The National tribune., 1895-07-25
OUR RURAL TOPICS.
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
Yellow and White Corn.

ties produce the greater yield, has always
been n matter of dispute. In order to SCI
cure definite information in regard to this
the Mississippi Experiment Station has made
13S tests with IS varieties of dent corn. As
result Of this work the 10 tests with %
white varieties have given an average yield
Of 43 bushels per acre, while the SO tests
with the 20 yellow varieties have given an
average of only 3S.2 bushels per acre.
These total averages coincide very closely
with the partial results published in several
of the annual reports. and which were a.
follows: In 1890 the yield Of II white vasis.
ties was 4i.6 bushels per acre, while Ia
yellow varieties gave 81 bushels. In 1891
% white varieties yielded 375 bushels
while Is yellow varieties yielded "a. 8 bush.
els per acre. In 1892 the yield of III white
varieties was 45.2 bushels, while the same
number OF yellow varieties gave only 405
bushels per acre. In 1893 and 1894 the tests
were continued with % white varieties
yielding l2.7 bushels, and 10 yellow varie-
ties yielding 39.1 bushels per acre.
During each year of this work the two
varieties giving the heaviest yields were
both white, though not always the sams
varieties.
Food of the Calf.
The food Of the calf and its preparation 10
most important factor in the welfare of the
animal. If the calf be reared in the most
expensive style-that is to say, is allowed to
run with its mother in the pastures, and "a
suck her whenever it feels inclined-it viii
generally make good progress; but should
the COW be heated through running from
the hies as the days get long and hot, tho
calf frequently seOurs, and not seldom ia
past recovery before it is observed to be all
ing.
The same result will often occur when the
animal is housed, not altogether from the
same cause, but mainly because some error
has been committed in preparing the food.
Mix at this season, when produced from
quick-grown grass, is liable to turn sour at
short notice, and under such conditions is
bound to do mischief to calves of tender age
Milk substitutes, whether homemade or
manufactured by experts, are liable to the
same defects, and the utmost cleanliness in
the feeding utensils must be observed, or
failure will follow. Serious arrangement
in digestion and fatal attacks of diarrhea
are generally tracesble to these causes.
They can only be prevented by constant care
and watchfulness. Sweet food is as essential
to the calf as to the infant.
The Watering Trough.
It is claimed that lime sprinklsd in the
water trough will stop the formation of green
scum. The dose should be repeated twice
during the season. 1t seems doubtful
whether the lime will wholly prevent the
scum, but for cleaning and sweetening the
trough it is a good material. Empty the
trough or tub, scrspe the inside with mar
row, sharp hoe, sprinkle the interior with a
coating of lime, and let it stand few hours.
The plant and animal life will be destroyed,
and the trough will stay clean for many
weeks.
Walnut Trees.
The walnut is beautiful tree. Whv are
they so seldom found IN our lawns or near
our dwellings? The walnut tree is not hard
to grow. 1t is a tree that does not bear
transplaRting well, but there is no necessity
for transplansing it. If walnut tree Is
wanted as shade, or for any other purpose,
why, just get couple Ofnuts when matured,
and plant them in the Autumn in the spot
where the tree is wanted to grow. Put them
only few inches in the soil, so that the nuts
will freeze, and then when the growing
season comes they will put in an appear
ance.
Plant more than one nut to make sure of q
tree. If more than one grows, of couse those
not wanted can be pulled out. If the soil
is fairly good, the tree will want no other pro-
lection than such as will secure it from in
jury by domestic animals in Summer. or by
wild animals in Winter Of course, if the
ground is stirred around it for few years
in the Simmer season, and if it is enriched,
the tree will grow more quickly than under
the opposite conditions. But in a short time
it viii be q beautiful tree, and so far adj
yanced that it will be able to take care Of
itself In a few years after planting it will
bear nuts, and the crop will increase with
much regularity from year to year.
Dairy Products.
The form in which milk should be sold in
order to obtain the largest profit is q point
much discussed by dairymen, who are in
doubt whether to dispose of il as milk, but
ter, cheese, or cream. The Geneva Station
has undertaken to settle this question, and
in recent bulletin gives comparison OF
the results obtained. 1t finds that the ave-
rage profits derived from selling milk and
it's products from one period of lactation
the foOd-eost of products alone being con-
siGered) is as follows: From cheese, S979;
from milk, $3.50; from butter, $25. Ga; and
from cream, S72. 81
The value of the milk is based on the
amount of total solids in milk, allowing
cents pound for milk
solids, which is equivalents, on an average,
to two and three-quarters of cent quart
for milk, or 1.28 cents pound. The value
Of the butter is placed at an average of 25
,ents pound; the butter contains 95 per
cent. of fat. The value OF the cream is
placed at 20 cents quart; the cream con-
aims 20 per cent. of fat The value of the
,heese is placed at 10 cents pound for cheese
about one month old, which would be equiv
dent to about nine and two-thirds of cent
pound for green cheese. In calculating
he amount Of profit. deduction is made
rom the gross profit 1.-THE difference between
he value of the product and its Od-cost),
ON an average, to 124 cents for
ZACH 100 pounds of milk, representing the
mount of feeding and fertiIizing materials
AIKEN away from the farm in the ease of
elliDg milk and cheese. A smaller, but
reduction Is made in the case
Il cream.
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