THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MAY, 1928 



Legume Roughage Reduces 



Cost of Milk Production 



Members in the cow test association 

 who are feeding legume roughage are 

 finding that they can feed less grain and 

 grain of a lower protein content. 



W. A. Parsons of Southampton has the 

 leading cow in butter fat production on 

 twice a day milking and F. D. Steele with 

 the three timers. 



Six herds had an average milk pro- 

 duction of over 1,000 lbs. 



R. C. Adams' herd climbs considerably 

 in average fat production over last month 

 while Frank D. Steele's herd still main- 

 tains the lead. 



Uncle Dudley Tells 



About Sweet Clover : 



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 he talked real sensible like jest the same, ' 

 fer a feller thet had been to college so 

 while I listened I got to thinkin mebbe ' 

 there might be somethin in what he sed 

 after all. That's jest what I got again 

 him mostly. He'll talk you right round 

 to his way no matter how sot you are 

 again it. Well, afore he got dun, he hed 

 me apromixin to sow about 2 acres of sum 

 new-fangled stuff he got out West thet 

 he called sweet clover. "Jest to try it out 

 fer pasture," he sed, and like a durn fool 

 I jest went and dun it. I hed to put 2 

 tons of lime and 500 Acid Phosphate, 

 along with 10 loads of manure to the 

 aci-e, and then sowed 2 bushels of oats 

 and 15 lbs. of sweet clover seed to the 

 acre. I cut them oats jest as they was a 

 hedin out and in a couple of weeks the 

 sweet clover was alookin nice as you 

 please, and by f reezin-up time it was clear 

 up to your boot-tops. Along about the 

 middle of last May I happened to think of 

 that field one day, and walked down there 

 jest to see how it was comin along; — ^well 

 sir, there was a sight, I declare I never 

 was so surprised in my life — thet stuff 

 was clear up above your knees and thicker 

 than the hair on a dog all over the field 

 and the old pasture hadn't started much 

 of any yet. So being as I was mighty 

 short of hay I turned the cows right in 

 there and the way they et that stuff was 

 a caution. They would feed fer a couple 

 of hours and then lay down by the bars 

 until after dinner afore they felt like 

 feedin agin. After a spell, I baited the 

 cows there every morning for a couple of 

 hours and then turned them in the regu- 

 lar pasture for the rest of the day. 



They layed around the pasture bars 

 most of the time, and never went near 

 them fresh sprouts and brakes at all and 

 they milked on thet sweet clover in a way 

 that beat all I ever see. Of course, after 

 a spell they hed it eat down pretty close 

 so I took them off fer a couple of weeks, 

 and by that time it was half way to your 

 knees agin. Course I mistrusted all the 

 time there was a ketch in it sumwheres 

 and sure enough there was — cause right 

 thru haying and dog-days when we was 

 so busy them cows kept right on milking 

 stead of kinda easin off a little like they 

 did other years when they knowed we was 

 durned tired. The way thet hired man 

 talked about havin so much milking to do 

 was scandalous. I vow I never heerd such 

 onchristian-like talk in all my born days. 

 He sed quite a lot, too, about farmers thet 

 didn't hev more sense than to take stock 

 in them college fellers and I been awon- 

 derin lately if he was after hittin at me. 



Now to cum down to the fine thin, if 

 .somebody don't hed off thet feller Reiner, 

 and stop his gettin the fai-mers to plant 

 sweet clover and alfalfa and some more 



A Legume Range is 



the Best For Chiciiens 



The growing of alfalfa or clover as 

 range for developing chicks desei'\'es the 

 consideration of every poultryman. These 

 are superior to other grasses as feed for 

 chicks on range and now is the time to 

 plan for next year's location. Lime will 

 be needed if none has previously been 

 applied. Let the county agent test your 

 soil and help you get started. 



Hampshire county poultrymen lead the 

 state list in the small flocks group. The 

 county and state li.sts follow. 



Leaders in Egg Production for 5 

 months' period ending March 31, 1928. 

 County List 



Hiiiiipsliire 



No. Nu. Prod. 

 Pullets Pullets Per 



Leaders in Egg Production for 5 

 months' period ending March 31, 1928. 



State Lists 



Lnr§:e Flocks ivith 1,000 Pullets or more 



Peckham P. F., Bristol, 1900 1214 80.6 

 Homer Rowell, Essex, 1101 *1913 80.2 

 Elm Tree P. F., Ply'th, 2504 2167 78.7 

 Monroe &Nepper,piym, 1709 2257 76.3 



E. H. Small, Barnstable, 1614 *1461 71.9 

 M. R. Jones, Barnstable, 1014 951 71.0 

 C. C. Rayner, Mid'sex, 1005 973 68.8 



Larige riocks with ."00 <o 909 I'iillet.s 



L. E. French, Plymouth, 680 590 80.5 

 C. M. Williams, Barnstable, 525 390 80.2 

 Arrowhead Farm, B'stable, 519 296 79.6 

 A. S. Pendleton, Essex, 611 595 77.1 

 C. N. Ward, Bristol, 501 471 74.7 



F. Porebski, Plymouth, 525 409 74.1 

 J. W. Dennett, Plymouth, 373 352 70.1 



Small Flocks 90 to 499 Pullets 



John Bloom, Hampshire, 450 430 107.4 

 P. L. Wheelock, Hamp., 296 252 99.6 

 F. D. Steele, Hampshire, 347 323 93.0 

 A. Perina, Middlesex, 250 207 91.9 



H. M. Bolston, Essex, 400 300 87.9 



F. LeBlanc, Bristol, 300 275 84.8 



R. E. Wheeler, Worcester, 350 341 84.8 

 Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, 



Hampshire, 150 125 84.6 



R. L. Clapp, Middlesex, 131 108 84.6 



* All Females, 

 of these preachin about, the fii'st thin we 

 know the cows will be agiving so much 

 milk thet it w^on't be worth 40 cents a can, 

 and then where are we agoin to be? Well, 

 I'm ahopin you'll git right after him. 

 Yours truly, 

 (Signed) JOSEPH A. CARROLL. 



