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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
March 6, 
CROSS-BRED POULTRY. 
Would it be a good plan to put a S. C. 
White Leghorn cock with White Wyandotte 
hens, and what advantage would it be, if 
any, over pure White Wyandotte 4owls? 
Maine. E. L. p. 
In this case we are crossing oppo¬ 
sites, an egg machine on a table breed, 
and although we have never crossed 
them here I have watched the cross 
several times, and it was not satisfac¬ 
tory to those who had crossed them, as 
in every case the breeder has gone back 
to purebred, some to the Leghorn and 
some to Wyandotte. 
The chicks from this cross are hardy 
and mature earlier than their Wyan¬ 
dotte mothers. They arc variable in 
size and color, some of the mature birds 
being black and white and some smoky. 
They are fair layers, but the only ex¬ 
cuse for the cross is for broilers and 
roasters. Even for these the cross 
should be made new each year and not 
bred any further than the first cross. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
PASTURING HOGS ON PEAS. 
1. As I x’aise about 50 bogs a year I 
would like to grow feed with as little labor 
as possible. Would an acre of peas fatten 
as many hogs as an acre of corn? If not, 
how much less, or how would it do to sow 
peas, barley and oats? Can 1 seed to 
clover or permanent pasture with such a 
crop? if not, would it pay to let hogs 
harvest the crop, and avoid harvesting, 
thrashing and grinding bills? 2. Will it dry 
up a sow to lie in mud and water? 3. 
Will it prevent worms in horses to line 
bottom of feed box with copper? j. f. s. 
Auburn, N. Y. 
1. The writer has had no exper¬ 
ience worth counting with field peas as 
a crop for hogs. The climate is too 
warm here for best results', and the 
season often too wet. Earther north, 
on the edge of the corn belt, they are 
often sown to take the place of corn 
to some extent. Oats are sown with 
them, to help support the vines. While 
the peas are yet green or soft in the 
pod, swine can be turned on them to 
harvest the crop, and they will make 
excellent growth on this ration. I 
would not use barley in combination 
with the others, as it is not as palat¬ 
able, and pigs will neglect it and waste 
it to get the other crops that please 
their palates better. It is a question 
whether clover and permanent pasture 
grasses can be started with these crops' 
If the oats and peas are a heavy crop 
they will probably smother out the 
clover and grasses, unless they get a 
strong start before the pigs are turned 
on the field to eat the peas and oats. 
The pigs or hogs rooting about to 
gather these crops interfere to some ex¬ 
tent with the growth of the clover and 
grasses, and if the pea vines and oat 
straw are very heavy, all together they 
are apt to finish the clover and grass. 
The peas and oats both lodge easily, 
hence there is danger in sowing clover 
and grass seeds with them. The peas 
and oats have to be hogged promptly 
to prevent loss by weathering, but the 
wet weather that injures these crops 
is the life of the clover and grass that 
may be sown with them. Here the 
writer uses rye sown after corn 
in the Fall; sows Timothy in the 
Fall when the rye is sown, and 
clover in the early Spring, and if 
permanent pasture is desired, Blue 
grass is sown in the early Spring. This 
grass is indigenous here, and will sod a 
field in a few years. Usually by the time 
Timothy and clover have failed, it has 
a good hold, but sowing some seed 
hastens the matter. 
Rye is the best of all small crops 
in which to start clover, Timothy and 
Blue grass. If “hogged down” the 
hogs should not be turned on till the 
rye has straw broken, and the clover 
and grass made a strong start. Rye 
straw breaks about a foot from the 
ground, forming a kind of bench or 
floor for the heads to rest on, and it 
will be a long time before the heads 
touch or lie on the ground. This leaves 
the space under the fallen straw for 
the clover and grass to start and grow. 
Then when the hogs go on, there is 
no danger that they will destroy the 
clover, etc., rooting about to gather 
the rye. Rye exposed to the weather 
in this way wastes but very little; less 
than any other small grain under sim¬ 
ilar conditions. Soon the waste rye 
trodden into the soil by the hogs will 
begin to grow and furnish a fine lot 
of pasture in amount proportionate to 
the fertility of the soil. If not hogged 
too close as many as three crops may 
be had from one sowing. Several years 
ago the writer adopted this plan on 
his farm; sold out his harvesting ma¬ 
chinery, and bid farewell to harvesting 
small grains, and will not return to 
the old way, although he can grow 
fine crops of wheat almost without fail. 
2. If a sow is compelled to lie in 
mud and water all the time, it will be 
against her being a good milker. The 
punishment arising from such treatment 
should put her dry and render her un¬ 
profitable. Only a rich farmer zan af¬ 
ford to feed a brood with such a rest¬ 
ing place. 
3. I would much rather line the 
feed box with a good hardwood board; 
it is more easily done. Then it makes 
a nicer place for a horse to eat off 
than one made of copper. Suppose the 
writer use a board-lined box to feed the 
horse in, and then, near it, in another 
box, place a mixture of hardwood ashes, 
salt and copperas. This will do no 
harm, and as a preventive has acknowl¬ 
edged virtue. A horse would wear him¬ 
self out licking sufficient poison off a 
copper plate to prevent worms, so it 
is best to stop the worms some other 
Way. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
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