The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-11

tnuss. .S ,pinhss OF religion TO the learned
thinking. ''''' W
The Germans cherish the sacred ex-
dmries lett to them by their fathers, and
which make them able always 10 be fore
mos. among the worthy and disinterested
supporters OF our free institutions. Their
usuyink love OF liberty. their true spirit
OF Independence, are evidenced in dem
erals Armistead, Kemper and Won
borcKe's devotion to their country.
Or INTEREST TO FARMERS.
The following questions have been pro.
pounded to and answered by the agrl-
cultural experiment station Of the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical college and
are OF value to many farmers interested
in the matters under discussion.
ELACK LEG-DEHoRNTNG STOCK.
| San Diego, Texas--Would YOU advise
me. to use vaccine to prevent black leg.
and where can 1 get 4? Have your en-
| also experlmented a little with a pig.
part Poland China. Essex and razor
biaSSk, II was given me when one month
mrs: thirty days by feeding wash from
the Kitchen and milk / succeeded in nut
ting twcnty-seven pounds more on the
little fresr the pig gained thirty-nln@
pounds and the following thirty DAYS. by
feeding skim milk, bran, corn and all
me Inc PIG pig ' would eat I had the pleasure to
ing him weigh 125 pounds when months
Old Everybody here was surprised ut
| this. n 7,
We have freely advised the use of vac
cine as an innoculating agent to prevent
the spread of blackleg and have recent
~ received encouraging reports from many
parties as to its practical value.
TEXAS BLUE GRASS.
Brookston. Texas.Please favor me
with any Information you may have upon
Texas blue grass. and method of culture,
and obljge. MFG.
I am pleased to say that Texas blue
glass seed can be obtained from Hoilo-
way & Co.. seedsmen of Dallas at th,
close of the present season, II they do
not now have this seed in stock. The
seeds are very light, velvety and chaffy
and the cost Is rather high per pound
but as the seeds are bulky the cost Is
really not high per acre. Sow two pounds
per acre. A stand is very difficult to Sc
cure in many cases and roots or sets are
considered most reliable Ger n stand.
These can be secured very easily at this
season of the year and planted In rows
three or four feet apart. In year or
so the plants will multiply and meet i'll
the rows. Upon lands adapted there Is
no grass more desirable In the state. The
chez pest method for securing stand is
by usiLg sets. but the quickest method
is by the use of seed
FEEDING coTT COWS SEED TO MILK
Marshall Texas.-Cotton seed, as You
kn row are are our cheapest feed. costing
usually 12Is cents per bushel. l am. pr,'
so for seine time. Please advise as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of boiling and do you
consider that there Is any danger In feed
been feeding mixed with bran. cornmeai.
etc. to cows and with bran to the young
stock Are they a good feed for breed
ing bull. and what is best to mix With
them9 MI.
We use cotton seed and cotton seed
meal most freely in feeding all Of our
cattle--pure breds and grades. For the
sake of curiosity and the satisfaction de-
rived from the test we have fed as much
as sixteen pounds of cotton seed meal
per day to COW Of 800 pounds, without in
furious effects. Ordinarily, we boil our
cotton seed before feeding so as to IN
crease It's palatability and reduce the
quantity OF stearine 1t contains. With
corn silage we frequently feed cotton seed
boiled as an exclusive grain diet. All
things considered. cotton seed is the
cheapest and best COW feed in the State
for ordinary dairy purposes. and this Is
followed closely for second place By cot
ton seed meal. We make it practice
to buy all of the available cotton seed at
current rates that can be obtained In this
section each season, Roughly speaking
one pound of cotton seed meal Is worth
two hounds of cotton seed when hay is
fed-.for dairy use. When we use huils
as ro,1ghness to a considerable extent In
the ration. we prefer to use cotton seed
meal instead Of cotton seed.
There is no danger whatever In feed
ing cotton seed or meal to milk COWS or
young stock, with the possible exception
of young calves that lack paunch de-
velcpment and who greedly overeat them
selves II fed meal. DR.. Horne and some
other Northern Jersey breeders only rem
der themselves ridiculous In their Trades
rainst cotton seed and cotton seed meal
as stock foods. and they stand IN the"
own light when they to use these
foods at prices current in their sections
Your mixture of cornmeal bran ana
cotton seed is a most excellent one Tor
Young stock. We feed this ration ire
auentIy and have had no disease or troll
Tic thus far in our herds. For breeding
bulls that are already IN good condition,
suggest the following ration Tor ioco
pounds live weight: Five pounds corn
meal, three pounds cotton seed ard four
mounds wheat bran. This can be>reduced
In quantity If grass IS supplied.
PURE BRED CATTLE FOR THE
COAST COUNTRY.
Des Maines, Iowa--My wife Is now IN
the Texas coast country and has been
Tor ci,ttie and hog raising IN that part OF
Texas. she has been told by nearly all
the stockmen that she has met thM ,s
wher, brought down there. II II Is im-
possible to acclimate them m what way
will the native cattle ever, be brougnt
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