really','" true except in the Southwest. - It is true elsewhere-in the present condition THE most . difficult nroblem of the filling them. but!wheri the number of :Ji 1 CTiaXL ' 7 .Tr 1 Southern dairyman m feeding Ws to out soiM but jt is ntrue on those , 7 V ' dairy cows is Urge-enough, land sec ionrwhere cows economically isto find some crop of .our sods made fertfle by, fte mtro- ' ; mum in some casestoilow fi a-SSE SfbeiSfflffl h c or iu the nomical roughage teeding. ; -.J.-:v:'.y;.--j.u -i" - r' . - r J. ' ; i ffainea .1 At oresent th msf nf -si1atr i afpat- tLven the cowoea may possiDiy oe usea -v.. ... r....xi.. . i t u k - Lh1 -refe? Por fjr l?LaS0fi not produce: a Concentrate orgraui rich 7 numberless examples) 7 V nd, msteadsweet lOrghumor some :the cowpea -y;eW n in carbohyp!ratesstarch anl sugars . The problem, then, is one of increas- 7 -' other crop ttlsjtefdro is:more .difficult to cure .than either soy efficiently low cost to enablfh J - '' m beanS or lespedeza' to feed it to dairy cows in competition soils by the introductS of organic -. ! ? .T0-?-19 Theuse: -Each section of the South, or rather with the Northern dairyman who uses : trfatter, which will also supply the ' r S maJSv'Slu-- try corn- He can prbduce -silage and leg- needed increase in nitrogen, and. the - Sa ,?LW-fe?i!ageLSn out and decide on which legume will ume haysi.in competition with! any-"addition of acid phosphate where nec-: , Tv avgC Sft - ??45n-: give : him the best returns as a hay other dairyman if he putshe e same essary. f'ln brief, the cropping prob-' ' ' ' tA,: t ' -1 nff,?061?- Se crop. ' We do not believe. there is any knowledge and god management into lemsof the Southern dairyman for , ' t SgL of "soIK- febel iroin725 , aft - the South where sucn a legume their production. He can also supply : the feeding of his cows are. the making v,. fPJltr 'lWfc.;;cannot be found. Moreover, there is ' his cows with protein; either inrdugh- of .better pastures, the production ot . ' hnw J g 5P now poor the land is and- the other important reason why leg-, age or concentrates, on : an. equality " sorghum silage 'and legume hays, nd ' . , nfT u MpV'ume 'hay should be grown and fed on with if Jnot to his advantage over other improving his lands. so that in due time ' znilFl ?Sv 0OT ? f : the farmthat soil fertility may be. in- dairymen. ; " 7 t C 77" 7 - he eah produce corn cheaply enough to" ;. ' 7 is nS SSIS' be used for feeding as a substitute two propositions: i.HeTmttSri - - ' , 1 7 not quiteeol to thajotc :wfrfcf. riwihvHrat ' . - '7'N y"ui?t"H .r5u .An fi-h v , arc sutitcient ; to wim the silage; ieea produced greater with n almost' A. A ' O .Si'.:-'' .' r .- VTrr '--&v-! ;...,.'..-(..'" .v - lUSUiy Via muct nrAltioA thpm mnrp ppnnftfTlii KrAvfilA 4a Vnmma tAAlMf- . 1 ana Oeyona aOUDt tne , BVt,.m AflFnrfs tn nro'duce an -n11,r WrUU th 9vnM:(fa nrmsn' attA- .Mr:ili;X,;i:-,-w - , "i On ian acre..' Will be - .:.!.. ... 1.. t : - f. ... - - Ii. !H ; 1-;.t THRRF. n -. nacfiirAa n Amrr!i " " sorenum ?thanwith corn; i - . - v . i t-i - j ir 2 41 mff. fAm f manfVA - alfalfa can be Krown Dy aotunB - w?y;w.Trr-r'3aiM.- ..-""......ii.. '. The sweetw so dry and , the extremWest:whe neces-7Jf ; rl less,the &h ' U rythest7 results. For clairy . : as the chief UaWtStit. 7- k: ?Hr rV.lrrZ,cows, suage;or;sOilmg crops should ai- ;- Corn sh?lifhSn .but as a general rule the ayer. Southegdairymaiip asture$ . pf and eveniP! if the laSltf o? too produce and use spannglynd w ft : isrprovidedT? , ; Such -lummer - 7 ably iSS as import- 7 ' - cost n?- feeding. 7 If one goes.ta 7-': - per andTro- . i The costsilage now'grM 7 -:.s. creased bytgrowing-'tfioo:'lat,lr neglert (to ,.,7 ; ' s'lo and bviAWt, feed: the v ?he labor itt iRif nWt:iJ; - iniU:i5-K'W& i-rfeodhiucfcbthelite feeds; flnmted ?-cows7 when- stm e7bst7iuglug Mairy cattle whtn thCTe-is met clent bf nn the J South; do at tnese times the;.i)astureieet drv' ahd suhwle.YS.flaWis, 'as" valuable , as cunrT vm.cr.
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