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Pasturing  on  Rye 
In  seeding  a  rover  crop,  we  use  a  Fall- 
sown  grain  as  much  as  possible  to  have 
something  for  our  brood  sows  during 
Winter,  not  for  feed  ;  but  to  compel  ex¬ 
orcise.  Two  years  ago  I  bad  30  acres 
of  rye  sown  in  corn  up  over  the  bill,  and 
let  a  hundred  breeding  ewes  run  up  there 
through  a  lane  every  suitable  day 
through  the  Winter.  It  was  chewed 
down  to  the  ground  by  Spring:  but  I 
had  a  fine  yield  of  rye.  notwithstanding. 
We  have  iust  drawn  in  a  heavy  piece 
of  rye,  Alfalfa  sown  in  March,  high  in 
the  stubble  and  thick.  This  has  been 
covered  with  big  heavy  brood  sows  all  the 
Fall,  Winter  and  Summer  till  July  1.  and 
yet  the  crop  shows  no  effect  nor  harm. 
New  York.  n.  B.  m. 
That  is  one  of  the  great  virtues  of  rye. 
The  plant  is  tough  and  enduring  aud 
will  stand  rougher  seeding  and  more  gen¬ 
uine  abuse  than  any  other  grain.  It 
has  a  remarkable  root  system — which  en¬ 
ables  it  to  fasten  to  the  ground  and  bang 
on.  When  the  ground  freezes  in  Win¬ 
ter  it  seems  at  times  as  if  the  rye  had 
made,  but  a  very  small  growth,  but  drive 
a  spade  down  into  the  ground  and  you 
will  be  surprised  to  find  a  mat  of  roots 
— filling  the  soil.  While  wheat  wil’. 
make  better  grain  hay  rye  is  tougher  and 
will  make  better  pasture  and  “manure.” 
Transplanting  Roots  of  Alfalfa 
The  Hope  Farm  man  has  had  more 
or  less  to  say  about  transplanting  Al¬ 
falfa.  He  has  planted  several  thousands 
of  the  roots  aud  shown  many  of  the 
plants  at  public  meetings.  Many  roots 
have  been  distributed  and  planted  by 
farmers  as  an  experiment.  Most  people 
smile  at  the  thought  of  transplanting  Al¬ 
falfa,  as  we  would  cabbage  or  tomatoes. 
We  have  not  been  able  to  get  any  East¬ 
ern  experiment  station  to  try  it.  Plants 
showing  the  wonderful  growth  from  this 
method  were  sent  to  a  number  of  seeds¬ 
men,  but  they  could  see  little  in  it.  Most 
people  seem  to  think  the  plan  a  pleasant 
little  experiment  and  nothing  more. 
They  may  yet  wake  up  a  few  years  hence, 
and  find  with  astonishment  that  the  plan 
has  got  past  them.  English  agriculture 
was  revolutionized  by  the  use  of  bone 
meal  and  cultivation  of  turnips,  yet  for 
several  centuries  the  “authorities” 
thought  that  turnips  must  be  broadcast 
and  did  not  dream  that  they  could  be 
grown  in  drills  or  hills!  The  largest 
crops  of  mangels  are  produced  where  the 
little  plants  are  grown  in  a  seed  bed  and 
transplanted. 
The  credit  for  starting  the  plan  of 
transplanting  Alfalfa  belongs  to  Prof.  N. 
E.  Hausen  of  the  South  Dakota  Station, 
(Brookings).  lie  has  just  issued  Bul¬ 
letin  No.  167  on  this  subject.  Prof.  Han¬ 
sen  says  there  are  many  sections  in  the 
Far  West  where,  because  of  soil  or  cli¬ 
mate  seediug  Alfalfa  is  usually  a  failure. 
