The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-12
HouR AND FARM.

NEw GRAIN.-Dr. v ii. Shelton, oi
Coo>'s Point, Barleson county, has raised
several acres of new wheat, which, il all
be true tha, is said of it, may produce a
revolution in grain production. Judge A.
5. Broaddus, in writing Of this wheat, has
this to say:
I'm reading DIR. Livingstone's Explora-
tiors in Africa, | find that this gram is
often spoken of 10y him as the great bread
sun oi that country. The growth in stalk,
blades, etc, strongly resembles the Chinese
sugarcane. The head and grain are alto
| gtther different. From the time it came
up, and all through its ripening, could
not persuade myself that the grain would
make flour at all equal 10 flour made from
/ common wheat. But the doctor has had
some ground at Waco, and and others in
the neighborhood have eaten of the bread
made from it, aud say of truth that he
bread was well tasted, nice in appearance,
and seems to have all the qualities of flour
made from common wheat. So far as am
| cohcerneu. aud others with whom / have
conversed, l regard the ivory wheat as
| great success. The advantages which it
has over common wheat in this climate
ann soil are very great. 1t will produce
! three or four times as. many bushels to
| the acre; It is subject to none of the
| disasters such as rust, smut, etc, and it is
! proof against the drouths such as We are
! subject to IN this county. | regard it q
! great public benefit To Call attention TO tins
! grain. DR.. Sleltun's postoffice is Cooks
| Point, Burleson county, Texas. | learn he
will have ON deposit at his residence, and
IN Bryan, BrazIs county, Texas, ivory
wheat To supply all who may wish To cultl-
vate 1t next Year; he will also furnish full
details in regard to culture, etc"
! OATMEAL IN THE HoCsEHoLD.-Ba Bald,ci.'s
Monthly for September says: ''lu Great
| sri ain children of all ranks are raised ON
AL oatmeal diet alone, because it caused
them to grow strong aud healthtu', and no
better food can possibly be found for them.
IL is also quite as desirable for the student
as for the laborer, and for the delicate lady
ana for her hard working sister; indeed,
all classes would be greatly benefited by
Its use, and dyspepsia, with all Its manifold
,tnnoyances, can be kept at a distance.
Oatmeal is more substantial food, il is said,
rhan veal, pork or lamb, aud 9u te equal
to beef and mutton, giving much or
more mental vIgor, While While rs oreHSs dessid-
tfT4TroTt -G1@SE4sslsts lin ones not becoming
weary of it, for it is ms welcome for break
fast or tea as rs wi et or Graham bread.
IL can be eaten With syrup and butter as
hasty-pudding,- or with cream and sugar
like lice. 1t Is especially good for young
| mothers, upon whose nervous forces too
great demand has been made, and they
lose the equilibrium of the system and be-
come depressed and dispirited Oltmeal
requires 10 be cooked slowly, aad the water
sh, uld be boiling hot when it is stirred
in"
STIR THE SOIL EFF I had to preach a
sermon on horticulture, saws ID Iwning, Il
should take this for my text: STIR the
SOIL" In dry weather it is very essential
THAI the soil be stirred often. The air
We ers the fresh dug soil much more eff.c-
! tually than we can 40. A man will raise
more moisture with spade and hue IN
day than be can pour on the earth out of a
WA erine-pot in a week. II the ground be
suffered to bt come close and compact, the
coUi surface exposed to the air for the re-
cepGIon of moisture is smaller, and what is
| deposited does not enter into the earth far
enough to be appropriated; but if the soil
be loose and porous the air enters more
deeply and deposits its moisture beneath
the surface. Almost any soil in which a
seed will germinate may he made by con-
tirued hoeing to produce crop. Above
all. cut away every weed that appears
'One years seeding makes seven years
"V3ding." The only use of weeds is to
make necess.@S of tilling the ground more
frequently.
BEEF FOR FAMILY USE We have always
advocated beef, good, well-fatted beef, fol
family use, especially through the winter
season. 1t s surprising how few cattle are
slaughtered 10y farmers for food for theiI
families; and yet we know OF no good rea
son for their not using beef. No argument
can be advanced to prove 1t too expensive.
On the contrary, beef is cheaper. especially
such as is best suited to home use, than
pGik. The fattening, killing and saving is
done with less expense and labor than il
pnssibe with our porkers, and is attended
with less risk as regards the health of the
animals. Yearlings and two-year-oli heif
ers can be bought IN almost every neighbor
i ho9i, aud if properly grazed through the
summer, very little grain fed, commenc
ing while the grass is good, will, 10y cold
we ither, insure good, juicy and wholesome
be-f. Our farmer friends in tins respect
have a great advantage over their city caus
ms, who sci iom get good piece of beef,
ev.n at q high figure. small families car
supply themselves with an early calf.
It is properly cared for aud not killed un
Ill II is fatted, they will tind 1t is worth
m re as food than it woul bring at the
age of one year or eigh cen months old, i
Kept in the usual way and then sold. Be
sides the advantages enumerated, another
important consideration is that such young
things AS are not desirable to keep for cow
can be ut'z while young with evIden
advantage to the Personaet of the herd.
ECONOMY ON THE EFARM.-Economy in al
thugs is AS commendable in the manage
az it Is beuficial and desirable to the eIn
plOyer; and, on u farm, it sh )ws itself il
no. ming more evidently or more essentially
than il not suffering the provcnder 10 b'
wasted. but, on the contrary, In taking car
that every atom Of it he used 10 the bes
advantage; ami, likewise, in not permitting
the pluughs, harness and other inhplemeDt
of husbandry, and The gears belonging u
them. u be unnecessarily exposed, trodder
: under foot, Iun Ov.r by carts, and abused
in other respects. More good is derived
from attending to the minutIe Of = farm
than strikes people at first view; and ex
amiDing the farm yard fences. and looking
into the fields 20 see that nothing Is Their
but what Is allowed to be there, Oltcn-tme
is the means OF producing much good, o
at least of avoiding much viL-Georg
Washington.
Prof Huxley Gaihs Of EVOLUTION sn'