Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1909 — Barley and Oats Mixed. [ARTICLE]

Barley and Oats Mixed.

Barley and oats grown as a mixed crop at the Ontario experiment station gave in 1907 the highest yield of grain, 1,979 pounds per acre, where four pecks of each were used per acre. The mixture of Manshury barley and Daubeney oats has been found to ripen well together and to produce a large yield of grain. The results with crop mixtures of twelve and eight kinds of grain in combinations made up of uniform weights of seed or of quantities in the same proportion as when the crops are grown separately showed the supremacy of Manshury six rowed barley when used in this way. In the average of six years’ work and the results of twenty-four tests this variety represented 17. G per cent in the mixture.

The Cow and Silage. Why should good milk result from sour smelling silage and poor milk from onions? If a very thin slice of onion, turnip or cabbage Is examined under a high power magnifying glass the tissue will be seen filled with minute drops of a sulphur oil which Imparts the peculiar odor and flavor. The system of a cow tries to burn up and get rid of all that would injure the milk, but these sulphur oils are among the most difficult to eliminate from the system, and unless fed In small quantities will produce a bad effect on the milk. On the other hand, the odor and taste of silage are connected with the acids of fermentation, which are easily destroyed by the cow. —Denver Field and Farm.

Poultry Notes. Protect your fowls from the different pests. Weed out your poultry the same your garden. Few fowls can do well when roosting In trees under all conditions. The importance of grit should be recognized by every one having fowls. A stumbling block over which many fall is in undertaking to breed too many different varieties. There are three important factors Id getting eggs—good hens, proper sur roundings and suitable feed Honestly, would you be any happier if the earth were peopled with individuals just like yourself? Be sure to lead the simple life. It is more than the other—whatever that is—and much more artistic. Come to The Democrat office for fine job printing.