1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
111 
RYE STRAW AND FODDER 
Through fire we lost all our corn and 
grains, hay, cornstalks and all other feed 
stuffs, excepting rye straw, of which we have 
about three tons and one ton of hay. Would 
it be possible to feed rye straw with a little 
hav and small amounts of grain which we 
would have to buy? How much rye straw 
can be given to horses and cows in a case 
like this to help reduce the cost of pur¬ 
chased foods? Which is better to buy, 
cornstalks at $5 a hundred bundles or hay at 
$12 to $18 a ton, according to quality? 
What would some of your readers do if they 
were fixed like me and had very little ready 
cash? This is our first season farming. The 
idea is to winter our stock iu the cheapest 
possible manner, until soiling commences. 
Morris Co., N. J. w. e. s. 
In no case will it pay the questioner to 
feed the rye straw. It is about 50 per 
cent indigestible fiber, and so of small 
food value. Neither will the cattle or 
horses eat it, except it is fed in very 
small quantities, or cut and disguised with 
something else. Any feed that has to be 
fed in this way is dear. It may be made 
to fill, but does not really feed. Rye 
straw also has a high selling value. If it 
is straight it should bring from $9 to $14 
per ton, according to the nearness to mar¬ 
ket. The smaller price, if put into dried 
brewers’ grains, would buy 800 or 900 
pounds, worth actually for feed as much 
as five tons of rye straw. A bundle of 
cornstalks is like the size of a piece of 
chalk or the length of a string, rather in¬ 
definite. They are probably worth the 
price, if the bundles are large, and have 
been well cared for. If they have spent 
the holidays in the fields they will likely 
have nearly as much fiber as the straw 
and would better be let alone. Hay at 
$18 a ton is very dear, unless it should be 
Alfalfa, which is unlikely. If mixed or 
clover hay can be purchased for $12 it 
will be a good investment for the bulky 
part of the feed of which they must have 
a portion. It should be borne in mind that 
the stock can be wintered too cheaply. 
That is, if they do not get enough to eat, 
or what they do get does not nourish 
them, they will get thin, and in that state 
will not do profitable service next year, 
and it will cost twice as much to put them 
in good condition as it would to have 
kept them there. Unless the manure is 
an object it might be wiser to sell the 
cows, and buy again at pasture time; if 
they are not real good ones I surely 
would. Presumably the horses are needed 
to draw lumber for a new barn, or other 
work. If not, better try to let them out, 
or dispose of them. That would be my 
first plan. If I could not, or did not care 
to sell, I should buy the stalks if they 
were nice, and the best hay I could get 
for not more than $12 a ton. By best I do 
not mean Timothy, but early cut, well 
cured and with as much clover as possible. 
The horses will get along with a very 
small amount of coarse material if they 
get nutritious grain. The cows will need 
more. I would cut the stalks, wet them 
with hot water, so as to get as much out 
of them as possible. Then mix with them 
barley sprouts, a bulky as well as nutri- 
trious food. The cheapest feed on the 
market this Winter is dried grains. They 
are also bulky, and will supply the need 
for coarse material. They are equally 
good for the horses. Feed just enough 
of the coarse foods to keep the animals 
full, for they are the dearest at the prices 
given, and fill out with the bulky nitro¬ 
genous feeds, such as I have mentioned, 
or if these are not obtainable others of 
like nature. Dr. E. B. Voorhees, Direc¬ 
tor of your Experiment Station at New 
Brunswick, will give you valuable advice, 
for he knows the foods available for you 
better than I. coward van alstyne. 
SOWING RAPE FOR HOG PASTURE. 
I would like to plant enough rape prac¬ 
tically to supply 12 Spring pigs after the 
first of next August. My farm is situated 
in northern Vermont. The soil consists of 
about six or eight inches of good mellow 
loam, with a gravelly subsoil, it is now in 
s "d. I have .plenty of manure from cows 
worked over by pigs, also manure from 10 
horses worked by pigs. I have never seen 
rape growing and would like your advice 
as to fitting the land : how large a piece to 
plant, amount of seed to use, and best time 
to plant. g. b. b. 
Th<* amount of forage a plot sown tq 
rape will yield depends wholly on the 
quality of the land, and the weather. 
Rape is an exceedingly gross feeder, and 
takes to rich, heavilv manured land as 
naturally as a duck to water, or a sow to 
the wallow. It can be sown broadcast, 
or in drills; if the latter should be culti¬ 
vated, but the broadcast plan I believe is 
to be preferred. In northern climates it 
can be sown from April 1 to August 1. 
If sown in drills, it requires two to three 
pounds of seed per acre; if broadcast, 
four to five pounds per acre. Of the 
Dwarf Essex variety yields are reported 
of 27 tons green forage per acre and 
36 tons oer acre at two cuttings. It can 
be used only as green forage, and it is 
of no value as a cured product. The 
leaves look like cabbage leaves, but have 
no tendency to form heads. They alter¬ 
nate on the stalk and stems of the plant, 
the plant branching to a considerable ex¬ 
tent, and in good strong land will grow 
three feet high. The stock, grazing on 
it, will eat the succulent part of the 
leaves, neglecting the stems to a ~reat 
degree. These will again put out foli¬ 
age. but it is not best for greatest re¬ 
turns to have it reproduce its foliage more 
than once. At the Wisconsin Station 
an acre of rape for pig feed was equiva¬ 
lent to 2,600 pounds of grain. 
It should be sown six to eight weeks 
before it is to be used. For pig pasture, 
the plants should be about eight inches 
high before being turned on. If smaller, 
there is some danger of the plants being 
pulled up. If this inquirer will plovv his 
land in good time, if his manure is on 
the coarse order, put it on before plow¬ 
ing. If fine, after plowing, and work 
it into the soil. Sow broadcast, and 
cover with a harrow. If his land is, as 
indicated, rich naturally, and then ma¬ 
nured, I would think one-half to three- 
fourths of an acre would carry 10 pigs 
till freezing kills the rape. But it will 
be a sure thing if he sows one acre. 
After the plants are killed by freezing, the 
pigs will eat the stalks and stems, or 
branches. Here I have sown early in 
September, with rye in corn, cutting the 
corn off in a few days, and got a 
great amount of lamb pasture, and of 
course would have done equally as well 
for pigs, as pigs relish both the rape and 
rye. Then I commenced pasturing when 
four or five inches high. It might be 
worth this inquirer’s time to sow rye lib¬ 
erally in the rape, early in August, allow¬ 
ing the tramping of the pigs to cover it. 
If he can get a catch he will have fine 
rye pasture for his pigs, as the rape is 
finished, and afterwards the great value 
of rape as a forage crop consists in its 
possibilities as a catch crop, in between, 
or after other crop. JOHN M. jamison. 
Ross Co., Ohio. 
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