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The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
THAT "CONGo CHoKLAH.,

A man has been in this region selling us
new and very strange grain which he calls
Congo Choklah, the last word representing
the African name. The first word was
affixed by him on account of the region in
Africa where the grain was obtained. He
was with Stanley through his last African
expedition. so he says, and procured the
grain on the Congo river near Stanley Falls
where If is extensively grown by the ma
tives-indeed it is about the only grain
crop grown there. l send You few grains
you will see that it is species of corn.
That is what the man said OF it. The
grains though extremely small-smaller
than ordinary popcorn-are still, las you will
see. perfect corn grains minus the usual
hull or surface which at the grinding makes
what we call bran. Tt looks like very
small corn that has passed through some
kind of huiling machine, The man who
sold it to US said it grew up like ordinary
corn bearing single ear to the stalk, the
ear having no cob but being provided with
central stems. or something Of that kind,
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
A FOOLISH DAIRY EXPENSE.

Governor Hoard Of Hoari'S Dairyman
says among all the foolish expenses in
CURED by people engaged in the dairy bust
ness nothing exceeds keeping an inferior
COW. 1t costs just as much to support the
carcass of COW that is running you in debt
as it does one that is giving you $50 u year
profit. Not one farmer in hundred ever
tested his cows to ascertain whether there
are not some among them actually eating
him out of house and home. How is he 10
make anything at his business if he has
stock constantly falling back in point of
profitl How is he to know that he has such
stock unless he puts forth intelligent efforts
to find ii out, There are hosts of dairy
men in the land supporting two cows to do
the work OF one. Ask any of the progress
" edairymen you know and they will tell
you that about their first step in cutting
down useless expense was to get rid of the
Improbable cow and fill her place with one
entirely profitable. To get rid Of the I'M
profitable cow is thing easy enough, but
to fill her place with profitable COW is not
always so easy. But getthe profitable COW.
Buy her, breed her, get her any way you
choose, but be sure and get her.
In short, make fine and close study of
your business and all its finer economies.
Don't think it cheap business, requiring
but little brains OF intelligence. You are
dealing with the mysteries of animal life at
every turn, and that is one Of the biggest
problems on earth
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30

which, though as yet unknown 10 fame,
would prove infinitely superior TO very
large proportion of the plants at present
figuring in all the catalogues of our Ameri-
can florists, even considering our plants as
they now appear in the wild state. In very
many cases scientific culture would carry
them to grand results no doubt. Surely
the thing is well worth looking after, for
it must be remembered that the fora of
Texas is a peculiar fora, and that there is
only one Texas.
1t is more than merely probable that Il
large per cent of the fine Towering plants
named in the florists catalogue with
Mexico put down as the country OF their
nativity, are really Texas plants. Their
character as to hardness would naturally
lead one into this conclusion, many of them
being too hardy for Mexican plants; be-
sides, not few of the species are recog
ni2ed by botanists as growing wild in Texas.
How they happen to be credited to Mexico
IS 4 thing easy of explanation. The plants
were collected by early botanistS in the
days when Texas was Mexican state, and
therefore Il was entirely proper that simply
Mexico should 90 20 record as the land
of their natural habitat. No particular eX-
plorations seem to have been made here, or
even in Mexico, BY collecting florists of our
present time.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30

Is it not worth our while to give so profit
able crop as the hop fair trial.
Men who had grown rich producing hops
in Puyallup Valley, Washington, told Col
Herndon that crops of twenty bales to the
acre had often been made there, yielding
gross at 10 cents pound $1,000, though the
average yield for all the hop regions was
about ten bales or 1000 pounds TO the acre,
as already stated. Now, supposing that we
could get in Texas but half the average
Washington yield, or five bales to the acre,
Though there is no good reason for any
such supposition), our showing would be-
1000 pounds al 40 cents pound 500 90
Per acre. less the cost-Sli cepts......... IS W
Net product per acre. .......--..........s3l5 90
Indeed, if we could grow no more than
one-fourth the average Pacific slope yield,
900 pounds, this At 40 cents a pound would
bring us Sl5a. 80 net TO the acre. But let us
go even further and reduce the selling price
to 20 cents pound-we would still have
our acre Of land bringing in S7S.75 net.
OF course there is no need of putting our
selling figures anything below the selling fig
ures OF hops ruling in other regions. Col.
Herndon makes the reduction for mere argu-
ment sake. Texas hops would doubtless be
worth as much as either Oregon or Wash
ington hops, but even surprising it possible
that our product would command no more
than 20 cents pound, the reader must see
that an acre TO hops would still be entirely
more profitable than an acre to cotton.
Col. Herndon suggests that the Alliance
people Join together in the procurement of
small supply oil mop sets 10 be put to fair
test on the different soils of Texas. The
suggestion is certainly good one, for the
introducers of new and profitable crop
would justly take high rank as public bene-
factors additionally to the general benefits
that their order proposes to confer.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
AFTER CULTURE OF COTTON.

