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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

the results of all our observations In the
premises, we must testify that the most
luxuriant and thrifty hop vines yet seen
by us we saw in the state of Texas.
The hop for best success wants a lImey
soil--thie we have in full. 1t also wants
more or less rain early in the season to
push up the vines and set the fruit
Texas is entirely all right in this partic-
ular. After the pushing season, is
needed season comparatively dry, TO
check the growth of vine, mature the
fruit and make up favorable time for
harvesting-TeXas fills this bill to the
letter.
We are entirely satisfied that the hop
upper portions of Texas as characteriZes
it in any other section of the world.
The only thing that might be urged
against going into hop culture for profit
here, at present, is lack of cheap labor.
A great deal of laEor is required at har-
vest time, aud In order to build I'D a
successful competition with some of the
cheap labor hop regions, labor would
have to ba omparatively cheap. Hop
gathering is mainly performed by women
and children-in our present thinly
settled condition we might not just now
be able to employ enough of these to
harvest large crops. But this. kind of
thing will not long last-Texas Is rapidly
settling up; when she gets reasonably
heavy population the localities so popu-
lated will doubtless make lots of money
cultiyating hops.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
Hon Culture for Texas.

While talking on the subject OF beer
materials, we may as well go the whole
hog by inflictinE upon our readers u
short article on hops. another product
that enters into the manufacture of
beer, and without which beer cannot be
made. IL appears that the same natural
conditions necessary to the successful
growth of barley are also necessary to
the successful growth of hops, hence we
usually tiud the two crops growing In the
same regions of country. California,
Canada and some of the older but ex-
IRENE northwestern states produce all the
hols growa in this country for CONNER
clal purposes. II Texas can grow barley
tEiug that can scarcely admit of q
coubt, then il is not unreasonable 10
suppose that Texas can also produce the
nops required 10 20 with the barley In
the manufacture of beer.
so Tar as we know, there has as vet
peeh no Test made of Texas-gruwn hops,
put ms fact is nothing against the strong
PROBABILITY OF our being able to make OF
Tue crop grand success. The hop
grows with US almost like a wild weed.
we nave Travelled no little in the hop
countries, and have seen the crop there
Ill I'll It's stages of growth; we have also
seen mop vine BROWNING here and Ahere
ABOUT peoples's houses in Texas, uncared
ioF' OF course. After summing together
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
Not Really a Boil Worm

In an article of some weeks ago we
stated that the boil orm did not work
in cotton bolls from choice, but merely
because they happened to offer 1t a
source of food. We took the position
that it was not really 'boll worm' at
all, but worm that fed upon cotton
bolls perhaps from sheer necessity, and
that, in all probability, there would be
just as many boil worms in Texas as
have an existence ct present was there
not one stalk of co ton growing in the
state. 1t is an insect of wide range in
Its food. and seems to get along about
as well as one species of succulent plan
as upon another. Mr.. JEFF Welborn of
New Boston, Tex, writing for Farm
and Ranch, backs up our position by
saying: ~ have been out all day in the
pea field where We had some hands pick
ing; the pea field lay broad beside the
cotton patch-just turning row be-
tween them. The pea field seems alive
with the boil worm-millers-but not one
did see in the cotton, although the cot
ton was large and very green, (planted
first of June). Nor did find boil or
square pierced, while in the peas full 8
per cent. of pods had worms or the holes
in them.' This proves that "boll
worm' is really a misnomer, for here it
was made plain that the worms entirely
preferred other food to cotton bolls.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
The Northern Catalpa.

