The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-05-22

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stand that the law requires them to
give all the information called for in
the schedule and that they need not
fear a rise of taxes or any personal
injury, as the facts elected are for ma
tional purposes only and the enumera-
ton is under oath of seer esy.
NEW swINDLE.
The inventive genius of the fakir
never plays out. AS one swindle be-
comes stale and is discarded new one
takes its place, as the crop of simple
tons is large and widely diffused.
There is no excuse for any reader of
the daily or agricultural press being
taken in, as they may keep them
selves posted against every fraud, and
any sympathy with the swindled ones
is out of place. They are generally
victimized because of their selfish
greed. They want something for
nothing, or less. The latest trick is
done with a double fountain pen,
something in this way. An elegant
and gentlemanly fellow drives up to
the door of Farmer Hayseed and in
PRODUCES himself MS the agent for the
manufacturer of new double action,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. corn
shucker or other agricultural device
on small scale. He states that the
governor or perhaps the county Judge,
his personal friend, has recommended
Mr.. Hayseed as the most enterprising
and influential farmer in that COM
munity, that his employers wish to
introduce their new invention in every
county, and, instead of advertising its
merits, they wish to place it in the
hands of good men, well knowing that
its good properties only require to be
seen to be appreciated. If Mr.. Hay
seed will accept one as gift and show
it to his neighbors, that is all that is
wanted.
This is all very plausible and Mr..
Hayseed accepts the gift on the terms
stipulated and thanks the gentle
! manly drummer. OF course every
thing must be done in business-like
| way and the G. D. must have Hay
seeds acknowledgment of the gift, just
to show his employers where the sam
Piles have been distributed. A blank
sheet of paper is then produced and a
brief acknowledgment is written with
fountain pen and fading ink. While
Hayseed examines the document to
see what he is going to sign the G.
d. arranges the pen so that the sigma
ture will be written with indelible ink.
1t is not necessary to state more than
the fact that in the fulness of time
this simple document developes into
an able-bodied promissory note which
Hayseed has to pay.
CORN FODDER.
OF late years many varieties OF
forage plants have been recommended
for "roughness," but none have ex-
celled, if any of them have equalled,
we'll cured corn slower. When cut
at the right time, properly cured and
we'll secured against the elements, it
forms a most desirable feed and is
relished by all kinds Of stock. Fed
with corn or oats it makes perfect
feed for horses as it is composed of
flesh and muscle forming properties
while corn is mainly "a fat producer.
If fed to COWS the quality of their
milk and butter is generally improved.
In this respect it beats every other
kind of forage, not excepting sorghum,
But to be satisfactory it must be
handled as before stated. The right
time to save fodder is just as the corn
begins to glaze.
To cut the tops above the ear at
that time does not injure the grain
while, if it is left till it begins to dry
out or fire, it is not worth the cost of
saving. To many the saving of fodder
is one of the most troublesome events
on the farm as they leave what is cut
one day to be bound and shocked the
next morning. AS it cannot be bound
when dry start has to be made in
the early morning when all vegetation
is dripping with dew and work un-
pleasant. This can be avoided
entirely by cutting tops for
about two hours and then binding
and shocking. In that time it has
wilted sufficiently to bind, and it will
cure il properly shocked.
Ten days of fine drying weather will
make it fit for the barn or stack.
1t is amazing to see the carelessness
and wastefulness OF some farmers, who,
after they have been at the labor and
cost of cutting, binding and shocking
their fodder, will leave it in the field
for months until it is totally unfit for
food. These same farmers are the
ones that declaim against the farmers
hard lot and declare that farming
don't pay"