The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 13, 1917, Page 6, Image 6
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CHEAPEST WAY!!
IS ID HAVE THEM
Clemson College, S. C.?The cheapeat
way to feed animals is to have
them graze in pastures. It is an easy
and sure way to make money. The
profits per acre may not he large hut
a comparative large acreage can be
used with a small amount of man la
bor.
As all kinds of land may he used for
grazing there need not be any idle
land on the farm. Much land can be
used for grazing that is not suited tc
staple crops. Pastures occupy some
of the best land iti the country and
pay a profit on it.
For the cotton belt, Bermuda, Lespedeza.
White Clover, and Bur Clover
me uo;u (iiama iu uccupy me pitsture
area and for any given quantity
and area of land will t arry the largeat
ruuiber of animals. \Vhen well established
on good land this combination
of plants will carry as many as four
grown cows per acre. A pasture that
will carry one grown cow per acre is
a good one
For the rest of the country, extending
as far west as Kansas and Nebraska.
Kentucky and Canada Blue
Grasses and White Clover make the
best pastures and these plants are
well adapted to the section Indicated.
A blue grass pasture that will carry
one grown cow to the acre Is regarded
as exceptionally good; one
that will carry a grown cow to two
acres is regarded as good.
For certain types of land Canada
blue grass. Red Top and Alsike Closer
give the best grazing.
For the country north of the cottoo
belt the blue grasses and white clover
re so aggressive that they occupy
land not otherwise used so that most
of the good blue grass pastures of the
country are established by natural
agencies and this Is a desirable and
?asy way to get a good pasture. Most
of the large area of land used for grazing
in this country is occupied bv
plants established by natural agencies
and sometimes this results in good
grazing, but often it results in very
Indifferent grazing.
In the cotton belt no pasture estab
llshed by natural agencies is comparable
to a pasture sodded with Bermuda j
Lespedeza, White Clover and Bur
Clover. As a rule if a cotton farmer
Wants a good pasture he must make
IT
Bermuda may be established by
planting a small piece of sod every
two feet each way on land that has
been prepared as for oats or other j
email grain. The sod may be put out I
any time from April to October when
there is moisture enough to make the
?od live. White Clover may he sown
In the early fall. Bur Clover (in the
burr) is best sown in July. I-espodeza
should he sown the latter part !
of February. Five pounds of White I
Clover seed are enough for one acre; |
twenty-five pounds of hut clover hurrr
And twenty pounds of I.espedeza seed
are sufficient for one acre.
Good pastures should lie made gradually
as the time element permits of
making the cost mall. Knough Bur
Clover and Lespedeza to sow one acre j
s?aeh gives a start and seed from these
flniall areas can be sown on other ar> ,
and the process continued until the
plants are established over the entire
area. Cattle may help to scatter the j
seed, especially I-espodeza seed The
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The First Steam Engines.
The first known use of steam to
drive a kind of steam engine was do- 1
scribed by Hero of Alexandria, probably
in the first or second century B.
C. Rut the first real steam engines
were those used at the end of the seventeenth
and in the early eighteenth
centuries for pumping water out of
mines. Newcomer's engine was used
in English mines about 1711.
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FEED FARM ANIMALS
GRAZE IN PASTURES
I labor cost is much less where more
| time is useu. Tline is often a valuu|
bio aid in farm operations and it It
very inexpensive. This is particular*
ly true in establishing good pastures.
A grown cow should gain two hundred
and fifty pounds during the pasture
season. With fairly good paslures
and good management the gains
per acre should be wortli four to five
! dollars and uiay be more. This apj
peaw small when compared to cotton
at $100 per acre and this difference
I is just as great as it seems and yet i
the pasture farmer may make the
j most money. Unless land is scarce
and limited it usually does not matter
I about the acre profits. What should
i be of interest is how much does the
; man make. The man labor on one
acre of cotton may be greater than It
Is on one hundred acres of pasture
where beef cattle are bought In the
spring at the beginning of the season
and sold at the close of the season In
the fall. One man may do the required
work on five thousand acres of pasture.
Cotton is a much more intensive
crop than pasture grass but ex- j
i tensive crops may be Just as profits- |
j bio as intensive crops. It is really
| better for one to think of how much
money he is going to make during the
; year rather than how much crop ha
is going to make on one acre.
Near-the middle of the cotton belt
there is an area of country that appears
to he about one-half gullies.
By pasturing that land a man made
eight to ten thousand dollars a year.
