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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
THos. P. JACKSON.
Mineola, Wood County, Tex.
sARour JOHNSON GRASS.

! have recently moved to this county,
(Hardeman), and now | find on my place
about three acres well seeded to Johnson
grass. Is it a profitable cropi If not is
there any known way under the sun of get
ting rid of it! l am reader of the Fort
Worth GAZETTE and like it very much.
Any information you can give me with
reference to johnson grass will be thank
fully received. ID. a. KNOX.
Chillicothe, Tex
We don't much like Johnson grass (Sor-
ghum halapense), for the reason that it IS
pest spreading itself to many localities
where it is not wanted, yet there is no de-
nying the fact that it is one of the best and
most profitable hay grasses we have in the
state. 1t is also very fair pasture grass,
being relished by all kinds of stock, and
particularly by hogs, which dig and feed
upon its large and succulent roots.
Johnson grass does best on comparatively
good cuttings Of hay each season. 1t does
reasonably well on high lands, but compare
lively low or fiat lands suit it best. II you
have three acres of this character well seeded
to Johnson grass you have on that acreage
more profitable crop than you could put
there, probably. But in any case you had
best make the most yon can Of your John
son grass field, for you will be apt to keep it
as such unless you sell your farm and move
away. II there is any way Of exterminat-
ing Johnson grass from well-set field no
body has, as yet, been able to find it out.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
green corn and much oblige an old sub
scriber. Success TO TIE GAZETTE
Chillicothe Tex n MAYOR

green corn and much obige an old sub
scribers Success to THE GAZETTE.
Chillicothe, Tex. y. MAYOR.
Canning green corn to keep successfully
is complicated process, and therefore is
undertaken only by large establishments
specially prepared for the business. Il costs
large canning plant about $500 extra 70 ar
range for canning corn. This being the
case, directions for such canning could be
Of no value to you, presuming that you wish
to put up the corn on small scale for home
use. But we can tell you how TO put up
green corn on another plan and by process
so simple as TO be within the easy accom-
plishment of all and you will find the corn
so put up really better than the canned ar
ticle.
The best receptacle for the corn is a stone
jar. We have often used large suuf Jars.
usually TO be had cheaply at the tobacco
stores. \ good wooden key Will answer the
purpose very well, but tin or iron vessel,
unless porcelain lined, would not answer,
owing to its liability % rust
Cut your corn from the cob. leaving the
grain as near entire as is convenient.
Spread on the bottom of your vessel layer
of the shaved-off corn to the depth Of one
inch. Atop Of this spread 4 layer # salt 4
little less than one-fourth Of an inch thick.
Then put on another inch of corn, to be fol-
lowed by another layer of salt, and so oQ
until the vessel is full. Press the corn
down firmly BY placing q moderate weight
upon it, cover the vessel to keep out insects
and set away in cool room; that IS, i
room where it will not be exposed to direct
effect from sunshine.
When you wish to use Your corn take ont
what you need and set the vessel away rs
before. Have on the stove q vessel con-
tanning boiling water and into this drop
your coru. Set OFF to let the salt soak out.
In a few minutes pour off the water. and il
the corn is still too salty for use add cold
water, soak and pour off until you find the
corn jvst salty enough to suit your taste,
when it viii be ready to cook in the usual
way, and will prove as good in every respect
as corn but just cut from the cob.
The success attending this process de-
ponds wholly upon thoroughly scalding the
corn before attempting to soak the salt out.
The hot water cooks the starchy
matter, thus rendering it insoluble,
after which you may soak it as much as
you please without affecting its qualities or
properties as green corn. But should You
attempt soaking it without scaldiEg, the
starchy matter would pass out with the salt,
thus rendering your product of little value
as food.
In many of the Northern states corn put
up on this plan is on the markets in large
quantities every winter, giving the highest
satisfaction. Properly handled in its
preparation for the kitchen you could not
possibly tell it from the best canned corn.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
ON MATCHED TEAMS.

