208 One Thousand Questions in Agriculture 



Horse Beans and Pie-melons. 



Would it pay me to raise horse beans for fattening hogs? Horse 

 beans do well. Would citrons do well there without irrigation, and 

 would they be better than stock-beets for hog feed? 



We do not promise anyone that anything will pay. Horse- 

 beans are good with other feeds for hogs. Theoretically, they will 

 balance well with pie-melons and beets, and both the latter will 

 produce well on good land with proper cultivation in the valley you 

 mention. Theoretically, also, we would rather have beets than pie- 

 melons. The hogs will tell you the rest. 



Horse Beans. 



Arc "horse beans" a leguminous crop and hoiv does their feeding 

 value for hogs compare to cowpeas and Canadian Held peas? 



They surely are legumes, and they resemble so closely in com- 

 position the other legumes which you mention that their feeding 

 value would be practically the same. 



Storing Stock Beets. 



What is the best method of storing stock beets and stock carrots in 

 this climate? We can let them remain in the ground and grow until 

 February or March and zvould like to preserve them for feeding as long 

 as possible. 



Stock beets and carrots can be stored in California without re- 

 course to covering with ground or use of a cellar. They keep very 

 well during the winter if piled under cover in such a way as to 

 keep cool and dry. 



Kale for Cow Feed. 



What is kale worth for cow feed as compared with alfalfa, also can 

 it be cut and cured the same as alfalfa and what variety is the best? 



Kale is very similar to cabbage in growth, and for feeding pur- 

 poses. For cow feed it would have about three-fourths the amount 

 of digestible nutrients as green alfalfa, but would have an added 

 value on account of its succulency. It would go especially well with 

 alfalfa hay. The Jersey or Thousand-Headed kale is considered the 

 standard for stock or poultry feed. It is always fed fresh and is 

 not made into hay. 



What Kind of Beet for Stock? 



Which would be most valuable to plant on river-bottom land for 

 cattle and hog feed, sugar beets or mangels? 



Grow a large stock of beet by all means — either a mangel or a 

 tankard. Usually you will get more weight than with sugar beets; 

 the cost of harvesting is far less, and the nuritive contents high 

 enough. 



