1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
93 
INTENSIVE RVE CULTURE. 
Part IT. 
On page 18 John M. Jami.son, of Ohio, de¬ 
scribed his method of handling the rye 
crop. Mr. Jamison found it necessary to 
conduct his farm with as little help as 
possible. He has planned to sell only stock 
and clover seed—providing as much pasture 
as possible, so that the stock may eat most 
crops without cutting. Thus he has 
changed from wheat to rye—leaving this 
grain crop to be eaten on the ground. The 
following article gives a fair estimate of 
what this means in feeding value: 
The 12 acres sown early in October, 
1901, gave the following returns for grain 
and pasture. About one acre of this was 
sown with old rye that failed to grow, 
and was again sown later. This one acre 
I do not think gave more than one-half 
the return in grain that the remainder 
of the field did. When pasturing the 
field in the Spring this was young and 
tender, compared with the remainder of 
the field, and the stock grazed it very 
close. On account of the soft condition 
of the soii I could not get the stock out 
on the field till April 15; then the acre 
late sown was about six inches high, 
while the rest of the field was covered 
with a much more rank and strong 
growth. There went out at this date 73 
sheep and 31 lambs. In a day or two 
afterwards 35 hogs, eight cattle and 
seven horses went out, making in all 154 
animals on the field a part of each day 
up to and including May 7. The sheep 
and lambs were on the field during the 
day, the horses at night, the cattle all 
the time. The hogs could go and come 
when they pleased, dividing the time be¬ 
tween the Blue grass pasture and the 
rye field. A conservative estimate of the 
value of this pasture for 23 days gave me 
$21.02. A point not to be overlooked is 
this; the pasturing of the rye at this 
time gave the Blue grass and clover a 
chance to make a strong start before the 
stock was turned on. May 7 all stock 
was taken off the field to give the rye a 
chance to make a grain crop. At this 
time only the one acre sown late was 
pastured close. Not more than two- 
thirds of the growth available had been 
eaten. 
July 4 there went on the field 56 shotes 
and seven brood sows; two litters of the 
shotes were still sucking. There also 
w'ent on 67 ewes and 29 lambs. Part of 
the ewes and lambs were sold during 
July, the remainder August 26. I esti¬ 
mate that the sheep and lambs got $5.97 
worth of feed off the field. The hogs 
had the run of the field for 60 days, 
thriving so well that the shotes would 
not come to slop. I feel sure that to 
have bought the feed for them they 
would have cost three cents each per day 
for this time. This would make the 
value of the rye for the 60 days $109.80. 
The brood sows were then taken off and 
the young hogs allowed on the field every 
day for 76 days, while they were being 
fattened for market. This pasture I 
thought worth to the hogs $17.08. I 
never had a lot of hogs go to market 
representing so little labor as these did. 
Before the hogs were sold an immense 
growth of volunteer rye and clover came 
on. To utilize this October 27 I turned 
on the field 227 feeding lambs. They 
had the run of the field part of each day 
for 26 days. The value attached to this 
was $7.80, counting the pasture worth 
four cents per head per month for the 
lambs. November 21 131 lambs went on 
for 17 days a part of each day; December 
5 206 were on a part of the day. The 
value for the 18 days for these lots I put 
at $3. 
We now have the itemized returns for 
this field, beginning with April 15 and 
ending December 5. For the Spring pas¬ 
ture we have $21.02; for the grain con¬ 
sumed by the sheep and lambs $5.97; for 
grain consumed by the hogs $109.80; for 
Fall pasture for the hogs $17.08; for Fall 
pasture for the lambs $10.80, making a 
total of $164.67, or $13.72 per acre. I 
could have had a good deal more pasture 
ih the Spring had the land been in con¬ 
dition for the stock to go on. I could 
have sown this rye about the middle of 
September instead of the first of October. 
It was put off on account of warning 
from the experiment station of the prob¬ 
able injury to wheat from the ravages of 
the Hessian fiy. I did not care to propa¬ 
gate them to the injury of nearby wheat 
fields. I have since learned that there 
is little if any danger on that score. Two 
weeks earlier sowing would have given 
some Winter pasture, and possibly a 
thick sward that would have lessened 
injury from tramping when the land was 
soft. Hereafter early sowing will be 
sought after regardless of the possible 
ravages of the fiy. Clover sown on a 
rye field stands a better chance of mak¬ 
ing a good catch than that sown on 
wheat, because the straw growth is not 
so dense close to the ground. It is still 
better for the clover if the rye is pas¬ 
tured, and especialiy with light stock 
such as sheep. The tramping of the 
sheep covers the seed, and the grazing 
reduces the straw growth, maybe as 
much as one-fourth, giving the clover 
more air and sunshine at a critical time 
when the rye is making itself. 
The 12-acre rye field spoken of here 
has a fine .stand of clover on it I feared 
last Fall that the lambs would feed on 
the clover and neglect the rye, but no 
difference was noticeable showing a 
preference for either. There is still ex¬ 
cellent pasture on the field that I will 
give the lambs a day on occasionally. 
Five brood sows and 40 pigs will soon 
have the run of the field. A question 
comes up, how about the development 
of the clover on this field next Summer 
—shall the rye be pastured to prevent a 
volunteer crop of grain, in which case 
the clover will also be kept down till the 
rye is done lor? It is certain if I wanted 
a clean crop of clover hay I could not get 
it, but for feeding on the farm the rye 
v/ould not be any injury to the hay, ex¬ 
cept adding a great bulk to it. However, 
with 11 acres of Alfalfa on a farm of 86 
acres there is no great need of clover 
hay. Later I shall have more to say 
about the rye on the farm; two fields 12 
and 10 acres sown on corn land last Fall. 
Ross Co., O. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
A Hen Record.— I have 47 fowls (In a 
house 15 X 18), 10 of which are roosters and 
about half grown Fall chickens. During 
last month they have averaged over 20 eggs 
per day, the highest number being 27. 
They cost me less than 20 cents per day. 
I do not consider this extra good only in 
comparison with what others with much 
better situations are doing. I find upon 
inquiry that most flocks are not laying at 
all. For the last three Winters I have fol¬ 
lowed about my present system of care, 
and have had equally as good luck. 1 got 
no eggs to speak of in November, but 
through December they picked up very 
fast, and have probably reached nearly 
their limit for any length of time. My 
hens are as mixed a lot as one need look 
for; some Leghorns but not so much but 
what they give any amount of trouble 
about sitting. I have a cement floor in 
the whole house which I clean out every 
time it thaws. Water freezes in a cold 
day on the floor, but I hardly think it 
would where they roost. I keep no straw 
or other litter on the floor, and feed entire¬ 
ly in a trough; let out to pick In shed and 
basement when not too cold. I take lots of 
pains to rid house of mites. My hens are 
shedding their feathers, especially around 
the neck, both pullets and yearlings; some 
a; >5 as bare as a buzzard. r. j. r. 
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