The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-10
FARM NOTES.
Edited by John c. Edgar Duval, TO whom AL
communications should'be addressed

Edited by John c. Edgar Duva,, to whom al
communications should'be addressed
Cotton Worms.
Last week told of an experiment
with poison on cotton and now pro,
coed to give the result. Acting on in.
structions, I applied one pound Of
London purple, in powder form, tC
one acre of cotton. My advisers as
sured me that three days after the APP
phcation of the poison there would
not be live worm left in the field.
watched developments with much
interest, as the fate of my crop de-
pended on the outcome. Twenty
four hours after applying the medi-
cine found few small specimens on
ground, where L supposed they had
fallen after eating the poison; they
were dead. l thought this
augured well, and hoped
that the larger worms, which
were banqueting close by, would
soon share the same fate, and there
fore did not grudge them their feast.
The following day made another eX
animation. The worms were quite
as numerous and lively, but size
bigger than the previous day. On
the third and fourth day they were
quite as active, but much bigger and
more voracious.
MY crop has gone up; poison was Il
failure. | believe if had acted four
days earlier, and applied two pounds
to the acre / might have saved the
crop from the attack; but have come
to the conclusion that well developed
worms, want no better tonic or condi-
ton power than London purple; when
applied in such niggardly quantity.
At least the variety that infested my
field seemed to fairly revel and grow
fat on it.
In my section ofthe county all early
cotton is open to the top boil and
with fine weather eight-tenths of the
crop will be picked out by the 18th OF
september. The yield promises to be
from One-tifth to one-fourth of bale
to the acre.
WALKING GAIT OF HORSES.
The walk of a heavy draft horse,
said by French veterinary to be i'm
material, is not so, as the walk is the
most important gait of this animal,
and it needs only a limited observa-
ton to notice that in their proper
sphere heavy draft horses are rarely,
if ever, urged faster than walk.
Spooner, an authority, was so i'm
pressed with the desira bility of cult
waiting this gait that in an essay pub
lished in 1916 he wrote that Of all the
sins of the draft horse, slow walking
was surely the greatest, and he went
so far as to recommend the council of
The Royal Agricultural society OF
England to measure off distance and
lest the waking pace Of the draft
stations. He said: II hold it as
point of the utmost Importance that q
prize should never be awarded to a
bad or slow walker, however great
his strength or perfect symmetry may
be.n
While this is strong statement,
yet there is wisdom in it.
The draft horse that is approaching
you, carries his head well and places
each of his feet deliberately, and takes
a measured even stride, is perfect
from the front point of view. From
the side it may be noted if he lifts his
feet we'll off the ground, and if both
fore and hind feet act in unison.
Viewed from behind, the action
should be straight, and there should
be firmness and elasticity in his move
ments. a horse with such walk.
that may be regulated in speed by the
drivers word, possesses the best gait
that draft hourse could have.
MILKING MACHINES.
Like the cotton picking machine,
which we hear of being perfected and
in successful operation every year,
Immediately after the last bale has
been got out by hand; the milking
machines, ever now and again hobs
up, to excite the hope or disgust OF
the weary dairyman or maid. Many
are the cunning devices for en-
tracing the tactical fluid
from the more or less willing and
patient cow, but none of them have so
far proved an unqualified success.
The Rural New Yorker gives q de-
scription Of q new trick said to be
used in England and Scotland. 1t is
a tube shaped like cows horn, with
a rubber cushion which fixes it on the
teat. From each tube a flexible hose
runs to a large pipe which is connect
ed with an air tight milking pail. An
air pump, hand or power, creates a
vacuum and sucks the milk from the
COW into the pipes where it runs to a
pail. Part of the tube is of glass so
that the mixer can see is the milk is
running from the teat. When the
milk is all drawn the tubes fall off
and the cows are "stripped" by pass
ing one tube from teat to teat. With
this machine it is claimed that about
one quart of milk ca n be drawn from
each COW per minute.
THE ALIEN LAND LAW.