The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-04

pOOl CDardCUer OF some OF
it led many men to feed cOrnmeal in
some form as the principal part of the
grain ration, and the result has been
that one is hearing praises of corn
meal for the dairy as never before. 1t
was also found, and the statisticians
have said it before, that for milk, the
meal made of corn and cob ground
together gave splendid results, and
the concensus of opinion is that 100
pounds of corn ears ground is actually
better than 100 pounds of cOrnmeal.
Mrs. Foster of Minnesota, noted
butter maker, says that the cob with
the meal is preferable to bran mixed
with pure corn meal. Governor Hoard
says: bran costs money and adulter-
ated to boot. Grow peas and mix
with the meal.n If cob meal along
with corn is as good as bran, then
every 100 bushels of corn ears has at
present price of bran, SIS per ton,
SLIGO worth of value, Our own
opinion is that for the money, when
grain has to be bought, one gets the
most value in return out of purchased
corn ears and having them ground to-
gether. When one has a silo filled
with fodder, corn and all, the ration
is strong enough in corn and it's kind
then the prOteins will need to come
from bran and linseed meal or oats.
The is world of suggestions along
this line of enquiry.
WHERE is THE PROFIT?
The farmer is advised to quit cotton
growing alto9 ether, 60 into hog rails
ing and become wealthy at one Jump.
1t is an easy matter to give advise
and plan royal road to riches, but
the road seldom reaches the promised
destination. 1t is a safe rule for farm
ers to grow their own pork, but it re-
quires combination of favora ble cir
cumstances for farmer to fatten hogs
for market at profit.
Writing on the subject n. J. Shep-
perd says in Practical Farmer:
Here corn is worth so cents per
bushel and hogs selling on foot from
$50 to $50 for the best. Under
what may be considered fair condi-
lions OF feeding, the farmer that is
feeding corn at these prices must be
losing every day that he feeds. In
consequence farmers are crowdinU
their hogs on the market, and, of
course, this does not tend to raise
prices. But the farmer has the hogs
ana he has the corn, and no can not
sell the hogs unless at least thew are
IN reasonably good marketable con-
dltlOn. AS a rule Western farmers
ieed hogs on a basis of securing ten
pounds OF pork for every hushel of
corn ted, and upon this basis, when
corn is 30 cents bushel, hogs should
oring 10 per 100 on foot. Of course
TINS Will vary according to the treat
meht given. AS with warm, dry
quarters, good breed and a VARIETY
OF iood, much better gain than this
can DC secured, while if fed in an omen
pen IN the mud and dirt, much less
VIII be secured. A better cain will
o e secured in proportion to the amount
OF 1000 supplied reasonably early in
the fall than later on after cold
stormy weather sets in. The major.
NY OF farmers realize this, and many
are sent to market now before they
are fully ready on account of cold
stormy weather setting in earlier than
by using oil meal and wheat bran
II cost OF lattening hogs NAV be re.
uuceu, put with present prospects,. the
sooner hogs are marketed the better
a 10 uiluef ordinary conditions, feeding
my cent corn to three cent hogs. does
not pay. Tvs = "oe'