1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
211 
COW-PEA HAY FOR STOCK. 
Most of the new forage crops are re¬ 
jected by animals at first; particularly 
does this seem to be the case with ani¬ 
mals of some age, that have been fed the 
old staples, long corn fodder and nub¬ 
bins, Timothy hay, and oats. Long after 
my horses and cows greedily ate Crim¬ 
son clover, green and cured, a neighbor 
secured permission to feed his cow in a 
Crimson clover field of mine, soon to be 
turned under. The cow was fastened 
to a stake in clover knee deep, hut not a 
mouthful did she eat, throughout one 
whole day. Your readers may be sure 
that that neighbor pronounced Crimson 
clover a fraud. Though my stock had 
considerable experience in new feeds, 
and had even accepted sand-burr hay, 
they refused to touch cow peas green for 
a few days. When that crop that was 
refused green was cured it was full of 
well-seeded pods, and the horses were 
fed nothing else for several weeks, while 
doing the hardest kind of hauling, and 
not only kept in flesh but actually 
gained. 
The silo seems to be the place for cow 
peas, if cattle or hogs are to eat them ; 
but if one is so situated, by reason of the 
business methods of conducting the farm, 
as to wish to make use of cow-pea hay 
for his teams, he need not hesitate to 
use it. Alfalfa seems to be an ideal for¬ 
age crop, for cheapness, convenience, 
mg with parties buying or handling milk, and 
transacting business relative to the price of 
milk, payments, surplus, etc. 
The largest transportation route is that of the 
O. & W. R. R., covering the most of the counties 
in eastern and southeastern New York. The 
delegates from the local unions along this route 
met at Sidney, N. Y., March 5. The first business 
was the report of delegates. At about two-thirds 
of the stations, the reports showed that local 
unions had been organized, and at the most of 
the other stations, unions would be organized 
later. Delegates representing different sections 
reported that uniors hail been formed, or were 
about to be. One delegate reported that a cream¬ 
ery man at his station had refused to buy milk 
unless he could make a contract with the farmers 
for one year; this showed that he was afraid 
something was to be done by the producers’ 
organization. 
Mr. Snell made the motion, which was carried, 
that the route be divided into three sections, and 
a delegate be elected for each section. The first 
section is to cover all the territory north of Nor¬ 
wich along the line of the O. & W. R. R., the sec¬ 
ond between Norwich and Walton, including the 
New Berlin branch, and the third from Walton 
south, including the Delhi branch. Mr. Snell was 
elected delegate for the first division, Mr. C. H. 
Van Warring for the second, and William Hy- 
mers for the third. 
A motion was carried that the Route Union of 
the O. & W. R. R. be made a permanent organi¬ 
zation, and the following officers were elected for 
one year: Alfred Ives, Guilford, N. Y., president; 
J. Barlow, Walton, N. Y., secretary and treas¬ 
urer. Mr. Tweedie, of Walton, spoke of the pros¬ 
pects of the organization. He said that, when 
the local unions on all the routes are organized, 
the central association would have a fund of 
$50,000. He thought the outlook encouraging, 
but farmers must not expect too much at first. 
The central association should try, for the pres¬ 
ent, to make terms with the milk dealers. The 
-The Improved U. S. Separator 
leads in the greatest dairy State of the West, 
WISCONSIN 
R. M. Bussard’s Creamery, Poynette, Wis., scoring 98$ 
points and taking 
SWEEPSTAKES 
at the State Convention at Manitowoc, 
Feb. 9-11, 1898. 
Remember the United States leads 
in the greatest dairy State 
of the East, 
VERMONT 
E. E. Symes’ Creamery, Rvegate, 
taking 
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at the State Convention at St. Albans, Jan. 4-7, 1898. 
Notwithstanding the Improved United States is the last 
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where used. 