In your reply to Emma George about catalpa
trees you say you do not know whether or not
the Northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), grows
South. wish to state that in 1882, I procured
from nurseryman in Missouri, 100 trees of this
species, and got near all of them to grow.
have just been out and measured an average tree
standing in my yard-it m assures at the ground
thirty two inches in circum erence, ana seven
feet up it measures twenty-one inches. This is
what would call pretty good post for eight
years of growth. 1 only wish had ten acres of
such trees.
Have never seen any healthier or more thrifty
trees than these catalpas. 1 gave four OF the
young trees to one of my neighbors and he
planted them on the ends of some peach tree
rows in his orchard about the first of Nav. and
in October two of them had grown from six
inches in height to seven feet, and were at leasr
two inches in diameter at the ground.
If wanted Northern catalpa trees in thousand
lots, would send for them to any reliable
nurseryman in either Missouri or IIlino is who
keeps them in stock. They can be had in al
most any handleable size desired.
c. T. HOGAN.
Ennis, Tex.
Since writing the article referred to by
Mr.. Hogan we have seen some fine young
northern catalpa trees in the stock of
Fort Worth nursery man. 1t is highly
probable that most of our Texas nurseries
keep them.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

that want the whole earth, he hopes
neither may ever get near enough to him
for his hogs to acquire taste for them.
But he fears hope is delusive, for in his
rounds he sees them coming nearer each
year and holding every foot of land they
once occupy.
Mr.. Singleton favors sowing oats for q
hog pasturs-a spring crop and fall
crop. Rye also comes in we'll, say oats
in April and on the same land rye the
last of July, then fall oats, and so on.
Rye, one of our most neglected cereals,
he considers one of the most profitable
for many portions of Texas. II has
proved SO in his section-he writes from
Lebanon. 1t can be sown early or late,
on rich or poor soil, pastured all winter
until late in the spring, and tn n make
as good a yield of grain rs wheat and
command as good price in the markets.
So that the pasturage from the land Is
clear profit.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
Pasture for Hogs,

Mr.. Il. E. Singleton, says through
Farm and Ranch, that he regards pas
ture for hogs as something specially i'm
portant. He does not consider vegeta-
ton absolutely necessary to the existence
of the animal. but IL is needed to keep
the system in a condition to ward off
disease and enable the digestive organs
to utilize and assimilate the greatest
amount of grain. Not only from the
green food eaten is the benefit derived,
but the exercise required in cleaning this
food is of great benefit, to say the least.
But green food should not be depended
upon exclusely. He never had pasture,
even where he had red clover in its per-
lection, SO good for hogs but what little
grain in connection could be fed with the
greatest profit, especially to young and
growing animals.
And instead of feeding all corn for ak
months of the year, and allowing the
hogs all the grass they can find for the
other six months without grain, he advo-
Gates feeding some grain ali the time,
and furnishing gseu food at all seasons
of the year.
Mr.. Singleton next discusses the grass
es best suited for hog pasturage in Texas
Bermuda grass is strongly advocated by,
some, he says, and johnson grass by
others. He don't doubt their being fine
hog grasses. but since both are grasses
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
On Keeping a Cheap Restaurant,


In past numbers Of THE GAZETTE, as I have
noticed. you have told inquiring readers where
they might obtain certain books that they were
DESTROYS of buying. This thing. being a regular
reader of your paper. has emboldened me to ask
You where can get O book giving full particu-
am a good cook and my wife Is another, and
we are thinking of starting cheap restaurant in
this place Irregular meals twenty-five certs)
but there are some things eoout the business
that do not clearly understand. so / have
thought it would be best TO get book to set me
pears to be great waste of victuals, which it
seems TO me, q cheap establishment could not
well stand without some way OF utilizing it.
Half the persons ordering dinner do not use
one-third OF the victuais placed before them ret
they almost invariably muss over everything SO
that it would not do to place before the next Gus
toner. They don't want all that is offered
them, but they spoil it Just the same,
and they'd grumble worlds with
stuff one of my neighbors says it is sold to
negro families at a low price, but after careful
inquiry on the part of DO b myself and wife we
cannot ind negro or negroes who ever buys
anything OF the kind from restaurant. They
all simply get mad when we mention it TO
ami he said the refuse had to be thrown away,
but a street scavenger has assured me that he
never sees any hing of the Kind in the trash
barrel. One gentleman suggested that try the
female manufacturers for q market, which did,
but the female man was Mexican, and when l
any longer understand single word OF English
There are. no doubt, many things that might
learn from book, with reference to the cheap
restaurant business. and that's why I'd like to
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers,
wiich NAV be of general information. Inquiries
of personal character that require answer by
mail should always have stamps inclosed. Please
give full name and postoffice address, in addi-
ton to any such signature as Subscriber - or
"A. G. D.. - not for publication, but to enable
US to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail must iEclose
lamp for return postage.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
A Three Horse Evener.

