The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-02

mem DER lndl luooO tl"h9"'
Nothing but dealing in options anu
hat these few individuals are enor-
n ously enriched at the expense OF
vast humber of their fellows. Isn't 1t
about time to down the whole busl-
ness?
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A canard is a statement circulated
as truth that one can 'ardly believe,
and such is the following published
in a recent Galveston News: "B. +.
Gassaway, farmer living in the
western portion of this county (Hunt)
brought some cotton to town today
that was raised on his farm. The sta
pIe measures a little over four
inches in length, and is the finest ever
seen in the market. The cotton IS q
product that has been cultivated ana
improved by this gentleman from or
binary seed.'
The statement has much of the fla
vor usually associated with fish sto'
ries, and is hard to accept without the
aid of strong corroborative evidence
But then it may be so. There seems
to be practically no limit to the agri-
cultural productions of our great state.
jeff WellbOrn, the Pet cotton man,
las lately denounced as frauds and
impostors all who say they can grow
on our Texas soil staple one and
three-fourths inches long II this
Hunt county cotton should be "a
fact,u we can afford to disregard Jeff,
and try an experiment with the varie
ties he SO eagerly denOunces. 1t will
not pay to rely on any new variety
for the wh0ls crop, no matter how
much it may be praised by
others, as they are often financially
interested in the advice given; but it
will pay to keep Oh improving meth.
DDS of cultivation and varieties of
seed planted. This is particularly
true of cotton. 1t runs out quicker
than almost any other plant, and a
few dollars or a little time spent in
purchase or selection OF improved
seed will not be wasted.
Nv
1t is very common for mon to yell
'WhOaW whenever they approach a
horse, especially after dark. The OBJ
ject of speaking is laudable, but TIE
method is unwittingly the cause OF
much annoyance and some accidents.
Any word can have but one meaning
to horse, and if more than one idea
is. associated with it the horse is con-
fused, ard not knowing what is meant
no does not obey. When a horse is
standing still and a man approaches
and yells "wh a!n what is the horse
to think? He was taught at first that
"whoan meant for him to stop,
but in this case his horse intellect will
be lost in speculation and wonder
Again, what will the horse think
when, trOttlng briskly, he hears the
commanding "Whoa!" (meaning this
time for him to slow up and when he
attempts to stop, to feel touch of the
whip,lf he does not stop whenever he
heard it. The next time the command
is given in earnest, perhaps, but the
horse isn't sure and keeps on, looking
around enquiripgly, only to receive a
vigorous yank on the lines. OF the
two, the man is the more stupid, says
the Nebraska Farmer
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1t has long been q debatable point
whether corn Cobs contained any nu-
tritive qualities and were safe feed in
any form for horses. 10 Judge by the
tons seen lying around many farm
yards and fOg lots, farmers have con-
cIuded to take no risk in feeding them
and have not discovered that the corn
can be more economically fed attel
being shelled than on the cob
and that the cob helps to make com
plete ration for the kitchen stove when
heat is wanted in hurry.
Once upon time l fed my horses
on ear corn and the cobs were gathered
out of the iGed boxes and USED as fuel
but l was often annoyed at the waste
of good food evidenced by the ami
mails voi0II < unCracked, undigesteo
corn, 1t occurred TO me that swallow
ing of uncracked corn was due 10 the
horse having to shell it off the cob
and that the Smelling process inter,
tered with the grinding. | therefore
procured shelter and fed only shelIeC
corn. The result was at once appar
ent Only very small percentage O
grain was lost through indigestion. II
will certainly pay to shell corn. But
according to Henry Stewart. who is a
good authority, there is some feeding
value in cobs if they are ground into
a suitable shape. They aid the diges.
tiOn of COW led on concentrated food
and can, when finely ground, be fed
with safety to horses.
The waste of corn cObs is one OF
the leaks on most Texas farms.
1t may not be possible for every far
mer to have cob grinding machine
or have his cobs ground at the mills,
but the leak may be lessened, if not
entirely stopped, by Smelling the corn
and feeding the clear cobs whole to
cattle or using them for fuel.
Nv
The chemical analysis of milk is not
complicated nor difficult, says The
Industrial American. A small dish
is accurately weighed and the weight
noted. Into it is now introduced a
small portion of milk, and both are
again weighed. By subtracting the
weight of the dish from the weight of
both, the weight of the milk is found
and carefully recorded. The dish is
p aced over steam jet, ana the water
OF the milk evaporates, leaving a resi-.
due. 1t is this residue which passes
under the name of "solids.u A last