The Red Cloud chief., 1880-04-15
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Prof. n. w. Phillips. Of the univer.ity
Of Mississippi. writes 81 follows 10 the
Chicago Lee. ssock Sosrsai: The Pro-
fessor a Greek In this University called
my sfteution, two DAYS since, 90 his
cows. They will make better beef than
] al buy In market ~ ten cents. These
COWS, two In milk and two dry, with
young stock. have been fed on nothing
bat cotton seed-one hundred and ffy
bushels: cost fifteen doilar--sipee
Ist October last. No hay. Shave had
q little bran, but very little" xere his
words. have been in Mississippi iffy
years; and the rule has been, cattle
stand toa seed pep-or on = bank Of
seed, and eat until conient. Always
great cry as To cotion-seed butter being
white and sticky. Some insist lin; Is in
the butter. lived on a farm ia Hind
County, twelve miles east of vicksburg,
for thiry-thr-e years, aud my mich
cows were fed seed daily for sin or
eight months. / had q regular sugar
boiler, set in brick. also had a boiler
with plank sides and ends, such rs you
describe, with sheet-iron bottom set in
furnace and ine. used bran from sift.
ings Of corn-meal. with turnip parings,
cabbage plants and stalks, and sweet
potato parings from negro cook house;
and ] made as good butter n you have
ordinarily. And my wife had her surplus
butter engaged the year round At tweaty-
five cents. Scion Robinson, formerly re-
siding at Lake c. H., Nd, I think was
with me in January, many years ago,
and expressed surprise AT my cotton
seed butter. The bran and scraps were
q small matter considering the quantity
Of food. had fifteen 10 thirty or more
cows. The seed was cooked until a
lady could crush il between her thumb
and f%orefinger; thus the tough rind
(hulD was soft enough 10 be digestible.
/ do not think any one Of my neighbors
cooked his seed. One professor here. a
native, always cooks his, and says his
cows pick up enough roughncss about
the woods. Snow on the ground all last
week; and his COWS, as | write, are fat
enough for beef cattle. For some TWEEN
ty year, before the War, l never let a
hoof outside my fence. When General
Grant marched into Kinds County, by
the back way, / went out in front, and
took n forty-seven head of milch cows,
two bulls, a dozen brood mares, stall
lion and jack. My steers and wethers |
had killed to feed our soldiers; taking
some seventy-five head of ewes and
rams, all pure blood. This will give
YOU an idea that one cotton-planter had
stock, as l made my own meat always,
and all l needed, killing often 10000
pounds. | cooked food for fattening
hogs always. l do know hat there Is
no difficulty in feeding mich cows and
calves with cotton seed, well cooked. II
fed green, and in quantities, stock are
purged too freely to take on fat or flesh,
or secrete milk. l give my name, for l
am anxious that u people should feed
cotton seed and ave manure.
SPANISH CHUFAs.
This plant, known to botanists as the
cuperns escuientus, is attracting consid-
cradle attention as a food crop for
sheep, swine and poultry. 1t was intro
duced into this country by the agricul-
tural department, at Washington. about
a quarter of a century ago. There is
considerable prejudice existing against
the chufas in some parts of the South,
on account of its resemblance to the
''coco" grass (cyperus hydra which is
one of the most annoying pests with
which the southern c%ultivator is trou-
bled. But though belonging TO the
same genus. it. dos not posscss those
qualities that render that grass such "a
nuisance. We are assured by those who
have raised it for many years, that it is
no trouble to get rid of it where II is not
desirable to- have it grow longer. II the
the grounds, they will completely eradi-
cate it. As to the value of this crop, all
agree that it is hardly surpassed, if
~equaled, by any other crop. As a past
ure for sheep, it is claimed by those who
have raised it to possess great merit.
A man writing from Georgia says: elf
any one wishes n sheep pasture, fresh,
green and unfailing during the parch-
ing drouths of summer, he can have it
by planting the Spanish chufa, or
earth almond" .'The grass will grow
from two to four feet high, u%ninjured by
drouth or heat, affording an abundance
Of rich, tender, sweet heritage, until
frost, and an increased yield of roots"
For hog feed, it is claimed that a crop of
chufas is among the most profitable that
a be produced. The writer just al
luded to asserts that he raised "Over
one hundred bushels " per acre. A wri-
ter from Arkansas, says: 81 am conf.
dent that they will yield one hundred
bushels per acre, and | am satisfied that
they will fatten as many hogs as the
same amount of corn, if not more; while
it takes only half the work to raise
them" A correspondent of the Farm
ers' Vindicdtor says: 1.-The Spanish
chufa is the bestand cheapest food for
swine-raising, because one acre will
feed as much as four acres of corn"
A correspondent of the Southern Farmer
for fattening hogs, to forty acres in
corn. The New Orleans Farm Jour-
nal, commenting on this, says:
I'VE think the statement referred to 3
little enthusiastic, but do not consider it
very far out of the way, because our ex-
p%erience for a good many years, in the
main, corroborates his estimate of the
value of this too much neglected chick
en- and hog feed. Similar statements
to the above are so frequently met with
among those who have tried this crop,
that there seems little doubt that this
plant is q valuable crop for the purpose
of feeding hogs. As to the ~fattening
qualities of chufas, all agree that ami
mails fatten easily and quickly when
fed on this tuber. The analysis of the
chufa shows that it contains elements of
nutrition in such quantity and proper
tons as to constitute q very excellent
article of food. The following are the
constituents of the chufa according to
DIR. JacksOn's analysis: Water, 1880;
fibrous matter, Il. As; starch, 300;
sugar, 1926; wax, 40; fat oil, 1865;
mucilage, or gum and albumen, 6.65.
The usual method of planting these tu-
bers is to drop n or two
tubers in a place every 20 inches
OIL two feet, in rows two and
= half to three feet apart. The
seed should be kept in moist sand or
soil for some time before planting.
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