The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-02
Ee,a.t Bulletins Of the n. c. Experiment
station. at Raleigh \. &.

The following bulletins receptly is
sued by the " c. Experiment Station
will prove Of interest to farmers. They
will be sent free to those applying Tor
same in North Carolina: to others
small charge OF cents each will be
made. Apply TO the director, DR.. d.
i. Ruttlc, at Raleigh, \. c., for them.
BuLLErIS 90. Miscellaneous Agri-
cultural Topics. contained in the press
bulletins 81 pages popular bulle-
tin containing u variety of articles con-
tributed by the Station to the press,
during the last half of the year 1893. All
of these subjects are treated in popu-
lar way, and in untcchnical language
is far as possible. About SO farm ques-
tons are 50 considered
BULLETIN % Digestion Experiments.
As pages In order to arrive at the true
value Of many Of our common feeding
stutfS, so they can be more ecOnOLnl-
cally and nationally fed, these actual
digestion experiments have been con-
Quoted. Animals are fed with the diff
ferent foods and ratiOns, the amount
of food eaten and water drank being
carefully recorded the amount OF eNcre-
mcntitiouS matters arc also ascertalned
and anuiyIcd and compared with the
ANALYSIS of the food eaten. The differ
cncc in the two affords means for esti'
mating e quantity OF materials &C
t,IalIv tiigcAted and utilized by the ami
| NAL. Preliminary pages are given de-
scribng in detail the digestibility of
foods, and digestion experiments, the
terms used, tie animals employed for
the test, and the different ratiOns en-
ploycd. \ summary of results is next
| given for popular understanding. These
portions of the bulletin occupy l6pa@es;
ma ". raj a
| tails of the work and are not sent eX-
| cept where especially desired. The
| foods experimental with are soy (SO]a)
| bean hay cattail millet, johnson grass
| hay, sorghum fodder, peanut vine hay,
| sorghum bagasse, (residue after juice
| is extracted from cane,) Dagasse and
cotton seed meal, one year old crimson
clover hay. same hay with cotton seed
meal. cotton seed hullS and meal, with
! large proportions OF meal, corn silage
and cotton seed meal, corn meal, Grim
"a clover hay and corn meal, corn and
cob meal, crimson clover hay and corn
and cob meal.
BuII.ErIN %. Some Leguminous
| Crops and their Economic Value. 40
| pages. These crops have especial value
because they take out that valuable
gas from the atmosphere (nitrogen)
and store it up in their roots to be util-
| lied III their growth, and for future
| crops ON the same soil. When we buy
nitrogen in Il fertilizer it costs us about
= cents a pound and it is needed by
nearly all crops. These crops get this
material for nothing. All good farmers
should therefore be sure to utilize these
natural bencfactOrs, for they are
of great value to mankind. The
clOvers. COW peas, and soy bean are the
best of these crops Chapters are de-
voted to legumines as improvers Of the
soil, the cultivation of leguminous
plants for forage, and the fungous and
insect enemies Of legumines. The crops
tested included, lucerne, hybrid medic
or sand lucerne, black medic, sulla
seradella, kidney vetch. japan clover
soft tick seed or beggar weed, yellow
lupine, common vetch, wOolly vetch
hairy vetchling, improved fiat pea
false vetch, goober pea. giant white
clover, red clover, mammoth clover
Zig-Zag clover. crimson clover, South
ern COW pea 90 varieties). Japanese
pea IS varieties) and Japanese bean {:
varietes). The best Of the COW pea
are in the order named, the unknown
or wonderful" (the same Variety the
black, the red ripper, the whippoorwill
and the cOnch.
BULLETIN 90 Thread Worm of Pork
or Trichina spiralis. showing its various
life stages, and how they become dan
gerous to human life. All eaters o
pork should understand the danger ant
how it can be averted, which is easil,
done by cooking we'll all parts of thu
meat to at least Il temperature of II
degrees. +. Pork is seldom affected il
| this way, which is fortunate, but W,
ought to adopt measures to prevent tn
worm from getting into our system
even when we are unconscious of it
existence in the pork we eat.
BULLETIN 100. Our Common Insects
SO pages. \ bulletin to describe tn,
, scientific classification of insects. s
that school children may become &C
, quaintcd with the various insects an
know how to distinguish between nox
ious and beneficial insects. If tn
, childreu's interest is aroused. the in
terest of their parents is at the sam
time secured.