The agricultural editor of the New York
Mail and Express says farmers, as rule, do
not realize what an advantageous field lies
before them in the direction of rearing
horses that will match, or if not situated for
this, through not having brood mares look
ing exactly alike and bred alike, then by
exchanging what the tailOrs call ''rlistit''
for an animal or animals from other farms,
thus getting together a double team which
all buyers will want on sight. There are in
this direction great opportunities lost to
farmers and great gains made by dealers.
Horses may look alike while standing side
by side. but nothing short Of being bred
alike will insure matching in action, match
ing in speed and matching in temper and
spirit If alike in all these, size and car
rage of head and tail being alike, they will
sell. the price being governed by style,
size. speed and the priceless qualifications
that come under the head of qualities. :"
This means, in part, in being well broken,
kind, safe, and, in fact, all the qualities
combined necessary to give character.
a match of this kind gives that trust
worthiness that insures a feeling of safety
in the minds of those riding behind such a
team. Exact matching is never fully ac-
complished. II IS known of the South Afri-
cans that they can distinguish their horses
from those of another tribe by what would
appear to outsiders as indistinguishable diff
ferences. So, also, shepherds know each
animal in given flock. Wild animals and
fowls have many chances of being appar-
emily like all others in the same flock or
herd because bred together-inbred of the
same strain. To the absence of this regular
and long continued breeding we can charge
the irregularities which creep into the
formation of our domestic animals. 1t is
for this reason that it is so difficult in any
neighborhood, even where a good many
horses are bred and reared, tn find two
young horses of like age and color that in
other countries meet the require
meuts of q matched pair. There is
no good reason why Alliances, or
Oranges or township or neighborhood clubs
cannot so arrange as to have all the match
stock thrown together in pairs. Such an
arrangement would largely contribute
towards making farming profitable
Teams that match far outsell horses OF
like characteristics when these horses are
offered singly, simply because Of the rea-
sons given, under the present system, or
rather the absence of system, it is SO diff
cult TO find matched teams for park and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05

from time to time by the Introduction Of
new forced varieties, but once we get fairly
into the wheat growing business they will
be compelled to succumb on account of in
ability to compete with US. a crop forced
into growth outside Of its natural condi-
tons, climatically, can never compete with
one entirely a. home in this respect.
Texas has tirst-class wheat climate in
every particulars warm climate with
dry atmosphere. Our warm states east Of
the Mississippi river can never raise wheat
on account of climatic humidity. 1t has
been tried thoroughly, but always with
failure-rust invariably destroys the crop.
A few Of our readers may argue that
warm climate is not best for wheat, and
point as an argument to the fact that when
it happens 10 snow in Texas we say the
snow will be the every making of the
wheat crop" Under ordinary circum-
stances little snow does help our wheat,
perhaps, but this comes of the fact that we
are sowing Northern varieties, and the
snow gives the crop a taste of the condi-
tons those varieties have been forced into
adopting. When we get our own Texas va
rieties we shall have no need of snow.
Shows help wheat at the North, but not as
they help it here. They help the crop by
covering and protecting it from the Billiards
of winter. a covering of any kind that
could be as easily removed would answer
precisely the same purpose as snow. There
is no snow in those countries where the
wheat is a native, and plant never grows
wild in a region not entirely adapted to its
growth.
If you walk along our railroads where
wheat has been hauled or handled, you will
find the strongest kind of evidence in es-
Enlistment of the fact that Texas is the
natural home Of the wheat plant. IN such
places, on wild land and far away from any
farm, we have often gathered as fine heads
of wheat as. apparently, could have grown
anywhere. The grain, having accidentally
fallen. took root and grew up to splendid
development. One never sees anything
like that in the Northern wheat regions;
indeed we never saw anything like it any
where, outside of Texas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
j. p. STEELE, EDITOR

