The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-03
FARM TOPICS
n,xa COTTON SEED.

:, NJ phillips, OF tne Ohi'oie'y
Prof. ": W. writes as follows to the
4 MississlBPi,s ,ocE Journal: The Pro,
sgs e eassf Si IN this isl University called
tscr d gls, two days since, to his
0! ssie %hsy will make better beer ana ian
css. Inc! market at ten cents. These
Isa nv sgo in milk and two o., ar nyotS M'
wapg stocs ss,ed-one hundred and fifty
I'd cotton s I'D, fifteen dollars-slnce
busbsls; ca last No hay. "Have had
s &c Sysn, but very little were t als
sliias 0' I have been in Mississippi MY
ssds. ~. ! a. the rule has been, cattle
vsr; anu cod pen, or on a bank OF
ssS % and eat until content it Alw bsina
geo, ~ As to cotton-seea nu.t i;,. oe,ig
gsa ~ "a sticky. Some insist unit u.s., IS IN
shlis anu lived on farm in Kinds
,bs bauer. ,oIve miles east of Vicksburg,
co'a ssIsI,,v.,hres years, and my mllc ca!
tr tnlIy -s fed seed daily for six or
COWS vs snsbs. I had regular sugar
dghi n y, n brick. l also had a boiler
bo1ir, SC, ~ u;Ses and ends, such as you
WITH pa, with sheet-iron bottom set IN
dstnOe y. ~ tIue. / used bran from sift-
fnfrscs .soSy avn with turnip parings,
ng y - mi rlauts and stalks, and sweet
a 'lsss 0srings from negro cook house !;
Pc's9T ,p ps IS good butter as you have
sd . rsr And my wife had her surplus
cralns, an.raced the year round at twenty
butter ens Solon Robinson, formerly re-
ts a csn ~ lake c. H., Md, l think was
sans ~ IN January, many years ago,
wa ~as :, surprise at my cotton
$40 ,n1ter The bran and scraps were
ssa N yu, matter considering the quantity
= ' ssd | had fifteen to thirty or more
o l'' The seed was cooked until a
,sn .ould crush it between her thumb
" ,ors6nger; thus the tough rind
' sa,ll y was soft enough to be digestible'
nun y 1os think any one of my neighbors
la WA a h;s seed. One professor here, a
u .;ss always cooks his, and says his
a ass. nick up enough roughness about
~ Ss .a s Snow on the ground all last
~ and his cows, as write, are fa'
800 for beef cattle. For some TWEEN
!. s1, rssr. before the War, l never let .
w outside my fence. When Genera
S ~, marched into Kinds County, by
~, n r. mi way, I went out in front, anc
~ amt forty-seyen head of mich cows
NM bulls. a dozen brood mares, stal
Tou and lack. My steers and wethers
ssS l;lled to feed our soldiers; taking
same seyenty-fve head of ewes ant
r r All pure blood. This will Civ
ven an idea that one cotton-planter hat
:tock. A. made my own meat always
and All /. needed, killing often 2O,OO'
pmuds. cooked food for fattenins
boss always. / do know that there j
mdjficulty in feeding mich cows ant
,slves with cotton seed, well cooked. l
ied green, and in quantities, stock arr
umsed too,freely to take on fat or flesh
or secrete milk. give my name, for
su anxious that our people should fee
cotton seed and save manure.
SPANISH CHUFAS.
This plant, known to botanists as tn
operus ssculentus, is attracting consid
cradle attention as food crop TO
sheep, swine and poultry. 1t was intro
duesd into this country by the agricu
hral department, at Washington, abou
quarter Of century ago. There
considerable prejudice existing againi
the chuias in some parts of the Soutf
on account Of its resemblance to tn
''cOcon grass (cyperus hydra which
one Of the most annoying pests wit
which the southern cultivator is trol
bed. But though belonging to tt
same genus, it does not possess tho:
qualities that render that grass such
nuisance. We are assured by those WI
have raised it for many years, that it
no trouble to get rid Of it where it is M
desirable to have it grow longer. If tt
hogs and poultry are given the run
the grounds, they will completely Grad
cateit. As to the value of this crop, 8
agree that it is hardly surpassed,
squaled, by any other crop. As pas
reior sheep, It is claimed by those wi
have raised it to possess great meri
Amsn writing from Georgia says: I"
any one wishes a sheep pasture, fires
green and unfailing during the pare
ing drouths Of summer, he can have
oy planting the Spanish chufa,
earth almond" "The grass will gre
NOM two to four feet high, uninjured
aroutn or heat, affording an abundan
o. rch, tender, sweet heritage, un
most and an increased yield of roots
for hog feed, it is claimed that crop
enulas . among the most profitable tn
can BE produced. The writer just
nded to asserts that he raised soy
one hundred bushels " per acre. A W
y nom Arkansas, says: "I am con
vent that they will yield one hundr
Sanels per acre, and am satisfied Il
uey Will fstten as many hogs as
zme amount OF corn, if not more; VIII
! nkes only half the work to ra
nsn," Acorespondent of the Far
81 indicator says: "The Span
n = the best and cheapest food
ne-falsing, because one acre. v
~ y much as four acres of corr
correspondent Of the Southern Farr
sxisres that one acre in chufas is ecu
CO.., Haenr1n ag hogs, to forty acres