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frequently during June and early July, using a 
Planet, Jr.. 14-tooth harrow, with a 12-in. or 15-in. 
sweep at rear to throw soil toward the plants in a 
broad, low ridge; very little hand tillage is neces¬ 
sary. as the rows are very straight and evenly 
spaced. 
PICKING.—This began August 10 and ended Oc¬ 
tober 10. as the season was very favorable. Sales 
were over 205 bu. of the green Liuias, in the pod. and 
about three bushels of dried, shelled beans, saved 
for seed. The price averaged $2.35 per 
bushel and total sales amounted to 
$4S5 from the 1 Vi acres, practically all 
of the crop being sold to retail grocers 
in Springfield, Mass., for cash. A Ford 
roadster with business body is used to 
deliver with other produce daily. 
Massachusetts. Robert f. Emerson. 
the small, intensively cultivated farm, operated by 
owner, and the larger, extensive farms, operated 
with machinery and employing help. Mr. Hawkins 
states the coming year he will depend on rye and 
vetch. Sudan grass and corn for roughage. It will 
be his purpose hereafter to use Soy beaus with 
Sudan grass. This mixture of Soy beans and Sudan 
grass has been tried by the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, and is considered to be very 
interesting to know what one might expect to realize by 
sowing a crop for honey. w. e. Farnsworth. 
Sullivan Co.. N. II. 
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Intensive Production of Fodder 
H AIRY VETCH. Sudan grass and 
corn are the three highly valued 
roughages for milk production, in the 
opinion of one Ohio dairyman. Ira 
Hawkins of Northeastern Ohio supplied 
roughage for five cows from early June 
until October on less than one acre of 
ground. A fraction of the acre was 
sown the Fall before to rye and Hairy 
vetch. An enormous growth of this 
mixture was ready for cutting early in 
June. Mr. Hawkins fed heavily of this 
mixture until late in June. He plowed 
under the stubble and such amount of 
vetch and rye which had again made 
some growth. This was planted to 
Sudan grass the last week in June. 
The remaining rye and vetch was cut, 
and there was sufficient remaining to 
enable Mr. Hawkins to thrash three 
bushels of the mixture of rye and 
vetch. Oats and Canada field peas 
were fed cows in early July, and fol¬ 
lowed by Sudan grass the middle of 
the month. In early August he cut 
Sudan grass from ground previously 
planted to rye and Hairy vetch. On 
this strip he secured two cuttings, and 
plowed under the residue, and again 
planted to rye and Hairy vetch, which 
had made considerable growth the lat¬ 
ter part of October. 
The earlier strip of Sudan grass 
which had been planted yielded two 
cuttings. A portion of the later plant¬ 
ing of Sudan grass was cut and 
shocked. The shocks were the size of 
corn shocks, and in all probability they 
would yield sufficient seed for next 
year's planting on a much larger scale. 
It is possible that three pecks of seed 
would be thrashed. A fair-sized load 
of corn fodder was left for later feed¬ 
ing al the time Mr. Hawkins’ farm was 
visited, late in October, also a small 
load of Sudan grass for hay. Mr. Haw¬ 
kins stated that his pasture was poor, 
and he supplemented the roughage 
with grain. 
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Mr. Hawkins planted rye and Hairy 
vetch at rate of three bushels to the 
acre. This was his first planting, and 
was sown the middle of October. 11)20. 
The seed was inoculated, and during 
the Winter the growth was top-dressed. 
The Sudan grass was planted at the 
rate of about 20 lbs. to the acre, in 
rows of sufficient width to be culti¬ 
vated with garden cultivator. Corn 
was planted in the usual manner. All 
ground received applications of manure, 
and had been limed at an earlier date. The ground 
is not drained, is largely clay, and brought to a good 
state of fertility by the use of manure and a phos¬ 
phorus carrier as fertilizer. Mr. Hawkins has kept 
at rate of one animal to the acre, and at present his 
dairy returns are about $100 a month, well distrib¬ 
uted throughout the year. Mr. Hawkins states that 
vetch is a good milk producer, that Sudan grass is 
very palatable, and liked by stock fully as well as 
corn. Hairy vetch is equal in feeding value to 
Alfalfa, and is better adapted to adverse conditions. 
Mr. Hawkins believes that roughage can be produced 
on an acre which will carry eight cows from June 1 
t" October 1 easily, and that the tendency of the 
dairy farmer will be in two directions, one toward 
A Bunch of Herefords in an Ohio Bant are. Fig. S.'/O. Bee Page t//7 0 
N.-Y.—Our reports show that the Hubam 
clover is giving good results as far north as 
Nova Scotia and as far south as Florida and Texas. 