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VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vermont 
cleanliness and actual food worth for 
teams, but cow-pea hay is a substitute, 
and more than a substitute, if fed peas 
and all. The finer the stalks, in reason 
the better any forage crop is. If coarse 
cow-pea stalks could be ground, perhaps 
they would be all right. As it is, very 
thick seeding is needed, and helps in 
every way. The vines stand up nearly 
erect, and are cut easier ; the small stalks 
cure quicker, and it is more easily 
handled in the field and barn. 
I have always thought that, under hay 
caps, cow-pea hay would cure perfectly, 
but without them, I never cock cow-pea 
vines, but instead, rake into small wind¬ 
rows when the leaves are as dry as pos¬ 
sible without dropping off, then leave 
them until cured “ if it takes all Sum¬ 
mer.” Every time the vines partly cured 
are moved, some leaves are lost. I am 
now feeding cow-pea pods from which 
the peas have been thrashed, to cows, 
and they are eaten with relish. The 
horses have the cleaner cow-pea hay, 
and pick it just as clean, rejecting only 
some very large stalks. I have not the 
tables giving the relative and other food 
values of cow-pea hay, but it must rank 
very high, as it is especially rich in pro¬ 
tein, that product always of relative high 
cost, either in fertilizers or foods. It now 
seems as though the farmer had forages 
of different kinds and varied systems of 
growths, suited to every soil and every 
purpose, and every style of farming. 
Then select one or more than one to 
cover the needs. It may be that corn is as 
near the general-purpose forage crop as 
any cow is to the ideal of a general-pur¬ 
pose cow. 
To sum up, cow-pea vines are good 
green, good as ensilage, good as hay, and 
the seed is a fair substitute for Pea beans 
for Boston baked beans. As I am situ¬ 
ated, I use cow peas for hay, and depend 
on the stolen crop, Crimson clover, to 
feed the soil. My neighbors, especially 
wheat farmers, are using cow peas to 
prepare the soil for wheat. The success 
that has attended their use for this pur¬ 
pose has been very great. It would 
hardly be wide of the mark to say that 
their use has doubled here every year 
for several years. s. h. derby. 
Delaware. 
MILK SHIPPERS’ ROUTE UNIONS 
ORGANIZED. 
Last week, the milk shippers in the five States 
that ship milk to New York organized local 
unions at the milk-shipping stations, to elect 
delegates to organize a route union on each 
transportation route carrying milk to New York 
City. The route union is an organization com¬ 
posed of two delegates from each of the local 
unions along its transportation route, and its 
function is to have charge of matters in the ter¬ 
ritory covered by the transportation route, and 
to elect one delegate for every 1,500 cans of milk. 
These delegates are to organize a central asso¬ 
ciation, which represents the Five States Milk 
Producers’ Association, this association to have 
general supervision of the whole work, arrang- 
main question, of taking care of the surplus milk 
at home, must be considered by them. The suc¬ 
cess of the organization depends on the indi¬ 
vidual producer, whether he will stand by and 
support the local unions. w. j. 
The New York Mercantile Exchange wants the 
penalty for selling “oleo” put back to $100. 
The wool growers in Franklin township, Pa., 
are reported to have armed themselves and or¬ 
ganized a dog hunt recently—after sheep-killing 
dogs. 
At a sheep yard in this city, two big dogs were 
kept to guard the sheep. The other night they 
turned upon the sheep themselves, and killed or 
mangled 25. 
A FARMER in Orleans County, N. Y., kept a fox 
which hounds killed on his farm refusing to give 
it to the hunters. Here is the newspaper report 
of what followed : ‘"The hunters immediately be¬ 
gan suit to recover the value of the fox, and when 
the case was tried before Justice Lawton, of 
Manning,Orleans County, Saturday, many sports¬ 
men were present. The jury brought in a ver¬ 
dict of $5 and costs for the plaintiff, declaring 
that to the hunter belongs the game which he or 
his dogs killed or disabled.” 
At a special meeting of the Cheshire Swine 
Breeders’ Association, held in Binghamton, N.Y., 
February 26, the association was incorporated 
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Ouaquaga, N. Y., vice-president; C. E. Chapman, 
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