1911. 
THK RUKAb NEW-YORKER 
627 
VETCH IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. 
On a recent trip in the Upper Peninsula 
of Michigan I found that many of the far¬ 
mers were growing vetch for hay and seed, 
as well as for cover crop. Perhaps a few 
words in regard to the methods practiced in 
growing for hay and seed might be of 
interest to readers. 
Vetch for Hay. —The seed can be sown 
either in the Spring or in August. I found 
both methods in use. Good results had 
been secured in either case. Mr. Geisman, 
of the Experiment Station at Chatham, 
recommends sowing 20 pounds of vetch and 
one bushel of Spring rye about the 10th 
or 15th of May. Sown at this time the 
crop will be ready to harvest about the 
20th of August. Yields of four tons per 
acre have been gathered. Vetch should 
never be sown alone, when wanted for hay, 
as it grows so rank and close to the ground 
that it makes it difficult to mow. Then 
again on the under side and next to the 
ground it gets very slimy, making much of 
it unfit for feed. The rye helps to hold it 
up from the ground, keeps it in better shape 
and makes mowing very much easier. Mr. 
Frank, living in the extreme northern part 
of Houghton Co., Mich., reports that on a 
field where peas and oats had been sown, 
a suitable stand could not be obtained. 
This field was refitted and in June ho sowed 
one-half bushel of vetch; the next year 
harvested two tons of cured hay per acre. 
This was on very light, sandy soil. In this 
case the vetch did not make much of a 
growth the first year. A portion of the 
vetch was allowed to go to seed; a yield 
of nine bushels was harvested from one- 
half acre. 
This field was planted to potatoes the 
next year; and without any fertilizer a 
yield of over 200 bushels per acre was re¬ 
drained and cultivated in grain crops for 
one or two years, then flooded with water 
once more and used to produce fish. Three 
ponds are required in carp culture. One 
is a small pond or shallow puddle used 
as a spawning pond. The larger one is 
called a nursing or stock pond where the 
small carp are kept. Then there is a fat¬ 
tening pond where the larger carp are fat¬ 
tened for market. In very cold regions the 
carp are taken out of the nursing ponds 
during a Winter season and kept in deep 
water places. The fish generally remain in 
the nursing pond two or three Summers. 
They are sold on the basis of their age, 
generally at three or four years old. When 
they are being fattened without artificial 
feeding about 250 fish are used for the acre 
of pond. In transferring fish the ponds 
are drained and the fish collected in a ditch 
or pit. Some farmers raise a few carp 
for sale in much the same way that some 
of our farmers would raise a few hens. 
Others raise larger quantities of carp, 
crowding them thickly into small ponds 
and feeding them freely on clover, corn, 
potatoes, and all sorts of refuse. It is said 
that dealers offer a prepared fish feed for 
sale much the same as poultry dealers here 
supply chick feed for poultry. The average 
wholesale price for carp at the Berlin 
market for 1910 was about 22 cents a 
pound. The German fish producers are 
said to receive about 15 cents a pound for 
their carp as it comes from the water. 
The young carp are also offered for sale, 
the price depending upon the size of the 
fish, the smaller ones selling all the way 
from .$1.25 to $4.25 per 100. Records are 
given oi the production of 5,512 pounds of 
fish on a hectare of pond, which with us 
would mean a little less than 2y a acres. 
This result was reached where the fish 
were crowded closely and fed heavily 
through the season. The chances are that 
in some parts of our country close to towns 
with a large German population carp rais¬ 
ing might be made to pay. We would not, 
however, attempt to start booming the 
business. _ 
AN ARGUMENT FOR PARCELS POST. 
Take a photograph of this receipt 
from U. S. Express Co. Five pounds of 
distillers’ dried grains were sent to 
Madison, Ind., from Blanchester, O., 
charge 60 cents, 12 cents per pound. I 
To UNITED STATE, 
SS, COMPANY, Dr. 
Date of Way-BIIL 
Oar Charges_ 
Advance Charges _ 
Amount pf-q 0. D. 
deceived Payment for the Company 
ceived. Harvest when the lower pods are 
well filled. 
Harvesting and Curing the hay is very 
easy and simple, more so than that of 
curing oats and peas, as it does not become 
so compact or contain so much moisture. 
