Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

■ '« it is perhaps the best hay grate In America. Full directions for exterminating Johnson grass can be had by addressing the United State department of agriculture. This grass furnishes three cuttings of hay a year, yielding in all from two to five tons of hay per acre, depending on the season and uie fertility of the land. We have already mentioned alfalfa. While this hay plant is well adapted to the whole Canebrake region where the fsoil has sufficient lime, it is comparitively new to the region, and is not grown as generally as it should bet The area is increasing very rapidly and $ confidently expect, in a few year* to see the area of alfalfa in this region exceed that, of any other crop. Alfalfa xaMy bf mm on Johnson fiiti SjuUU Since the alfalfa is cut from four to six times in a season, the Johnson grass gradually becomes less prominent in an alfalfa field. A slight admixture of Johnson grass In alfalfa hay really Improves its quality. I know feeders who say they would pay more for the mixed hay if they had to, because they find it |* better. At the present time, however, the miked hay does not bring so much on the market as straight alfalfa. I think this Is due to the greater abundance of Johnson grass hay. When the area of alfalfa reaches its legitimate proportions in this section, I should not be surprised to see mixed hay selling for as much as, or even more than, straight alfalfa. In addition to pasture and forage the final requisite for a livestock industry, so far as feed is concerned, is gram. The Canebrake region can produce MB la competition with any other section. When corn is grown as a major crop, and not merely tolerated as it is now by the cotton grower, that is, when com is given the proper conditions in the Canebrake yields of forty to sixty bushels per acre will be common. Oats &1H do well in this section. Sorghum la another crop which adds enormously to the forage possibilities of the region. With Bermuda pasture, alfalfa and Johnson grass hay. Sorghum Silage, corn and a little cotton seed meal, the stock grower in the Canebrake region can compete successfully with his northern neighbor. ‘ . , The Canebrake region Is eminently adapted to hog raising. Bermuda and alfalfa furnish abundant pastures. These combined with fall sown grains furnish pasture the year round. Corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts will furnish concentrated feed for' fattening purposes. The only drawback in the past to cattle growing nas been the tick which spreads Texas fever. This tick Is now rapidly being eradicated. Perhaps a majority of the farms In the Canebrake are now free from this pest It will certainly be only a few years with toe intelligent effort which is now being made, until this drawback to cattle growing is entirely eliminated. Any farmer may clean his own farm of ticks by following the directions which wIU be given him by experts in charge es the tick eradication work. ; While cattle growing and hog raising have sufficient development In thaCaaebrake region to render it certain that these two industries are eminently adapted to the section, there has been less experience with raising horses. Neverthless, conditions seem to be Ideal for horse raising. I see no reason why the Canebrake cannot supply a large part of the demand for horsea and mules In the southern states when the Canebrake farmers turn their attention to this type of farming. ,7 ■

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