OF course it IS now too late in the season
for talking further with reference to the
best methods Of putting in the cotton crop,
but most of the after culture is yet to come.
Mr.. Edwin Govett of Seguin. Tex, writes
TO the Texas Farm and Ranch that he was
born and raised on the farm, and through
all his life he has lived by cultivating the
soil. He is strongly in favor of cotton as Il
leading crop for Texas, believing as King
other Hebrews, so stands cotton among the
other crops of our great state.
Touching on the after culture Of cotton
he says as the plants are well out in four
leaves, it pays TO thin or chop out the
crop. After this the plants grow steadily
and soon become stocky and strong. If left
too long thicklv set in the row the plants
become spindiing and weak. He leaves the
plants from sixteen to eighteen inches
apart in the row. Directly after the cotton
is thinned run around it with the sweeps,
drifting it up little to prevent its falling
down, but blowing shallow. In ten or
twelve days give it another shallow plow-
ing with the sweeps TO prevent Weeds and
grass getting foothold. Now 60 over it
again with the hoes. cutting out any bits Of
grass that may have been left at the first
hoeing. After this plow it over as often as
possible, with or without rain, but espe-
cially after every good rain, remembering
to cultivate shallow and always with
sweeps, so as not TO break the roots and
fbers The ground cannot be stirred too
often, as it prevents evaporation. When
the cotton is almost locked together in the
rows it is a good plan 10 run broad sweep
once or twice through the middles between
The rows
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
THE GEORGIA waTER,IELoSs.

Some years ago there was raised in Mis-
sissippi really good watermelon known as
the Durango melon. Do you know anything
about it, If so can you tell ME where seed
might be had? FARMER.
Parker county Tex.
We well remember the Durango melon.
as it was called. 1t was identicallv the
same as is now known as the Georgia wa
termelon. One could scarcely find more
delicious melon, but its rind is too thin and
too brittle TO make it overly desirable as 3
melon for shipment to long distances Most
Of the prominent seed houses have it on
their catalogues.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
GRAsSEsCFoR NAME.

send You for Identification four samples
of grass. marked Nos. l, 2. 8 and 4. / re-
ceived them all as Bermuda grass, but
since no two are alike l take it for granted
that there must be some mistake. Is either
of them Texas sward grass, and if so
which, 1 would furthermore like to learn
something about Bermuda grass seed. Have
received what purported to DE Bermuda
grass seed from three different dealers, and
not one Of the seeds has terminated. They
were thoroughly tested by sowing both in
the open ground and in pots, the latter the
better to enable ne 10 control heat
and moisture. Have sown them I'M
der glass, also with various crops,
including cotton; indeed. l have en-
ployed every method | could devise, but
vet, so far, not spear of Bermuda grass
has rewarded my efforts. Where lies the
fault7 Was the seed worthless, Or whatl
am much pleased With your department
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
WATERMELON CULTURE.

