The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-21
Bran as a Fertilizer

For wheat is being urged by the Central
Western Millers' League. But used in
this way, it's feeding value is largely
wasted, says the American Agricultural
ist The sugar, starch and fat in bran are
of little value to feed plants, but are just
what live stock need. The nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash in the bran are
what crops feed on mostly, and fully
three-fourths of these elements are voided
Hence, if the solid and liquid manure
is all saved and supplied to the soil, the
farmer gets the benefit of the feeding
value of bran, and also gets 70 per cent of
it's material value. Dairying, when judi
ciously managed, is profitable. Raising
beef cattle is conceded to be wise just now
by experienced feeders, and will undoubt-
edly pay well for some years to come.
If bran is cheap, run it through stock,
then apply to the fields. 1t thus yields
profit in two places. This is the rational
method. In ton of the principal wheat
products there are the following weights
and values of plant foods:
Nitrogen (worth 15c pound, Flour, IS
pounds; shipstuif, IS pounds. bran bran IS
pounds.
Phosphoric acid Ge). flour, pounds;
middlings, % pounds; feed, So pounds; ship
stuff, "a pounds; bran, 80 pounds.
Potash worth &c pound, flour. 8 pound;
middlings, 1S pounds; feed, 20 pounds;
SnlDStuIl, Dram, oZ DOulOS.
Manurial value per ton, Flour, S5.57;
middlings, 1872; feed, 5000; shipstuff 1886;
bran, $11.4S.
Fertilizers for Grapes.-Some years ago
1 found that Delawares do best on clay,
or heavy loan. Later on l found that
fertilizer containing potash induced a more
rapid and vigorous growth. Now l use
about 600 pounds per acre of a fertilizer
containing 8 per cent. phoSphoric acid,
and 10 per cent. potash. Every few years
l apply from fifteen to twenty bushels of
water-Slaked lime per acre. The result
is my Delawares have paid ten times
over the amount expended for material.
The Concord grape does well on clay loan,
while the Catawba thriVes best In loose,
gravelly, porous soils, with exposure to
air and sunshine. That is why the Ca
tawba reaches such excellence in the
Lake Keuka region, and, as the soil is
thin and poor, growers there find stable
manure necessary for the growth of wood.
There is another point. All grapes sue
coed best on lands well cultivated and
thoroughly drained. As every grower
knows that grapes do not like wet feet"
they should be planted on lands where the
heat and air can get to the roots.
The Advantages of Dehorning-Are now
everywhere recognized. When properly
done the operation is not cruelty to ami
mails, but is positive advantage to
them and a great protection for human
ity that has to handle the stock De-
horned cattle will put on more flesh be-
cause of the qufeter disposition and bet
ter access to food, shelter, etc, and feed
ers usually pay more for dehorned steers
than for horned steers of the same quail
ity. This is also true to some extent of
dairy cows. The best time to dehorn is
on the young calf, when the button or in
cipient horn can be taken out at one clip.
Perhaps the best device for the purpose
is the Keystone dehorning clipper, ad-
vertised in another column by A. S. Bro
sius of Cochranville Pa, who also offers
to give any information desired on the
subject of dehorning to any of our readers
who write him inclosing stamp and refer
ring to this journal.