1t sometimes becomes necessary to
work three horses abreast, especially IN
breaking sodded prairie. This cannot
be done to advantage without arranging
what is quite generally called an
"evener. The old Tennessee plan of
working three horses is to hitch two IN
the rear OH doubletree, in the usual
way, and then singletree one in front,
but this is rather troublesome plan,
and Texas is seeking to dodge all trouble
some plans as far as possible. 1t is much
the most convenient 20 work the three
horses abreast on an ''evener,' and a
late issue of the Germantown Telegraph
undertakes to tell US how the "evener'
should be made:
'If tho three horses to be worked to-
gether are each of about the same strength
the thing is simple enough. Shape out a
piece OF hard wood about as you would
shape "a doubletree for q wagon. Bore
the eud holes as for sineletree clevises,
then measure the space between them
into three parts, and at one mark bore
hole for the main clevls. Now the
doubletree is just twice as long at one
end as the other. Next, hook on a
singietree to the long end and double
tree with its two singletrees to the
short end. Hook your team up, go
TO work. Now for the reason why.
The horse at the long end has twic. the
length of lever from the kingbolt that
the two horses on the short end have and
thus each horse has his equal one-third
of the draft to himself. II one of the
horses is lighter than the others, shift
the kingbolt hole further toward the
short end. Ii this Is put in its right place
each horse will still have oue-thirj of the
work to do. and no more. To arrange
for this contingency hole may be bored
on each side of the oue-third measure
hole, and the kingbolt shifted as test
shows the case to require.
This hint may prove of value to the
person working a span of horses on the
ordinary double tree. Bore several holes
and shift the kingbolt III favor of the
weaker horse, where there is a differ
ence in the strength of the horses. The
weaker horse should always have the
longest end of the lever, just the same
as the weakest man at a lift is given the
longest end of the handspiks. 1t is
science and common sense. Stav chains
are simply an Accumulation in such cages
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

vert. 1t is not strictly an evergreen,
though its leaves are fairly hardy, US
ually hanging on for considerable time
after most other deciduous trees have
dropped their foliage. The leaves of the
two species look good deal alike.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
Professor AM ON Irr,ga,,on.

Professor Robert T. Hill. the well
known Texas geologist. writing to the
Austin Statesman with reference to irri-
eating the Colorado valley below that
city says: ''With irrigation theirs 10 no
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
Another Fibre Turns I'm.

send you herewith sample of fibre taken
from o weed which is plentiful hereabouts-
grows in the roads and about old lots. 1t looks
like cotton plant. only i. is of lighter green
color than the stems Of cotton. 1 think it has a
small yellow bloom. Will you tell US through
your agricultural department " what :, it is?
Editor Bulletin, Alvarado, Texas
The sample of fibre, which is wholly
from the bark of the plant, is very
pretty indeed, much resembling jute
fibre, though not near 30 strong. Its
deficiency in strength may be due TO the
process of preparation employed in this
particular case. Rut even supposing the
fibre to be no stronger under a different
mode of preparation than it appears in
the specimen sent, it would still, If
abundant, be likely to prove of value as
a material for filling mattresses, cushions
and the like.
Our correspondent puts up rather a
hard job for us when he suggests our
Identification of a plant from q mere
specimen of dry fiber. We have been
guessing through several days and some
in the night in an effort to settle upon
what manner OF large plant they have
growing in their roads about Alvarado,
Acting upon the hope of striking a clew,
we have explored all the roads about
Fort Worth, but they are as bare of vege-
tation as billiard table that uses genu-
Inc ivory balls. In the early stages of
our agony we settled down upon the
cocklebur as the plant our friend was
waggishly giving us chance to guess at,
but a small section of outer-bark left In
the fibre completely knocked that thing
out when we placed it under the micro
1T
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