There was plenty of land, such as It 1
was, and h-> used it. The fact that I
he was using large areas of land did
not worry him.
Ppsture farming is a very sure wav
to make money hut you must use
comparatively large areas. >
With some pastures it pays to ro- f
tate the animals. Let them graze J
one area for a while then change to
a different area and In this way the
grass in each field is given a good
chance to grow while the animals are ?
grazing elsewhere. But this is not
the way to manage a Bermuda pasture.
Keep plenty of animals on a
Bermuda sod to keep it grazed close
to the ground
By eating the best grasses animals
encourage worthless weeds to grow In
pastures and for this reason It is often
advisahte to run a mowing machine
over them once or twice a year. Pas
lumn nft'u mo in e Htiano out it taKs$
open lam! to grow good grass. The
cattle graze on the open areas.
The cotlon farmer may have some s
excellent temporary pastures. A corn ,
Held where a good crop of peas or vel- '
vet beans have been grown as com- i
panion crops makes a valuable pasture
for the fall season The gains
made in such pasture may he worth
as much as ten dollars an a< re.
Other temporary pastures may he
had with peanuts nnd soy beans and
^1111 others w.th rape and sorghum.
Temporary pa ture in the cotton belt
may he mad. to supplement the perina.
tit crn/.ing areas to very great
advantage.
Nitrate of sola as a top dressing on
Bermuda I ran he made to pay good
profits I* should he applied the first
of May.
Cotton is a very reliable crop hut j
even cotton is not as sure as pastures
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Fertilizer* 8upply One or Mors
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Agronomist And unless some
provision is made for restoring and
then maintaining production, low
yields and unprofitable returns will
continue to be the result. One cannot
draw money from a bank unless
he has friends there. Neither can the
Plant draw upon the soil and get the
necessary food elements if the soil
does not contain them.
Plan For Qood Yields Every Year
Every farmer should adopt for his
land a system of farming that will
give him good yields continually year
after year. If this Is done, he must
feed the plants, for plants, like animals,
must feed to grow. While plants
require some ten or more elements
for their growth, all, except three,
are supplied In abundance in most
soils. The three elements not supplied
abundantly are nitrogen, phosphorus
and potash. All these are generally
deficient in most southern soils, and,
therefore, have te be supplied In some
commercial form to get profltatble
yields.
For a farmer to get the largest acre
returns from HIb investment in fertilizers,
it is necesaary for him to
know something of the conditions under
which fertilizers may be used most
effectively. He naturally asks: "Under
what conditions will fertilizers
provo most profitable?"
Fertilizers are used primarily to aupply
one or more plant foods without
which crops will not bo profitable.
But there are conditions other than
plant foods that may Influence growth.
It is very necessary that good growing
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Plant Foods Without Which
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conditions be provided for the plant
so that the fertilizer used may enable
the plant to grow most vigorously, and,
therefi re, bring about the biggest
yields. _ *
Vigorous Seed
The fundamental, good growing conditions
making possible the most efficient
use of plant foods, are good
seed, a good seed bed and good cultivation.
All planting seed must have strong
vitality to germinate and grow rapidly.
Seed should also be of a variety adapted
to local conditions. Time and rate
of planting must be given attention,
for either one of these may very materially
efTect the grield of the crop.
Good Seed Bed
Conditions required in the soil for
best plant growth, aad biggest acre
returns from fertilizers used, are a
good, well prepared, finely pulverized
seed Iffd. It should be mellow and
firm, so as to enable the roots to
ponetrate freely and deeply in search
of food and moisture, aad to allow sufficient
circulation of air. It should
be well drained. It should be well k
supplied wild organio ma- wr, wbico
aids in absorbing - id holding moisture
and improves the structure and tilth
of the soil. Good oultural methods
must be employed so as to destroy
weeds and retain soil moisture.
If the preceding conditions are satisfactory
for plant growth, then, and
not till then, are crops able to make
the most efficient use of plant foods
within their reach. If any one of
these unfavorable conditions exist, a
plant cannot fully utilize the foods
supplied in fertilizers. Under good
growing conditions fertilizers are used
very profitably, proof of whioh is furnished
by thousands of farmers all
over the South, fertilizers contain
genuine plant food, and, of course,
have a marked beneficial influence
when applied in sufficient Quantity,
and the plants are otherwise given a
fair chance. The question now is.
Are you striving to so improve your
soil conditions that you may utilize
the value of fertilizer to the fullest
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