Transplanting  under  these  conditions 
gives  a  far  better  stand  and  a  heavier 
crop.  There  are  thousands  of  acres  of 
transplanted  Alfalfa  in  the  West  giving 
satisfactory  crops.  Of  course  these  fields 
are  not  planted  by  hand.  They  have  de¬ 
vised  an  attachment  for  one  of  the  straw¬ 
berry  transplanters  which  enables  one 
team  and  outfit  to  put  in  6,000  plants  an 
hour.  Prof.  Hansen  is  conservative  aud 
does  not  recommend  the  method  until  it 
has  been  fully  standardized  and  perfected, 
lie  feels  that  over  large  areas  of  dry  west¬ 
ern  land  transplanting  will  surely  win 
out.  He  does  not  know — nor  does  any¬ 
one  else — how  far  East  in  the  more  hu¬ 
mid  sections  this  method  will  pay.  In¬ 
stead  of  using  20  pounds  of  seed  to  one 
acre,  one  pound  of  seed  will  provide  the 
plants  for  20  acres.  It  is  simply  a  ques¬ 
tion  of  doing  the  work  cheaply  by  ma¬ 
chine.  Our  own  opinion  is  that  the 
transplanting  at  the  East,  for  a  time  at 
least  will  only  be  profitable  for  small 
areas  or  in  plauting  old  pastures. 
Prof.  Hansen  says  that  he  got  into  the 
plan  of  transplanting  quite  unexpectedly. 
He  Went  to  Siberia  after  new  varieties 
and  brought  back  small  quantities  of 
seed  of  new  sorts.  Fie  know  that  trans¬ 
planting  was  an  ancient  practice  in  cer¬ 
tain  parts  of  the  old  world.  It  is  also 
used  in  South  America.  lie  wanted  to 
increase  the  stocks  of.  this  valuable  seed 
as  quickly  as  possible,  so  be  started  the 
seed  as  he  would  cabbage  or  celery,  aud 
transplanted  the  yearling  roots,  The  tre¬ 
mendous  growth  of  such  plants  surprised 
him  as  it  does  all  who  see  them,  and 
knowing  how  in  many  parts  of  the 
Northwest  seeding  of  Alfalfa  fails  lie 
worked  out  the  plan  of  machine  planting. 
The  method  has  now  been  tried  by 
many  farmers  in  Dakota,  and  is  past  the 
experiment  stage  out  there.  The  two 
varieties,  Cossack  and  Seinipalatinsk, 
both  brought  to  this  country  by  Prof. 
Hansen,  seem  best  adapted  to  this  meth¬ 
od  and  some  of  the  yields  made  by  these 
varieties  in  Dakota  are  astonishing.  In 
bis  Bulletin,  Prof.  Ilansen  gives  25  rea¬ 
sons  why  transplanting  is  to  be  tried. 
It  is  of  course  hard  for  a  farmer  to  be¬ 
lieve  that  such  fodder  crops  like  clover  or 
grass  can  be  “set  out”  like  cabbage  or 
tomatoes  with  profit.  Stranger  things 
have  come  true,  however,  and  we  believe 
that  this  transplanting  method  has  merit, 
and  that  in  the  future  it  will  be  largely 
used  in  the  West.  In  our  Eastern  States 
we  believe  it  will  pay  well  in  gardens  or 
on  small  highly  cultivated  farms,  aud  that 
the  Seinipalatinsk  variety  planted  in  old 
pasture  will  prove  very  valuable. 
Winter  Vetch  in  Hog  Lots 
You  may  be  interested  in  the  fact  that 
we  sold  $175  worth  of  Winter  vetch  seed 
last  year  from  three  small  hog  lots  that 
had  been  pastured  all  Full,  Winter  and 
Spring,  and  also  bad  two  tons  of  rye  anl 
Winter  oats,  for  feed,  cleaned  from  the 
seed. .At  present  have  apparently  as  heavy 
a  crop,  self  sown,  to  be  harvested  this 
year.  Sweet  Hover  sown  last  Spring  a 
year  ago.  is  now  ns  high  as-  our  heads, 
right  in  this  .same  patch  and  we  expect 
to  harvest  for  seed  right  with  the  vetch 
and  send  off  to  be  cleaned  up. 
New  York.  h.  b.  iiakpending. 