as to mineral elements or plant food. This
we have already explained in former arti-
cles. Our soils are made up of minute
particles of the rocks from which they de-
rive their fertility, and water would
be constantly dissolving those minute
particles to 4 restoration Of the elements
removed by crops. You can find full es-
Enlistment Of this position by visiting San
Antonio, where there are gardens that have
been under irrigation for fifty years. They
are still just as rich in mineral elements of
plant food as they were at first. If you
find anything short there, it Will consist in
a deficiency of decomposed vegetable mat
ter, a character of fertilizer that must be
kept up in al lands and under all condi-
tons. Vegetable matter is short lived in
all soils. The planters working the rich
delta lands of Louisiana soon find them
selves under the necessity of sowing and
plowing in peas TO secure first-class results.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05

water barrel, sometimes called 1.-The rain
BARREL will usually well answer every pur-
pose. We have known many house kept
well stocked all through the season with
mosqitoes bred in a rain barrel. Indeed,
any body of water in which ''wiggle-tails''
appear may be relied upon for yielding
mosquitoes-every '.wiggle-tail" makes a
mosquito, if it meets with no unnatural
Violence-no crop could possibly be surer.
We don't raise mosquitoes in Fort Worth,
owing to the fact that our ample supply Of
pure artesian water cuts off all need Of
oyer-ground cisterns and rain barrels. The
Fort Worth man told you truly there are
no mosquitoes here. We have never yet
seen mosquito bar in the city, nor have
we heard the song of mosquito. Pure ar
tesian water is a fearful barrier in the way
Of mosquito production.
As to the remedy asked by our CORE
spoudent, and ironically mentioned as ex-
pected at our hands, we can only state that
we know of none other than slapping your
self and having the mosquito between; and
we may add that before YOU have long pur-
sued that line of industry you will find get
ting the mosquito between rather an uncer-
tain business, for he is 4 fellow OF suspi
cious bent of mind, and one who always
keeps his eyes employed watching The signs
of the times. But we can give you pre-
ventive or so that may be fully relied
upon. If you have an over-ground cistern
or rain barrel, arrange to draw the water
from near the bottom. On the surface of
the water in the cistern or barrel, place a
spoonful or so of any kind of oil. The oil
being lighter than the water, and indisposed
TO mix, will spread over the surface and
never appear at the drawing below. It will
not injure the water in the least. The
'wiggle-tail' or larva Of the mosquito is an
air-breather, and therefore must rise to the
surface for breath, where it comes in con-
tact with the oil, which clogs its breathing
arrangement and kills it. thus ending the
career of a mosquito. Water with few
drops of oil on the surface kerosene will
answer can never produce mosquitoes.
To prevent the oil from running off and
being lost when the vessel is filed to over
lOhIlS, 4cG lic waste nc llIOuSh d p4pC
near the top, the inside end of which bends
downward and few inches beneath the
surface when the vessel is full up to the
waste-way. With an arrangement of this
kind not drop of oil will pass out with the
wasting water, and hence one or two appli-
cations of oil to the surface Will last the
year round.
If you live is region of ponds orswamps
where mosquitoes find natural breeding
places, and you don't want any mosquitoes
out and move to Fort Worth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05

Herewith find sample of grass supposed
here to be Bermuda grass. 1t is running
grass and takes root at every joint, forming
a very heavy sod. Please let me know
through THE GAZETTE what it is, and much
oblige, p. j. BELKSAP.
Dublin, Tex.
1t is Bermuda grass, the Cynodon
dactylon of botanists, but we notice that it
varies considerably in several respects from
the Bermuda grass growing east of the
Mississippi river. But almost every plant
grown in Texas takes upon itself Texas
variation, and there is 10 good reason for
supposing that Bermuda grass would not
work up to the same rule. TAX
ing the Bermuda grass Of the East
ern gulf states as the standard species, the
Bermuda grass of Texas (all we have yet
seem might be set down as strongly
marked variety
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
OUR CORRESPON DENTS.

This department is devoted to answering
such questions as 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
closed. Please give full name and postoffice
address in addition to any such signature as
Subscriber, or "A. G. ID. not for publication.
if against the will Of the writer bat TO admit OF
direct communication should such thing be
deemed necessary Address as directed ct head
Of this OaCe
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
THE FESTIVE MOSQUITO.