The use Of emery for grinding and pol
ishing purposes will soon be thing of
the past, it is supposed fine, high-csr-
bon steel tempered to greatest possibl 9
hardness, and then crushed In powerful
stamp mill, is rapidly taking its place
It cuts stone and other substances more
rapidly than emery, aud is said to be far
cheaper.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16
WANTED FEMALE AGENTS.

ment. Liberal commissions. Recon-
mendations required. Address NJ. l..
W., care Gazette, Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

There is now a reasonable promise that
electricity will soon be filling an i'm
portant Office in the dairy. Professor G.
Tolomei, noted Italian scientist, has
lately made some important tests. He
reports that when electricity was ap-
piled directly to fresh milk the sourlng
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15
restimony in Favor of Ducks.

There are many advantages in raising
ducks, one of which is that on small
place where you wish to have garden a
very low fence will keep them inside of
their own lot. They grow quickly and
are first class table fowls, are less liable
to disease than chickens and will lay as
many eggs. If provided with good shell
ter and feed they will lay early in Feb
rnary and continue on regularly until
late in the spring OR early summer.
When quite small they need attention,
but after the feathers make good start
they can be let run and, with the ex-
ception Of being fed and watered, they
will need but little care. They are re-
markaDiy good foragers, and if given
the run of the orchard or grass lot will
pick up the greater part of their own liv-
ing. They should have comfortable
quarters and plenty Of water for drink
but pond or running stream may be
dispensed with, as they will thrive quite
well without either. The Pekin is one
of the best varieties, on account of its
size and color, and the feathers may be
picked during the summer. Ducks, how,
ever, should not be picked during the;'
laying season.-Cor New York World
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15
sbrinkare of Hay.

1t is a common belief among farmers
that hay loses much in weight during the
months which follow the cutting and
housing of the crop. and that hay drawn
from the barn in winter should command
a much higher price than the same hay
drawn from the meadow as soon as cured.
The experiments made at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station lead to different con-
clusion. Thirteen samples of several diff
ferent kinds of hay were secured for this
purpose. and placed in very thin muslin
bags. They were weighed and then buried
in a NOW of hay. Most of them re-
manned six months, and were weighed
again in December, several precautions
having been taken to prevent error. In
most cases the loss by drying was trifiing,
not over 8 or A per cent. In two in
stances it was over 10 per cent. In one
case there was a positive gain. There
are two causes which would materially
control the result-a wet or dry summer
! and the degree of drying in the field to
which the hay is subjected. Some farm.
ers draw in their hay obviously before il
is quite dry. Those who sell and buy
hay should understand this matter, and
it would be easy for them to make care
full trials. The degree of moisture which
may be left in hay as it is drawn from
the meadow should be better understood
/ There is no question that it is often sub
! iected needlessly to drying.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15
A Kicking Cow.

An Oregon farmer gives remedy for
kicking COWS which he claims to have
used with great success for the past
twelve years: Take small rope or cord
about the size of clothes line; make a
loop, in one end; hold the loop end in one
hand, drop the other end over the cows
back; pick it up and pass it through the
loop, then slip it back just behind the
hips, bringing it underneath just forward
Of and close to the udder, adjusting it SO
that the loop is near the back bone.
Now draw the rope through the loop
tightly and fasten it, the more tightly
the better if the animal is very vicious
On the first application she will jump
and try to kick and perhaps below; but
let her kick, she will soon get tired of
doing SO. Now you can sit down and
milk without the least danger. You can
hardly provoke her to kick. If she
should still try to kick, tighten the rope
and continue to do this till she gives up.
Three applications in succession will
cure the worst case. Treat her kindly
and gently all the time without the least
excitement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15
Best Time to Buy Bees.

