The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
Flour From the sorghums.

Y. Il. Hill III Country Gentleman.
Flour From the SOre-hums.
The great increase in production of
non-sWeet sorghums in the ans-Mis-
souri, territory and their heavy Yields
OF seed or grain are causing not lit
tie interesting investigation as to
what various uses it can be put. and
thlS is especially true in Kansas where
probably larger acreage Of these
crops is grown than liz all the rest of
the world. Within the past year con-
siderable attention has quietly been
given to testing it's milling and culin-
airy qualities, and one roller milling
company at Marquette, Mcpherson
county, reports to Secretary Coburn,
OF the state board of agriculture, hav-
ing ground not less than 1000 bushels
of Kafir and Jerusalem for household
uses.
From their experience these millers
find that Jerusalem corn mills to
much the best advantage, and al
though the flour as at present made
has not the extreme Wilderness of that
from wheat, Secretary Coburn vouches
that it makes delicious biscuits, muf-
fins and griddle-cake, while the miller
claims the Kafir flour is not quite so
desirable for bread, but makes an eX-
cellent pancake flour.
Important developments in the
adapta bility Of these new grains for
milling and food purposes seem likely
in the near future. 1t is said that
when ground on rolls by a gradual
reduction process the bran is readily
separated, but the difficulty of Kidding
the flour of it's dark specs, so form
idaEle from the cooks standpoint, has
not yet been overcome.
The product of these grains is on
the market to some extent as Kafir
meal, Kafir flour, Kaferina, Kafir Ora
ham, ETC., and challenges comparison
with any of the so-called health fiours,
at one-half or one third their prices.
Fertilizers for Oats and Glover. !
G. F., of Wisconsin, asks what kind
of fertilizer is most profitable to SOW
on thin ridge land for oats and clover,
how much per acre and where it can
be obtained. Under ordinary Wiscon-
sin conditions, l should say that sta
BILE manure is the most economical fer
tiliZer that G. 2. can apply on thin
ridge land, when it can be obtained in
sufficient quantities. If commercial
fertilizers are to be used he is restrict
ed to those licensed by law to be sold
in the state unless he buys from deal
ers outside of the state and on his
own responsibility. Ten d ifferent
brands of fertilizers are licensed to be
sold in this state during the current
year, and these are either compound
fertilizer, bone meal or tankage, A
list of the licensed brands, with anal
yscS and valuations, is given in the re-
cent bulletin, No. 40. of this station,
CThe Maintenance of Soil Fertility;
Commercial Fertilizers( This bullet
in, as we'll as other publications of the
station, will be sent free of charge to
all Wisconsin farmers upon request,
and to others as far as practicable.
An application of 100 pounds Of nit
Ipau 9uoq 10 spunod OOF 'Bpos 10 0lGI
and 1000 pounds of wood ashes will
doubtless prove ample for an acre of
oats and will give good results. In
stead of nitrate of soda, ton of farm
yard manure may be applied. For clio
YER, one-half the quantity of nitrate of
soda and one and one-half times as
much bone meal and wood ashes is re-
commended. For prices of bone meal
and other licensed fertilizers with the
dealers, whose names are given, send
for the bulletin above referred to. Do
not patronize outside dealers, as you
will not have, the protection of the
state fertilizer law if you do.-Prof +.
w. VOL, Wisconsin Experiment Sta
ton.