/ ike your apparent willingness TO an
swer correspondents through TIE GA
zETTE; also your aptness. You have given
US much valuable information. with refer
ence to troublesome insects. suggesting
remedies for their destruction. but there
still remains one well-represented insect
that you have not YET touched up-the NOS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
Day. Wichita county. Tcx.

AS yet we have seen in The papers no adj
vertisemepts by any one who has thin-shell
pecaIis for sale, therefore we are not adj
yised as to where such nuts could be had.
There is now quite boom on pecan culture
in Texas, hence it is more than probable
that parties viii arrange for supplying good
nuts BY the time next planting season has
rolled around.
Many persons recommend planting the
trees thirty five feet apart each way, but
for ourself we would prefer at least forty
feet The nuts should be planted about
three inches deep in surface mold, and the
mold well packed down upon them. -Four
nuts should be planted in each hill-not less.
When such of them as come up are well cs-
tabliShed you can cut away all but one-the
best one. of course.
We could not regard cotton as a good
crop to plant between the rows, as it would
too much shade the young trees. 1t might
do well enough when the young trees were
well up and standing above it, but not for
the first year or So Corn would be no bet
ter than cotton. The crop should be one
of low growth like navy beans, field peas,
melons, pumpkins, swectpotatoes and so on.
You would never think of making the pc
can succeed, while yet very young, in a
thick growth of weeds rising above it to
smother it out. a tall and heavy foliage
crop Ike cotton would have exactly the
same effect as the weeds. 1t is our opinion
that no crop should ever be grown in the
pecan grove that did not leave all the foliage
and branches of the young trees entirely
above it. Fall is the best time for planting
pecans. The very best time is just after
the nuts have ripened, and before they
have dried out, though they will come up
if planted thence on any time to early
spring.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.
THAT HIGH TEMPERATURE UN.
DER FUCKERS HILL.
The Central Fire Theory - Conflicting
Schools of Scientists-Artificial Gey-
sers-The Artesian Waterworks
at Montgomery, Alabama.

When we begin sinking q bore into the
earth, say in the summer, the temperature
attained to about 81 deg. above zero. Tbs
is tie turning point. and from thence doEB<'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
sUGAE CANE AND CHUFAs.

this morning took up an old GAZETTE,
looked it over, and was pleased with its fine
reading matter and the much information it
was giving its patrons. If you please, we
farmers would like to have an article on the
cultivation of sugar cane, with full details;
also an article on the chufa and its culture.
We don't want those articles to presume
that we know so and so, and thus leave i'm
portant things out, but we want full in
structions from beginning to end. For the
articles mentioned we would much thank
you and The GAZETTE.
THos P. JACKSON
Mineola, Wood County, Tex.
Some months ago we gave our readers an
article On sugar cane culture for Texas,
showing that it might be made one among
our most profitable crops, but the subject is
one of so much importance that single
article could not make it at all thrcadbare.
Well tell it again in another shape, so
keep your eye on THE GAZETTE, and ere
many weeks have rolled around you will
have the two articles asked for.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
WANTS PECAN INroRMArIox.

l wish to plant three or four acres to pc
cans and would like 10 know where nuts of
the best scft-shel varieties could be had.
Would also like your opinion rs to how far
apart the nuts should be planted. how many
should be planted in the hill and what crop
would be best 10 raise on the same ground
in order to give proper cultivation. l had
thought cotton would probably be a good
crop to grow. Please give me particulars
with reference to distance apart, depth to
plant, crops 70 grow, etc. Am thinking of
breaking Inc land this fall-when is the best
time TO plant? | desire to plant grove of
ten acres next year. Any additional infor
nation viii be most acceptable.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-05
PUTTING UP GREEN CORN.

VIII you please give NE through the col
umns OF TEE GAZETTE recipe for canning
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-18
CITY HALL GOSSIP.