see you have sent away Off to Georgia
to get watermelon knowledge. Write 10
Capt E Crew Hampstead, Waller county,
Tex, president of the watermelon associ-
alton, for an article on waternelons in
Texas That association is doing 4 large
business in the melon trade, shipping out
many car loads to New Orleans. Denver.
st. Louis, etc. | happened TO meet Mr..
Crew in July, 1890, and had the pleasure
of eating some of his very fine melons of
the Kolb gem variety, which is his favor
tie. He will no doubt aid you in giving
any information about melons that you may
desire Texas needs melon education. You
will pardon me for this unaskedfor sugges-
ton w. \. CLARK.
Temple, Tex.
Thanks. We know something of the
Hampstead truck growers assocIation-lt is
. live concern. as its constitution published
by US last week plainly shows. If Texans
really need watermelon education our OBJ
tanning information from one OF the most eX
tensive and best informed melon growers in
the South ought not to be regarded as OBJ
iectionabe even though the party did hap
pen TO live away off in Georgia. For our
own part we were entirely well satisfied with
that article, regardless of its having reached
US from away off in Georgia; and even now
we do not hesitate TO say that the Texan or
any other man, in the South, who follows
its directions to the letter. will not after
wards consider himself very seriously in
need of additional melon education.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30

in The GAZETTE, and think it adds greatly
TO the value of an otherwise very valuable
paper. BILLUPs.
Fisher, Tex.
One can not expose plant to thorough
botanical analysis unless all parts, as stalk.
leaves, flowers and fruit, are present Your
grasses are not so represented, neverthe-
less we will do the best we can for them.
No. is not Bermuda grass (Cynodon dac-
tylon)-we take it to be Texas sward
grass. No. : is not Bermuda grass but
paspalum-proba6ly Louisianaor car
pet grass. No. 3 appears 10 be the same as
No. 2 and No the same as No l. You
haze certainly sent Us no Bermuda grass.
As TO Bermuda grass seed we have only
this TO say: 1t is not our opinion that 4
single Bermuda grass seed of the genuine
Cynodon dactylon has ever yet been sold
within the boundary lines of the United
States. Bermuda grass natures no seed to
speak of in North America. and we have
yet TO find the man who knows where il
does mature seed; nor have we yet been
able 10 hear Of any importation of Bermuda
grass seed from other countries. Der
muda grass seed" has been extensively ad
vertised as for sale, and we have made it
rule to test many OF the seeds SO advertised,
but never yet have we got Bermuda grass
from any of them-it was always something
else. y patch of Bermuda grass presents
the appearance OF bearing seeds, but if You
examine closely You Will ind every pod
blasted. BY most careful examination we
have found . few live Bermuda grass seeds
where the grass grew in very wet places,
but not enough to have averaged tea
spoonful of seed to ten acres. Texas sward
grass seeds heavily, maturing its seeds,
and since il looks much like Bermuda grass
there exists possibility that sward grass
seed may have been sold for Bermuda grass
seed
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30

memory, we refer YOU to the accompanying
cut, which very well represents a head Of
duora corn. The artist has made slight
mistake in not giving more Of the stem. In
the field that stem bends over with regu-
lar curve like the neck OF crool-neck
gourd, holding the head hanging downward
instead of standing erect like the head of
broom-corn or ordinary sorghum.
In early times this crop was quite gener-
ally known as rice corn aud, by the way,
it is not bad crop to raise, as it well with
stands the effects of drouth, sure enough.
II yields reasonably well. The grain ground
makes something a little like buckwheat
-four. Boiled without breaking it makes 4
rather fair substitute for hoIniny.
More swindles have been worked up on
this old doura corn than on almost anything
else. Some twenty years ago it was extern
siyely advertised over the country as re-
cent importation from South America, IN
der the name of 'Pampas rice Later it
went before the public as Ivory wheat
and as Russian millet,'' and indeed it
would be hard to tell how many selling
names have been fiaxed to it by seed sell
ing sharpers. While not at all q bad thing,
you have certainly paid well for your start
at cent grain.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30

put in order IS cents: to plant. 25 cents;
TO cultivate, four plowirgs, 81: to gather
forty bushels per acre at cents per bushel.
Si.a0; to haul to market. Sl.5O; to rent of
one acre of ground, 81; cost to raise one
acre of corn, sl195; forty bushels of corn
at 80 cents per bushel is So, which leaves
the net profit cents.
Here unless we can make big profits on
our crops direct We grumble numerically.
There they put up with a clear profit of )
cents to the acre, and then fall to work
converting the product into pork or some
thing else to enable them to make ends
meet. It is simply double work against
our usual single work in Texas.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
THE NERVOUS COW.

