The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-02

This department. IS edlteu ny CdPu. 49,
al yar of Duval, to whom Ill ColleePoi
sfezgse should be Addressed
SAVING CORN FODDER.
srgrnis fast approaching the stag
svbel the tops and leaves can De II
-sTsged without injury to the grain ali
svs q, vast benefit to stock. There is
ol,,ssssr waste on the average Iexa
ss,~p, than corn fodder. 1t is ore
ake most valuable forage crops, grow
,,stbout any labor, allowed to go t
qsEss9e for want of sense to save II
~ Ne horses and cattle are allowed u
,sarslrue for want of it. Corn tops, IL Gu
~. re right time and well cured exec
asl.,g other form of roughness' excep'
zr.eriaps sheaf oats, as COW or morse
I'D. In fact, horse will not only
gFri out thrive and do fairly hard
Ecgg on fodder alone; while the
I'd. .. atty and quality of cows milk is
1rrszatly improved by its use. The
rfv5,i ers who complain that farming
s8gyz't pay" seldom save their
&s&der, or anything else that
lasv can conveniently let slip. The
virbt time to cut tops is when
Si,.s sorn begins to harden and before
axe leaves begin to fire. The stalk
ssad leaves have then performed their
.1pstions to the grain and are OF no
EaSte service to it, the filling out and
gsrdening OF the grain depending on
.tsla low of the sap and sunshine. The
E.tSding of corn tops is generally con-
cred one of the meanest jobs on the
s.aEan, and involving a visit to the field
sfore sun up,while he dew is on the
cgrAss.n
This is not necessary. The stalks
ay be cut at any time during the day
sad be bound with case and comfort
.zza hour afterwards, as a very slight
lifting makes the stalk timber and
sagh. Immediately after binding
icy should be put in shocks of fifteen
.c7r twenty with butts down. In stack.
ag care should be taken to keep the
aaiddle higher than the sides so that
ne stack will form roof and shed
reiIe water. Always stack with the
ops out, and il properly done not a
T9undle will be washed, no matter
THAT weather may follow.
sFFEoT OF COTTON SEED IN DAIRY
RATION.
That cotton seed affects the textur
and color of butter has been well un
ierstood for some years aud series o
experiments made at the Texas Agri-
suitrral and Mechanical college last
gRear proved that the flavor was not
5Serceptibly influenced by the feeding
II the whole seed or any of its pro-
Efncts. Following this line of iuvesti-
Eation Professo, Curtis began care
lilly planned experiment to deter.
A5ne the effect of cotton seed on the
ia6ty matter in the milk and the sepa-
ration therefrom by the gravitation
yTocess.
The result is given in Bulletin No.
Ia, just issued, and amounts to this,
that the use OF cotton seed assists in
be separation of the cream from the
EpifktrO q most surprising extent. The
experiments in setting the milk were
Enz&e at two temperatures 70o and
k5o Fahrenheit; the first being the
summer temperature of well or cistern
Nater, available to the average dairy
Enan and the latter temperature was
produced and maintained by the use
nj Ice.
&c quote the Bulletin: Taking
the average results in three condi-
fscns above quoted, we find al
actual gain to dairymen or patrons of
cream gathering creameries 8,3 pounds
of butter in every 100. which must be
nredited to cotton seed meal in the ra-
tion. 20 bring the matter to money
basis: Suppose dairyman to make
ten pounds of butter per day, which
aRe sells at % cents per pound, through
the year, without cotton seed or cot
-Eon seed meal, under the conditions
shove noted, he could by the use of
cotton seed meal in proper proportion
tgsaKe clear increase of 3029 pounds
s5Utter in twelve months, or at % cents
. per pound yearly gain Of $75. TO-"
TIzis is useful information to the
a1aiyman who.practices the gravita-
ION system of cream separation, but
Prot. Curtis very strongly urges the
use OF centrifugal separators, as he
has found that they practically ex-
5raet all the butter from the milk, no
matter what the ration may have
been.
MEXICAN JUNE CORN.
A few weeks ago published an ex-
tract from Home and Farm on a won
derful corn grown in Southwext Texas
which is said to give full crop if
PLANTED 10 June or July, provided the
season after planting is dry and hot
enough, invited correspondence on
the subject and have received several
letters, some Of them denouncing the
corn rs fraud, and others extollinp II,
fWhen doctors differ who shall de.
cider have been made umpire. On
June s5 received small sack of the
-s0rn from Mr.. Samuel Etter of Castro,
wife, with request to plant it and
Judge for myself. Iplanted it on June
% and will give it fair chance to
prove its value. The grains are white,
rather small slightly flattened, and
@finty. Though not the character of
corn in popular favor n crib full of n