This  is  just  one  case  of  many  where 
the  cover  crop  lias  paid  in  cash  as  well 
as  in  fertility.  Usually,  in  urging  farmers 
to  keep  the  land  busy  by  seeding  a  cover 
crop  we  have  in  mind  only  the  manorial 
value — obtained  by  plowing  the  crops  un¬ 
der.  In  many  cases,  however,  farmers 
have  been  able  to  sell  the  seed  at  a  good 
price  and,  in  addition,  have  the  straw 
and  stubbie  for  plowing  under.  This 
makes  a  double  profit,  and  some  even  go 
beyond  that  by  pasturing  the  crop  at 
some  time  during  its  life — before  seed¬ 
iug.  The  fact  is  that  this  cover  crop 
idea  is  gaining  fast  and  making  a  great 
difference  In  fertility  on  many  farms.  It 
is  just  a  matter  of  keeping  the  land  busy. 
It  may  produce  a  crop  while  it  would 
otherwise  be  idle,  and  this  use  of  the  bare 
ground  will  in  many  cases  increase  the 
productive  power  of  the  soil  by  half. 
Owner’s  Liability  for  Kicking  Horse 
F.ast  November  a  farm  hand  in  my  em¬ 
ploy  was  kicked  by  ft  horse  when  lie  went 
into  the  stable  to  take  him  out.  1 1  is  leg 
was  broken.  I  bad  owned  the  horse 
about  1  V>  year  and  had  never  seen  him 
kick  or  act  vicious  in  any  way;  perfectly 
safe  to  handle  iu  all  harness  and  not 
afraid  of  anything.  Shortly  after  this 
man  came  to  work  for  me,  one  day  as  I 
went  to  fasten  the  rope  behind  horse,  he 
kicked  me,  but  not  to  hurt  me.  I  at  once 
told  the  man,  and  cautioned  him  to  use 
care  in  tending  the  horse.  After  he  was 
hurt;  the  town  paid  the  hospital  expense. 
I  paid  him  only  his  wages,  which  were 
due  about  that  time.  A  short  time  ago  he 
attached  my  farm  in  the  course  of  a  law¬ 
suit  not  yet  come  to  trial.  In  your  opin¬ 
ion  am  I  liable  f  ,r  damages?  w.  a. 
You  are  not  liable  in  this  case  as 
stated.  Since  you  exercised  due  care  in 
giving  him  warning,  he  then  assumed  the 
risks  of  cariug  for  the  horse.  It  might 
have  been  wiser,  however,  to  have  paid 
his  bills  ns  a  matter  of  insurance  if  a 
suit  could  have  been  avoided  in  that 
way.  A  jury  will  sometimes  decide  from 
sympathy,  rather  than  from  law.  prece¬ 
dents,  or  the  instructions  of  the  judge. 
Ration  for  Jersey  Red  Pigs 
I  have  IF  Jersey  Red  pigs,  about  four 
months  old.  will  weigh  from  50  to  75  lbs. 
each.  What  is  the  best  and  most  econom¬ 
ical  feed?  Com.  $1  ;  meal,  $1.80;  stan¬ 
dard  middlings,  $1.35  per  hundred;  bran, 
$1.30;  oil  meal,  $2.10.  There  is  no  tank¬ 
age  kept  in  here.  o.  it.  e. 
Make  up  a  ration  comprised  of  one 
part  corn  men  I,  two  parts  middlings,  one- 
half  part  oil  meal.  Feed  this -in  slop 
with  your  milk,  giving  pigs  what  they 
will  clean  up.  Since  pigs  are  on  light 
pasture,  slop  could  be  given  twice  daily 
and  a  feed  of  ear  or  shell  corn  once  a 
day. 
Live  Stock  and  Forage  Notes 
M  Fall  Is  the  Ideal  Time  to  Paint 
Mrll  Blistering  summer  heat  has  passed,  paint  anchors 
deep  in  the  open  wood  pores,  painters  have  time 
for  careful  work,  gnats  and  moths  are  gone, 
weather  is  settled,  winter  is  coming. 