The Southern CultiyatOr says nervous
ness iQsthe, COW is thing not enough taken
into consideration by the average dairyman.
In selecting the COW for dairy work or for
family use, there is no consideration of
greater Importance, or, one SO closely asso-
ciated with desirability, and that
will determine the degree of use
fulness as that of her inclination
10 nervousness. Many COWS, especially
those of pure blood, are inclined to q sensi-
tive, nervous disposition, ever alert and
ready to become startled by unusual sur
roundings. The appearance of "a stranger,
or the approach of one even with whom
constant association should familiarize
them, often causes undue excitement and
fright. Handling such cattle must be ac-
companied with the utmost care unremit-
tingly adhered to; the least deviation from
the regular methods, or the slightest change
is sufficient cause for an uncomfortable
wildness, that will seriously impair the ami
mails usefulness. Many otherwise gentle
COWS are thrown into extreme fright by
even a slight variation of the usual pro-
gramme.
A little study of the nervous cow will
enable any one to readily pick out her kind,
even in large drove. Such COWS should
be avoided by the person purchasing dairy
stock, no matter whether in the sale ring or
exposed to the private bidder. The obiec-
tionable characteristic is born in them, and
no after management or careful treatment
will cause them to entirely forget it. One
main factor of value in the profitable dairy
cow, is a quiet satisfied disposition.
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
POPULAR SCIENCE.
OUR NARROW SPACE BETWEEN
DEATH AND DEATH.
Man Must Goa Dead Earth-The Colo
RADIO Canon-Constant Dripping Wears
Away Stone-Greatest Ocean Depths.
Some Acids We Eat-The Bottom
Dropping Out of a Sea.

Comparatively few people have thought
of how narrow are the limits making human
life possible on this earth. A little more
heat and man could not exist. A little more
cold and our sphere would be wrapped in
perpetual ice from pole to pole. Mr.. c.
Harding stated in 4 recent lecture before
the meteorological society Of London that a
mean average Of forty degrees, either way
would certainly sweep the human family
from the face OF the earth, and he was
rather of the opinion that thirty degrees
would do it. He went on 10 add that there
was manifest lowering of temperature
gradually taking place. The frosts of the
past winter have been more prolonged than
in any preceding winter for at least one
hundred years. From the 25th of Novem-
Der to the ed of January-a period of fifty
nine days-the mean temperature of the
southeast Of England was two degrees be-
low the freezing point, or ten degrees below
the average. This statement has led Pro-.
fessor T. G.. Bonney to inquire into what
degree of cold would be necessary to re-
store the glacial period. He finds that u
4ONcIluS VI INC mean temperature Only
eighteen degrees would again cover the
British isles and the Northern United
States with perpetual sheet of ice, and
that at all points above the St. Lawrence
river the fall need not be more than twelve
degrees in the mean to produce this effect
-
Professor James A. Dana, our leadin&
authority in geology, favors this hypothesis
relative to gradual cooling of the earth,
and the consequent approach of second
glacial period too frigid for the existence
of man or other terrestrial life. In Niogs
illogical Story, page PAL, he saysS't
earth must have its end. A i6is1 ID
state is always the state before eclH e
and death. The earth is dependent Hr an
the beauty in its living adornments,
even for the existence of its life. on the
heat and light of the sun. The sun is
losing annually its heat; and however in
fnitesimal the amount of loss. it is sure to
end In cooled and dark sun; and hena
even long before the sun is cold, the eal b,
supposing it to have met with no fea1 er
catastrophe, will have become dix d
Enthusiastically a dead earth" r.
-
But we scarcely need suspend work on
any Of our Fort Worth improvements On
account Of this unfavorable condition Of af-
fairs now drawing towards rs. If we may
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
FARMING IN INDIANA.

Such Of our people as are constantly as
sorting that farming don't pay in Texas
would 90 well to read the following on the
costs and profits of the corn crop in Indi-
ana, clipped from the Indiana Farmer of
April IS:
To break one acre Of ground, Sls5; 10
The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

This department Is devoted to answering
such questions may be asked by our sub
scribers, which may be of general information.
Inquiries of personal character that require an
swer by mail should always have stamp in
address in addition to any such signature as
Subscriber" or "A. G. D.. not for publication,
if against the will OF the writer but 10 admit of
direct communication should such a thing be
deemed necessary. Address as directed at head
a This