1t would seem that nothing syiil be done
this year in the matter of acquiring parks for
the city, judging from the proceedings of. the
park board during the past few weeks. The
board Of park commissioners seemed dis
posed to acquire Phalen lake and the sur
rounding property for q park, and when it
was decided to obtain particulars from prop
erty owners at l. Ike Phalen, it was thoughc
that soon st. Paul would possess a park
which would be n benefit to the citizans, and
source of pride TO the city, But it was a
mere flash in the pan, and at every meet
ing of the board of park commissioners
the chairman of the committee on
sites has simply reported progress
and nothing more. The fault does not lie
with the members of the park board. 1t is
due to the inaction and lethargy of our prom
inent citizens. Petitions by the hundred
have been presented TO the park board urg-
ing the purchase of certain properties for
park purposes. These proposals figure up
at the prices asked to over two million dol
lars, and they have been sent in by property
owners anxious to drive good bargain and
sell to the city property at figure considera-
bly, above its market value. Why do not
these people get together and ask that one
grand park site be selected and acquired for
the benefit of the whole city, instead of wor
rying the board week after week
with their petty and selfish requests
that few lots here and there be acquired.
which viii put good-sized sum of money in
their pockets and benefit few peoples ST.
Paul possesses to-day al the small squares
for parks necessary, and not one dollar of
money should be spent for any more lots or
blocks surrounded by houses.
In connection with Como park, the board
is being constantly requested to proceed with
the work Of dredging the lake and building
the boulevard. The board, however, refuses
to do this until the council authorizes the
issue of $4,000 bonds for the purpose under
the special act of legislature of 1889. The
persons who are haunting the meetings of
the park board all own property at Lake
Como, and Loudly proclaim that ST. Paul must
have parks Yet these gentlemen do not
say single word in favor OF park at Pha-
len or on the river bank, showing that thew
are only actuated by personal and pecun1ary
motiyesi in demanding that the work at Como
be started at once. 1t can be safely said that
If these Como park improvers did not own
property there not one would come forward
and speak i'll favor of the park
A feeling is growing up in the assembly
that something must be done in the matter
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-18
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.

Wheat again this week has been
quoted at lower figures than during the
corresponding week year ago, and this
in spite of the continuance OF tremen-
dous shipments to Europe and the
farmers complaints about the difficulties
of getting the grain to market. A strong
combination has been at work to depress
the price, and encouraging news as to
the visible supply and the prospects for
another season has been diligently cir
culated for this purpose. All this has
had some effect, but not as great as it
would have, had the real condition of
affairs been different. There is no gain
saying the fact that the amount of grain
in the world is not adequate for the
worlds needs, and the efforts of specu-
lators can not avail against this PROPOSE
ton. 1t is much to be regretted that
along with their abundant crops the
farmers can not at the same time be as
sured of the highest prices; but thirty
bushels to the acre, at even 80 cents,
means much greater return than ten
bushels bringing a dollar or more.
There has been distinct decline in
the total bank clearances of the country
during the past week, compared with a
week ago. which is indicative of gen.
orally diminished business activity.
This is not true Of Western cities like
st. Paul, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and
Omaha, all of which show a gain, both
over last week and over the CORE
spending week of year ago. And in
this increase st. Paul, according to the
published reports, leads all its competi-
tors i'll its percentage of gain. The in
ference from such news is that the re-
gions Immediately tributary to the
points of production have already felt
the effects of the harvest, while those
which are more remote have expert
enced but slight results.
The money market has continued
easy, both East and West. There is very
little change in. the size of the banks
reserves at any point, and aecommoda-
ton is not hard to secure. The de-
mands of Western trade have carried off
considerable sums from the seaboard,
but this has been centralized there by
the uninterrupted influx of gold from
abroad in payment for our wheat. The
commercial journals tell the same story
of continued confidence, and even those
dealers who have done only small
business are not discouraged, but wait,
sure that the greatest activity is at
hand.