FTELD PROPS. 



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iiiaiutenanee and fattenip.g of 1k)jj;s. The results of the '.\ years' work are taken 

 as Indicating that the method of diversilietl farming foUowetl can be made ia\)tit- 

 al)le in the South wherever alfalfa grows successfully. 



The average net profit per acre for the 3 years on this farm was $11.37, but if 

 rental of $3 an acre is allowed the profit is cut down to .$s.37 per acre. It was 

 observed that the brown and reddish brown soils are not nearly as well adapted 

 to alfalfa culture as the black and gray soils. The results for lUOtJ showed that 

 a well-set alfalfa field the second year from sowing will furnish pasture for ll! 

 to 15 hogs to the acre from April 1 to October 1, and at the same time produce 1* 

 tons of hay per acre. The first year, when the rows of corn were laid out with 

 the contour of the land and cultivated only one way, the cost of cultivation of 

 the corn avei'aged $1.38 per acre and the cost of haying 70 cts., but in 1905 and 

 1900 when the corn was check-rowed and cultivated both ways this was re- 

 duced to $1.10 and 21 cts.. respectively. 



A successful southern hay farm, H. Benton ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' 

 Bid. 312, pp. Jo). — In the discussion of the management of this farm the cul- 

 tural methods used in connection with growing crimson clover, oats, corn, and 

 cowpeas are described. 



Forage crop experiments, G. A. Billings (New Jersey Stas. Rpt. 1906, pp. 

 270-297, pis. 9, dgm. 1). — Soiling crops were grown in rotation and a yield of 

 225.5G tons of green forage was secured, which furnished feed to 35 adult and 

 12 young animals 142 days. A summary of the results is given in the follow- 

 ing table : 



Cost of the forage erops and the total nutrients in the forage. 



Kind. 



Rye 



W heat 



Grass 



Alfalfa 



Jap. barnyard millet . . 

 Thor. White Flint corn 

 Southern White corn . . 

 Kafir corn and cowpeas 

 Variety experiment 



plat 



Cowpeas 



Second-crop grass 



Total 



Cost. 



Tons. 



20.70 

 19.43 

 19.25 

 22.46 

 26. 10 

 12. 40 

 11. .50 

 12.60 



7.00 

 53.78 

 20.34 



Seed. 



S6.80 

 6.60 



6.35 

 .66 

 .45 



2.56 



1.80 

 19. 56 



225. 56 43. 28 



Manures 

 and fer- 

 tilizers. 



$15. 00 

 5.00 

 16. 50 

 11.31 

 23.01 

 9.63 

 10. 92 

 10. .52 



Labor. 



$19. 35 

 41.91 

 22. 00 

 14.00 

 25.15 

 11.45 

 10. 58 

 11.40 



4.47 7.86 

 39. 65 57. 65 

 16.50 12.00 



1.57. 51 206. 35 



Total. 



$40. 65 

 26.51 

 38.50 

 25. 31 

 .53. 51 

 21.74 

 21.95 

 24.48 



14.13 



116. 86 



28.50 



Aver- 

 age per 

 ton. 



$1.96 

 1.36 

 2.00 

 1.13 

 2.05 

 1.75 

 1.91 

 1.94 



2.02 

 2.16 

 1.40 



Total nutrients. 



Protein. 



Lbs. 

 952.2 

 931.2 

 1,347.0 

 2, 025. 

 783.0 

 421.6 

 345.0 

 630.0 



196.0 



3, 334. 4 



894.9 



Lbs. 



228.4 



271.6 



308.0 



405. 



312. 2 



148.8 



230.0 



176.4 



70.0 

 752.9 

 264.1 



11,800.3 I 3,168.4 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates. 



Lbs. 

 7, 907. 4 

 6, 906. 4 

 5, 274. 

 7, 830. 

 7,621.2 

 4, 092. 

 5, 290. 

 3, 099. 6 



2,114.0 

 13, 068. 2 

 5, 369. 8 



68, .572. <! 



The first heads of rye apjieared May 2, at which time cutting and feeding 

 i)egan. The yield from 5 acres averaged only 4 tons per acre, although 3 acres 

 were to])-dresseil with manure in the winter. AVheat made an excellent growth 

 in early May and yieldetl over tons per acre with no top dressing. Planted 

 after corn and cowi)eas with no manurial treatment wheat produced a yield 

 of 7.5 tons per acre. The influence of tlie cowpeas was very marked. 



Barnyard millet matured a crop 54 days after planting and yielded 7.7 tons 

 of green forage per acre. On alfalfa sod barnyard millet sown at the rate of 

 3 bu. per acre produced 14.3 tons of green fodder. Thoroughbred white flint 

 corn was planted .Tune 14, after cutting a crop of wlieat for green fodder, and 

 I)rodnced well-matured ears at the rate of 102 bu. to the acre. After Crimson 

 clover, made into hay, a yield of 92 bu. per acre of sound corn was secured. 

 The corn was idauted in rows 3 ft. apart l)ut tiuite thickly in tin* row, yet 