It is quite remarkable in that respect. We still 
think that it will prove very useful in New England 
as a green manure crop. There will not be as large 
a crop of seed this year as was expected. Many 
farmers, however, have now saved seed 
for two years and have a fair supply. 
Experiments tried last year indicate 
that the Hubam seeded with Spring 
grain has been very successful. It 
gives a heavy growth after the grain 
is harvested. We found the clover 
quite hardy. On November 12 the crop 
seeded in late June was still growing— 
barely touched by frost. As bee pas¬ 
ture, or a honey-producing plant, the 
Hubam is very useful. As to the 
amount of honey an acre of Sweet 
clover will produce, the best answer 
we can get is the following, from E. 
R. Root: 
It is pretty hard to say what the new 
Hubam clover will furnish in the way of 
honey per acre. Something will depend 
upon the locality, and the character of 
the. soil. We have every reason now to 
believe that the. new Hubam or annual 
Sweet clover is in every respect equal to 
the old biennial Sweet clover for honey 
production. In some parts of Montana 
and Wyoming and the great West, the 
old Sweet clover will furnish as high as 
200 to 300 lbs. per colony of a very line, 
light colored honey. In some particularly 
well favored Sweet clover localities, as 
high as 200 and even 250 lbs. average of 
Sweet clover honey has been obtained per 
colony from hundreds of colonies. One 
acre of Sweet clover ought to take care 
of a colony. On that basis, we might esti¬ 
mate that an acre would furnish from TO 
lbs. to perhaps a maximum of 250 lbs. of 
honey, and it might furnish twice that. 
Sympathy for the “Typhoid 
Carrier” 
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practical. It is said to be a particularly valuable 
combination, owing to the fact that the Soy beans 
make a balance with the Sudan grass as roughage. 
Ohio. w. j. 
Hubam Clover in New Hampshire 
I am enclosing picture (Fig. G3D) of some “Hubam” 
Sweet clover, grown here in New Hampshire. Some of 
the stalks attained a height of 10 ft. 2 in. on October 4. 
At the time the photo was taken it was over 0 ft. tall. 
It matured seed in abundance and made a very fine feed 
for bees, and I think it would be valuable to cut into 
the silo with corn. 
I wish someone could give me an estimate of how 
much honey an acre of Sweet clover would produce. I 
don’t know how it could be ascertained, but it would be 
SITUATION so unjust as that of 
the “typhoid carrier,” who is de¬ 
nied the privilege of working to sup¬ 
port herself, and not reimbursed finan¬ 
cially by the same authority that dis¬ 
qualifies her labor, is almost inconceiv¬ 
able. In some cities, if not irr" afl.’TP 
man who is prevented from earning his 
living while his home is quarantined, is 
supported at public expense during the 
interval of enforced idleness. Should 
the perfectly innocent “typhoid car¬ 
rier” be subject to a different code or 
standard? Tf so. why such unfair dis¬ 
crimination? When lepers are sent to 
leper settlements, are they not publicly 
maintained? If not. how do these un¬ 
fortunates subsist? By what right is 
typhoid considered a criminal thing? 
It would seem that the unavoidable 
annoyance caused the supposed carrier 
by the precautions taken for the benefit 
of the public would be sufficient penalty 
for having accidentally contracted the 
disease without subjecting the victim 
to unnecessary financial embarrassment 
besides. It seems a sad commentary 
on our economic system that we have 
billions to spend for war and to give 
to foreign nations, but so necessary a 
cause as this is as yet unfinanced. 
Most taxpayers would be glad to pay 
tax for such a purpose, whereas much 
of the tax money is spent in highly un¬ 
popular ways. By way of summary. T 
might add that, while we have always 
looked rather contemptuously upon the 
intelligence of the New Englanders who staged tin* 
Salem witchcraft, the whole “typhoid carrier” propa¬ 
ganda looks to many of us very similar and equally 
ludicrous. mrs. e. m. a. 
R. N.-Y.—The article on page 1371 has attracted 
great attention. We have no end of letters but no 
one thus far has came forward with opportunity for 
work. That is what “Victim” wants. Sympathy 
and suggestions about fighting the authorities are all 
well enough, but what “Victim” wants is a job—- 
something that is denied by most people. We will 
see that the legal aspect of this case is taken care 
of, but who comes forward with employment? Some 
of the people who deny the danger of contracting 
typhoid should show their faith by their works. 
