The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-04

leaving the stalk apparently as dry and
worthless as corn stalks. But in October
found them fresh and throwing out new
shoots, some of them foot long, and 4
indeed some new forms for heads. The
whole stalk seemed full of saccharine /
and nutritious matter, and determined f
to try them for stock feed.
They were cut and q few only were put
in my harm, having no room for more,
the balance we're put uuder shed. They
do not appear 10 have been at all affected
by frost or weather, but if left wholly
exposed they might decay. This is re-
corded to show that no pains in curing
/ nor extra care seems necessary to he
giyen::to them, all they need is to be put
under cover at once after cutting. .
lwould impress the fact that milo
stalks from about quarter acre, from
which 26S pounds Of fodder and II! BUSH
els of prime seed had been saved, have
supplied my seven head of cattle and
three horses with roughness for three
months, with enough left to last them
till April LIST.
What / mean y roughness is hay.
etc., exclusive of bran and cotton seed
meal for cows and oats for horses. l
have not used ::any corr or its meal for
stock since November list. My barn was
filled to repletion with oats. millet, or
chard and clover hay, splendid crop OF
seven tons Of mixed millet, pea vine and
corn from one acre, besides corn and
milo folder. had also put in in Octo-
Der three bales Of hay, and there is my
barn, fil,ci with roughness, not pound
of which have used, nor will require
: of necessity as food to touch it for my
: stock. Indeed would have been saved
much trouble and expense had known
that milo stalks filled the whole bill.
II my n,ilo seed were not worth too
Q much for seed to plant weuld have
ground them coarsely, fed the grits to
: horse and mule. and the meal to the cows
! Except what need for my own table,,
for am satisfied that milo maize with
t its fodder and stalks constitute perfect
I feed for stock, at any rate very nearly
I perfect, (see analysis table for the feed
/. value Of the seed, almost identical with
II wheat. of course a change Of diet is ac'
ceptablc to man and beast
0 Now, il a few acres of milo maze.
i cultivated by every Georgia farmer, will
d carry the stock Of the state from grass to
y grass, and bridge over our summer
drouth, and keep stock in such condition
IS a. mine are. Iwish you could see them
Never in better order.
Ie Colonel, what am | writing SO care
ii fully for: What do such facts meana
u May give four responses:
er No more pulling Of corn-fodder!
II No more cutting and curing grass!
No more balcd hay from anywhere.
y Coed stock, well kept, means mor'
p, cotton.
will leave to your imagination am
Dr. breadth of experience to trace out tn
IN many benefits to Georgia ii its farmer
10 will adopt milo as n staple home crop.
g, The reader will observe that two Q
q. three pounds of seed will plant an acr
,e- for SEED crop, and say four pounds TO
forage cutting.
he MILO AS FOOD.
i'll The chicken and hog cat milo and
es their own grinding, but for other al
1t. imals it must he cooked or ground.
30 have spoken of grits for horse and mul
ill and meal for the COW. For table use
ne The meal makes palatable bread. exec
Ds. lent ba.tercakes. resembling buckwhet
Us. in taste, but superior to it, in not havin
of that heating, irritating property, whic
,rc IL to some unwholesome.
or Fer Vartety.-A u fourth India
meal or wheat flour. There are mar
So other ways of cooking and serving
Id, which our good housewives will readl
IDS discover. It has been eaten whole u
A., same as rice and big hominy.
'ed These statements need not he 81
in prise, when it il remembered that Mi
ng, is the grain depended upon by lar
w. portion of the population of South Al
ere erica. Yours, ETC..
nla G.. W. BENSON.