Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
AGRICULTURE.

CORN MEAL AND WHEAT BRAN.-If g
ton of corn meai is worth twenty dol.
lars for feeding dairy COWS or fattenine
stock, what Is the value of q ton oi
wheat bran for the same purpose? The
answer to this question depends very
much upon the manner Of using the two
articles. If they are to be fed separate
ly, the bran is not worth much if any
more than the corn meal. But if they
are to be mixed together and fed tC
mich cows, the bran is worth the most
by about fifty per cont. of the excess in
the bulk of the bran, and bran being
more than twice as bulky as meal.
the difference in favor of the bran will
be in the neighborhood of five or six
dollars per ton. l mean by this that
two quarts of corn meal and three
quarts of bran given at one feed, will
produce quite as good results as four
quarts of clear corn meal; and, as the
three quarts of bran will weigh about
two-thirds as much as the two quarts of
meal, the difference in favor Of the bran
is fully five dollars per ton. l make
this difference when fed to milch cows,
but if fed to steers for beef l consider
the proportions should be different.
That is, three quarts of meal should be
mixed with two quarts Of bran to pro-
duce the best results. But one OF the
most valuable uses to which coarse
wheat bran can be put, is to feed 1t to
aging hens about once day, changing
it on alternate days from the morning
TO the noon or evening feed by mixing
it with warm water or with milk. Ii
has been found that hens fed about once
a day on wet bran, and once q day on
corn or oats, will lay many more eggs
in a given time than if fed entirely on
one kind of feed; therefore bran for
that kind of stock is worth fully 20 per
cent more than corn or corn meal. But
if the bran is to be the only feed. then
the corn meal would be more valuable.
The WILD ONION AS A HONEY PRO-
DUcER.-If farmers can tolerate il in
their pasture it would be very valuable.
1t begins blossoming about July ~,
and continues for two or three weeks.
| am located six and half miles south
of the Court House, in Chicago, at Engle-
wood, Illinois, and at present the prai-
rie around, as well as railroad tracks,
are covered with its delicate pink-white
blossoms, and my bees are gathering IL
fast. can smell the onion flavor COM
ing out of the entrances blown by the
busy wings of the bees ventilating the
hives and thereby ripening the honey.
The onion flavor thus passes of, and
when the honey is ready TO be sealed
you conld not tell il from white clover;
though l extracted some of it three
years ago, and my better-half always
insisted that she could taste the onion
flavor, probably i'll consequence of TAX
ing out before it was we'll sealed over.
The blossom is borne on a single delicate
stalk, size of a knitting-needleO or trifie
larger, from nine TO fifteen inches high,
from which It drops over in bnnch of
eight TO twelve small single flowers
branching from the upright stalk. L do
not think Professor Cook enumerates
this in his Manual" and | think it
very valuable, as it comes in season
when there is little else but buckwheat,
and as its honey is white, it is worth
cultivating possibly. l should not
plant it in pastures, as presume it will
give its flavor TO the milk and butter,
but in waste places, etc., il would help
out the August supply very materially.