Mrs. L. Harrison, whose long expert
ence entities her opinions to considera-
ton, says in Prairie Farmer: "All things
considered, spring is best; about the LIST
of April, not earlier. in this latitude.
Good, strong colonies, with vigorous
queen, would run little risk of loss before
return of the outlay might be expected.
When bees are purchased at the close of
the honey harvest or in the fall or winter
they are CT no source of profit to their
owner until flowers bloom. have heard
persons who had bees to sell in the fall
talk glibly of the number Of pounds OF
honey there were in the hives to would
be purchaser Suppose there was; the
bees would need every ounce of it to live
upon and rear brood before flowers
bioomed, and the purchaser would ruo
the risk of losing the colony il he toob
away any TO eat uron his cakes"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15

The object in using lath is to secure
sightness, and for the same reason the
posts are 5xl 1-2 inches and the rails and
braces are 1x2 inches. In constructing
it the horizontal rails should be nailed to
the posts outside, and the pickets fast
ened on outside the rails. when the dag
onal braces should be nailed on outside
the pickets The fence is to be set up
zigEag to secure wide base and prevent
falling over, and the ends of the lengths
are to be fastened together with coarse
irvine or wire. In locations where strong
winds may be expected 4 few props or
stakes driven down in the corners may be
needed. In locating fences for combining
fowls reference must be had to the hen
merry and their usual roosting places
when practicable, otherwise temporary
roost with a rough shed roof viii be
necessary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15
A CHEAP FENCE.

AT this season it often is an important
matter to keep young chickens within
certain boundaries. Fences that are
cheaply constructed and which may be
readily changed from one spot to another
are, therefore, of special value to the
keepers of poultry.
A very cheap fence can be made with
wire netting feet high and fastened in
position as follows: Buy 2 by 3 inch
scantling, 10 feet long, and cut into two
pieces, or get stakes of any kind and
sharpen the ends; then start hole by
striking down into the ground with a
crowbar and working it back and forth
to widen the hole. when the stakes should
be driven in a foot or more and be set
feet apart.
At the bottom nail on 1x2 inch strips,
strips, - feet long. and similar strips a
title more than feet higher UP, when
You VIII be ready to tack on the wire,
which is done with small staples made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15

A LENGTH OF CHEAP WIRE FENCE.
for the purpose. This will leave little
mora than @ inches Of the wire netting
(which viii support itself above the
upper horizontal piece and the tops Of
the stakes. so that if d hen flies for the
upper lath she will strike the wire and
be thrown back. 1t viii, however, be
found that the birds attempts to get out
will all be made lower down and through
the wire which seems TO present no Oh
structicn until they try it. To move a
fence Of this kind, of course, the wire
must be taken off and the stakes pulled
UP and reset, which can all be done in a
very little time. While the fence seems
frail one, it will, nevertheless, stand a
very hard storm, as it offers very little
resistance to the wind.
An illustration and directions for
making movable fence that can be still
mere readily changed from one place to
smother is given by Stoddard in his little
book on Poultry Architecture. This
fence. as shown IN the second cut, is
made IA sections. and can be quickly set
rp. and can be packed closely and laid
away when not in use. The lengths are
u feat lcrar and tho fencA 4 feet high:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15
A Word About Pastures.

In large pastures animals are liable to
Craze off some places very closely and
leave others to run to seed. It is good
plan to use movable fences and with
these pasture small portions at time.
Another good plan is to keep mixture
of animals, SO that one kind can follow
another. Scatter the droppings of cattle
or else there will spring up lunches OF
tall grass. To prevent patches from go.
ing to seed NOW them, a small quantity
at time, and give the wil.ea grass to
stock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-15

CEDAR POSTS! CEDAR POSTS!!
For prices and particulars call or address
Emery County Mercantile Company, Price,
Emery county. Utah.