A very good way Is to mow and let it lie 
in the swath for a day ; then rake it up 
and put it in cocks and let it remain there 
for three days. Three swaths can be 
thrown together and cured iu that way. In 
some cases on the Peninsula when the crop 
has been harvested about the 20th of Au¬ 
gust, the vetch will grow up again, and 
by the middle of September will afford very 
good pasture, which is relished very much 
by sheep and horses, more so than by cat 
tie. As feed for the dairy cow vetch hay 
is considered better than Alfalfa, being 
much finer aud not so woody. Mr. Frank 
derived just as good results from feeding . 
his dairy cows 20 pounds of vetch hay and 
20 pounds of potatoes as he did in feeding 
15 pounds mixed hay and a large grain 
ration. 
emptied out one pound, leaving in four 
pounds, and sent it by mail (parcels 
post) to Hamburg, Germany, charge 48 
cents, 12 cents per pound. j. w. g. 
Blanchester, O. 
R. N.-Y.—Here you have the photo¬ 
graph. It is a good one to go with a 
picture of Uncle Sam. We shall have 
just such things until the American peo¬ 
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Vetch for Seed.— In some cases a very 
good yield of seed has been harvested from 
seed sown in May. However, it is advised 
to sow about the middle of August, using 
20 pounds of vetch and one bushel of rye 
or wheat. Mr. Geisman reports a very 
successful experiment in killing quack 
grass with vetch. Not getting a satisfac¬ 
tory stand of peas and oats, the ground 
was plowed and carefully fitted and 30 
pounds vetch was sown August 5. That 
Fall the vetch did not make very much 
growth. Iu the Spring up until the first 
of June it seemed that the quack grass 
would be the winner, hut by the middle of 
June the vetch began to grow and climb 
and by the last of Juno the quack had 
entirely disappeared. The growth was so 
large that it was gathered, then plowed, 
put in sugar beets, and the next year to 
Soy beans. Good crops were secured in 
each case. The vetch not only had cleared 
out the quack grass, but also had enriched 
the soil to a great extent. This experi¬ 
ment was conducted five years ago, and not 
a bit of quack has appeared since. The 
soil was a sandy loam. On low ground 
this has never been tried. However, one- 
half busLel of wheat and 25 pounds of 
vetch is recommended. It certainly seems 
that the vetch is a valuable plant, not only 
to enrich the soil, hut for hay and seed. 
e. v. A. 
CARP CULTURE IN GERMANY. 
Interest in a culture of carp is growing 
In this country. This is probably because 
our cities are filling up with Germans and 
other Europeans who are fond of this fish, 
and they look for it at this, side of the 
water. In Germany fish breeding has be¬ 
come of considerable importance. Consul 
Thackara of Berlin states that the total 
area of fish ponds in the German empire 
is 185,250 acres. The size of those ponds 
varies greatly, depending upon the lay of 
the laud and whether fish culture is a side 
issue or not. Generally the ponds are 
small; from an acre to an acre and a half. 
In growing the carp warm water is re¬ 
quired and the ponds are generally shallow 
with little inflow. Many of these carp 
ponds are used iu a sort of rotation. After 
a year or two of fish culture they are 
“Ever since boyhood I have been 
especially fond of meats, and I am con¬ 
vinced I ate too rapidly, and failed to 
masticate my food properly. 
“The result was that I found myself, 
a few years ago, afflicted with ailments 
of the stomach, and kidneys, which in¬ 
terfered seriously with my business. 
“At last I took the advice of friends 
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead of 
the heavy meats, etc., that had consti¬ 
tuted my former diet. 
“I found that I was at once benefited 
by the change, that I was soon relieved 
from the heartburn and indigestion that 
used to follow my meals, that the pains 
in my back from my kidney affection 
had ceased. 
“My nerves, which used to be un¬ 
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and lethargic from a heavy diet of meats 
and greasy foods, had, not in a moment, 
but gradually, and none the less surely, 
been restored to normal efficiency. 
“Now every nerve is steady and my 
brain and thinking faculties are quicker 
and more acute than for years past. 
“After my old style breakfasts I used 
to suffer during the forenoon from a 
feeling of weakness which hindered me 
seriously in my work, but since I began 
to use Grape-Nuts food I can work till 
dinner time with all ease and comfort.” 
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