The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-07
Home ana Farm.

FEEDING Keep your stock con.
stantly gaining In flesh. Use the most
unfailipg vigilance and diligence TO
secure this. The moment they begin
to go down hill, dollars are running
out of your pockets, even though Won
don't feel, hear or see them. ANA IL
costs much more to get them IN s0ain
than 1t does 90 keep them up ii prop
erly attended to before they begin to
fall.
TAsTE.-The luxuries of man soon
become his necessities. Such is the case
with sugar. No longer than 500 wears
ago sugar was unknown even in En-
rope. A hundred years ago it was A
great luxury, now it sells ut seven to
ten cents per pound. The sugar cane
succeeds in all tropical and, sub-tropi-
cal countries, reaching in South Amer
lea an elevation above the Level of the
sea of about 5000 to G,000 feet. 1t is
cultivated in most parts of India and
China up to 81 degrees north latitude,
the mountainous regions excepted.
To Com BEEF. For fftg pounds of
meat allow ten pounds Of salt, and
three ounces of ssltpetre. Rub each
piece Il meat with portion of this
mixture, and lay it in cold place over
night. On tbs next day repeat the pro-
cess, and again lay the meat in a cold
place until the following day. TO the.
balance of the salt and saltpetre, add
apound and half of brown sugar,
half an ounce of potash, and four gall
Ions of water. Boil the brine for if
teen minutes, then skim, and set it
away to cool. On the succeeding
morning pack the meat, having first
wiped every piece perfectly dry. Pour
the brine over it, and put heavy
weight on top to keep it under. Ex-
anime often and if there is the least in
dication of the meat not keeping well,
turn off the brine; boil, and skim it,
and add more salt, or else r.ake a new
and stronger brine. Let it get perfect
ly cold before turning over the meat.
PLANTING POTATOES. = Upon this
subject the New York Tribune gives
the result of French cultivator as fol-
lows: m. Colloigne, noted horti-
culturist, of BIuges, has been very sue
cessful with potatoes 10y planting whole
tubers 80 inches apart in the row, or
cut IL half, at 20 inches OF distance.
The sets are placed on the surface and
a slight covering of soil drawn over
them. 1t is claimed for this plan that
the seeds sprout very quickly, and their
development is also fastened, which is
a point gained in avoiding the destruc-
tive potato disease. The earth is grad
ually drawn up around the plants as
they increase In siza, and as the re-
quirements Of the crop appear to sug-
gcst. 1t is further claimed in favor of
this treatment, air and heat have an
opportunity of gaming freer access
10 the roots than by any other, and &C.
cordIng to cur foreign authority this
method deserves to be fully tested, not
only on account of the acceleration OF
growth, but because of an alleged in
crease of yield"
WHEN TO CUT WHEAT.-As we an
nually draw nesr TO harvest time. our
agricultural journals begin to urge
upon farmers The proprety of cutting
wheat eariy--whIle il is in the ugh,
or When the straw has TUNED yellow
at the 'Eeck is still 2rten at the Joints
-befur: the straw is full dry. IL is
often stated that cut in this condition
the yield will be greater, and that the
wheat will give a greater percentage Of \
fl 'ur with less of bran. have for two
years tried the following experiment,
which, If not conc 'u.ive, let some one
show the error: While the wheat was |
as green as it would possibly do to har-
vest, have cut small bundles, and, at |
intervals of three or four days, have
cut others, SO that the fourth bundle |
was cut when the wheat was dead ripe. |
have dried the green wheat in the |
shade, and, after being thoroughly
cured, have threshed them all, and |
then counted out a definite num- |
Der of kennels from each-say 200
and have weighed them. In every
case have found that the fully ripe |
wheat was from 5 to 10 per cent. heav-
Ter than that cut green. / tried it two |
years, on different varieties of both |
spring and winter wheat. It was not |
unusual for persons knowing nothing |
of the history of the samples 20 pick |
out some of the earlier cut as the fair
est wheat, but there was DO difference |
recognized which would secure high |
er price IN the market. If the earlier |
cut should prove to yield greater per |
centage of flour, the advantage would |
not accrue 10 the Western farmer but |
to the miller, and infer that tue arti-
Giles urging early harvesting are either
written ignorantly, or else arc written
in the interest of millers. l conclude |
that the proper time to cut wheat is
when the last particle of matter has
passed into the kernel and circulation
has ceased. If man has large har
vest it may be best for him to strike
balance he.ween possible waste at |
either end, and cut some too green |
rather than risk the waste of Smelling |
at the last, but this is entirely another |
matter, of which each one must Judge |
for himself.