Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24

ono year. Flowing under pea vines
saused lhrger Yield OF cotton than
r,omins under pea stubble, but II was
b.e pTont0ble to use pea vines for
ns. anu return the manure 70 the
su..on crop. Cotton seed meal. kalnit.
s1perpnosphate and floats applied sins
80 IN lssi slightly Increased that sea-
conc, y,eiu OF cotton, but gave In
sonviusive results In 1899. seed from
bottom bolls terminated better ana
sisiueu an earlier and laraer crop Of
s1t.oh than seed from ton hollis Slow
siniiinS and early picking gnve heftar
ns apies than rapid ginning and late
enor western dent corn In a crib tbat
rares Doth waya says the Prairie
hv MI multiply the mean breadth
~. ~, nSisht OF corn and again by
NJ length of the corn in the crib
multiply this product by ga FOR ,he
ipeu bushels OF ears or by ~ Tor
ene number OF bushels OF sheiled corn
es'iihating three heaping half bushels
81 ears to the bushel Of shejled corn
~ course, all rules for measuring nrain
y. whatsoever kind are approximate.
NY near enough to enable the owner
grain. A"'s Vi the
The American cultivator saws,
ihough white oats almost AWAY
utlhg highest prices In The market
tney are not always best for feeding
especially wnen given whole. Nor, de.
ponds on the kind OF husk or beard
as regards tneness or harshness than
upon us color. a black oat that has
solt musk Is less apt 10 irritate the
stomach than some OF the white Kinds.
whose husk is nearly as harsh and
SUI us mat OF barley and which is in-
FURIOUS To the stomach The verN.
heaNy oats are most art to have this
hatsh Character of husk, and for thIs
,ehsoh the same weight with larger
oulk OF light oats is preferable Tor
Many good farmers believe the hos,
Time to top dress is the next day after
me hay is cut and removed from ths
neld. The next best time is IN the
spring, Just us the grass Is startine
mo vigorous growth, provided the soil
" firm enough to cart over at that
ume' us II VIII be II properly drained.
! SOW one bushel on seed to the acre
ana DO not cut II till 1t will. when raked
w; iose some seed, for here is the
gam In raising millet. Cut without any
seed In II, 1t is not as good as hay,
but with seed in IL 1t makes hay and
grain both.
Cut with binder. bind In medium
sized bundles, set II up two and two,
iet II stand until dry enough 20 stack.
then stack the same as any bundle
grain. This manner OF handling is
most generally liked. There is less
wasted, II is more quickly handled,
and the hay is better
The year 1857 was very dry here.
We had no rain from March to July 3.
MY oats We're an entire failure. and the
corn did not sprout. so sowed eighteen
acres OF the corn ground 20 German
millet July 2 and the rain we had
the next day started It nicely, and /
had the most feed that | ever saw
grown on the same amount Of land
Just as the heads began TO show twelve
acres were hurt by frost. and we com
menced cutting, but by the time we
had that In the stack the remaining
six acres were turning yellow. This
was stacked by itself to feed in the
spring.
| commenced feeding this about No.
vember and fed TO May 10 with moth
Ing else. No grain was fed even 10 our
horses until April 1, when we COM
menc"d farm work. wintered nine
horses, three mares in foal. twcnty-slN
cows, eight yearling calves, twenty
sheep, ten pigs and sixty chickens on
nothing but mlllet. The managers were
filed twice day, and stock We're al
lowed ell they would Glenn up. From
the three mares got three OF the best
colts ! ever raised and twcnty-eighi
| good calves from twenty-siN cows, aud
| / never had cows or horses in finer
condition than they We're IN the sprlnw
The hogs ran to the stacks and got
| the Stops from the house. Correspond.
| ence Breeders Gazette.