The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-31

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account OF injury by rust. EEpe,i
ment has discovered . variety proof
against rust. that on so average SOD,
in an ACREAGE season, will yield from
SO to IS bushels to tho acre. And so
with nOuy other crops. LII garden i,
truck similar discoveries have re-
w&rded the persevering eXperimenter.
q few years. ago the peach was looked
upon as the only fruit possible in
Texas and the bold adVentureF who
proposed growing apples or pears, ives
looked upon With sCorn, mingled with
pity 1t has been proved that cerlalO
Of these fruits are even more
roiablc shan peaches. II is quite
within the bounds of probability thai
Texas Will, in a few years, rival Ilori-
da Ia The production Of oranges. We
may not q first be able to grow Inc
same varsity, but experiment, and
g gradual movement towards
harder constitution, may IN time
produce tree that will defy our eX-
IRENE changes of climate. AS / have
said, there may not DO much "hltny
lpcra' in experiment, but it is % duly
every farmer and fruit raiser owes tG
hilnaeif aud his country to dc q little
in That way. There is much disap-
pointnlent in the business, many s.
failure Of foHdly cherished no.iOnsand
wei laid pisnS, bin there is always
pleasure III the pGrauit of the ideal
and great JOY or its acquisition. ice
present IS peculiarly fit time for ex.
pertinent The enormous crops Of
cotton made in the last two seasons
has reduced prices 20 the Improbable
point, where ii is likely 10 stay till .
less uuantity is raised. Other crops
must DO substituted. What shall
they be? No one can tell of any one
crop That Will be profitable under all
circumstances, and the best and only
way 10 find out ii for every ore 10
take careful survey Of his circUm-
stances, surroundings, local and other
markets and experiment. One ounce
of practical experience ls worth many
tong Of gratuittOus advice from others.
Flowing WITH DYNAMITE.
Farmers who can remember the IN
PRODUCTION OF staelbeahI walking and
three wheel riding and steam plows
think they have witnessed a great ad
vance in Che mechanics Of agriculture,
And 50 they have Tde more fan-
gllue Of them have sometimes thought
that electricity will ere long play "a
part in the cultivation of the soil And
so it may. But few were bold enough
10 believe that blowing could be Ct
feetiyely performed y tn gunpoW39r
or dynamite. II n report now going
the rounds" OF the press is worthy Ct
belief farmers, a3 well as Feniana and
anarchists, will soon be handling
these explosives and shaking up the
condition Of the 8avth. The item re-
ferrad 10 says: "Su0sOil blowing with
iyusmite is ore OF bh0 new methods
in the south, and is said to he equal to
5he process If tTenGhug used by mar
tst gard sners TO jOOseu the earth .
the depth Of two or bhroa feet nd al
Tow no absorption Of good deal OF
water for sustaining vegetation dug
ing GToutb.
The inventor drilIs holes two or
tlreo jeet deep and Eve lee. apar,
naluug about 1900 holes 20 the acre.
IL tA.h .a pats an explosive, and
att5' npiug, discharges it, the whole
being connected with wire
la.dine to battery. In Il recent ez~
pertinent the explosive USED was onc-
fourth OF a small sized dynamite car
fridge, with about an ounce of Juds0n
powder The surface Of the ground
appeared to be Lifted up TO the heigho
Of a house [t was hrobon to = depth
of thirty inches, at the points of eIplo-
sion I'D sidewise for part of the dis
taneo between the holes.
PROGRESS IN POULTRY.
In recent issue Of Rural New
Yorker. is q we'll written article by
=. t.. Jacobs, the well known blcN"t
man sEetching the history ana tree
ing the development Of our domosVis
fowls, he speaks:
mo greater achievement by inyen
ora mas been accomplished than III
handling aud manipulation If ! may
use such terms) Of the dit
ferent domestic fowls by man
In his oiI0rtsa TO adapt them 10
his purposes. lie has taken one
breed and put feathers on It's legs, ls'
duced it's wings 10 prevent fight,
shortenad the tall and entirely
the s,ze and shape ofthe
comb, Another breed mas been soa
bred that it's instinct Of maternity hG@
been obhterated, rhe bird being distn-
,,,ned 10 inauuate. Where he desired
au sotivo t4ragag h@ produce IL.
When necessity demanded II. ne ms
c1iOrud the iegs Me ms given %aGi"I
GUS aud peculiar shapes to tae c'W9s1
and he has oven attached 10 sGu.e Of
his predictions, Eeayy belrt5.
RE has ornaiuontod his la'o-
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