The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-21
Texas Cattle Feeding.

spector Jordan, of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, has just compiled his
annual report to the department. Mr..
Jordan puts the number Of cattle on
feed on cotton-seed meal in Texas at
$500 head, and says that $4,000 have
been purchased to go on feed later.
These figures are considerably in ex-
cess Of computations made by persons
not in official capacities. Mr.. Jordan
is in perhaps the best situation to get
at the exact figures. Fifteen thousand
Panhandle calves have been purchased
for Kansas feeders from the Panhandle
so far this fall. He estimates more
than the usual number Of cattle now In
the Panhandle and Western Texas.
They have better grass there than for
number of years and more cattle than
usual. In Southern Texas they have
good grass, but not as many cattle as
usual, while in Central and Northern
Texas they have fewer cattle and less
feed than for a number Of years, on
account Of the drouthy conditions.
There is better grass in the Panhandle
and Western Texas than ever before.
He gives Texas great credit for the adj
mirable manner in which she regulated
the movement Of southern cattle this
year. The loss by death from Texas
fever this year as compared with last
year is in the proportion of about one
to five. Reports to the comptroller Of
Texas show that there are now in Tex
as about 169 900 more cattle than there
were year ago. Col. Albert Dean
says that this increase came from Old
Mexico and from New Mexico. The
New Mexico cattle were taken across
the line because Of the luxuriant
grasses in the state of Texas.
Stone Drains.-The only sure way to
get rid of loose stones on farms where
they are numerous is to bury them.
Years ago it was a common practice to
pile the stones in great heaps, usually,
| if inside the felo, around some big tree.
which the stones would kill after few
years, or beside the fence in the cor
ners Of the fields. Almost always az
ter a few years the stones will be found
in the way where they have been
placed, and have to be moved again.
| Burying the stones disposes Of them
permanently. In many places where
| land needs undertaking making the
stones into underground conduits is
the best disposal that can be made OF
/ them. A well-laid stone drain will
never fail to carry water if its outlet
! is kept open. Elk.
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conveniences for the preservation OF
eggs, the following is one OF English
invention: The fresh eggs to be pre-
served are first washed in milk Of lime
4 to remove any surface dirt or grease.
. and also to destroy the .ferments''
which exist in the porosity Of the she'll.
j The eggs are then coated with thin
/! film Of gelatine, by immersing them
in solution Of that material. The
gelatine used should preferably be COL
orless. SO as to preserve the Wilderness
Of the shells. It is claimed that eggs
thus prepared may be preserved abb
J. solutely unchanged for a year or more.
It is further claimed that the eggs are
i rendered stronger by the treatment.
thereby increasing transport facilities.
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Il The annual interest on farm mort
cages IN the United States averages
a TOT per cent.
q group Of horticulturists should 30
Horned II every township.
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