The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
BEEF WITHOUT CORN.

ton seed products, cassava and vel
vet beans as lattening materials,
there are many who still pc rSiSt in
the belief that there is something pc
culiar to corn which renders 1t neCcs-
Snry to the making of beef of the best
quality. The same opinion pertains
tna considerable extent CONCERNING
the fattening of hogs, though the
number of practical feeders who are
willing to attempt to make hOg-meat
without corn is greater. | have sew
eral times alluded to the utter falsity
Of this conception of the value of
corn, and have often attempted to
show that the economy of the feed
was the only essential point. The
real question is simply, what feed
will be converted into Il pound OF
meat most cheaply?
Some recent feeding experiments
conducted with large herds of steers,
ut the Colorado experiment station
are 50 pertinent in their bearing On
this question, that they are we'll
worth consideration.
Three lots of steers We're fed
through the feeding season, then sold
in open market, then the meat from
the different lots was passed on by
expert butchers, and finally cooked
and judged by expert judges. The
results were therefore arrived at in a
most systematic and complete man
uet.
The three lots Were first fed alike
that they might be brought to the
same condition, and start even.
Then they Were fed us follows.
Sugar-beet pulp, ground oats, alfalfa
hay. =. Beet pulp, corn, alfalfa
hay. 3. Beet pulp, alfalfa hay. 1t
is therefore seen that all had beet
pulp, the real object OF the expert
ment being to ascertain the best
means for using this waste material.
One lot had corn in its ration, and
one lot had no grain ut all. The
more important results of the feed.
ing We're as follows:
Original average live VT, barley
lot, 9l7 pounds, corn lot, 500 pounds,
pulp lot, 800 pounds. Average gain,
barley, 332, corn 3t7, pulp 2SS,
pounds. Cost of gain per pound,
barley, 6.53, corn, 1893, pulp, 3.79
cents. Net profit, per head, barley,
$l2.55. corn, $l5.45, pulp, $500.
1t is easily seen that there was
more profit in feeding the lot which
received no grain whatever. and that
tha Steprs fins fed made Al A ppr
h4nd more money than those fed
corn. The result of the test of the
uunlitv of the product is ever more
gratifying. Six experts were called
on to pass on the samples OF peel Sc
lected from tle three dlIereht lots'
me Judges were ignorant OF Lhe
origin OF the dlhereht samples ct
they reported UNANIMOUSLY that the
samples from the Pulp-leu steers
were the Juiclest ana tehdtrest
steaks ana roasts submitted lof thelr
consideration
The practical bearing OF all TINS Is
that during the coming lall ana WIN
ter FLORIDA feeders may rest assured
that without corn theE may convert
their native leeu stuiIS INTO meat
more cheaplY Than any one else III
the world, put more than thIs' the
product OF thelr leedlhS Will Ill every
respect equal the oest corn lea
product WIN an even start. rms
even start, however, means mar we
must get lnto tle way Oh le"dlhS the
same Klhd OF animals that otner
feeders use. we must nave better
blood, start with as GOOD steers as
the west uses, ana the south VIII
soon distance her; we are last
building up native nerds which VIII
accomplish these results.
BERMUDA SOD AND PASTURE.
In the snuth There is no GRASS
vhicb cam rnn,norn with tI,a RaTmu-
$500 49,
for heautifnl lawns. indeed few
GRASSES anvwhere smrnass this for
these nurn1ses.
Tha sernrinp of n uuick and ner-
feet sod has often presented ditfirnit.
les. these disannpar if the method
here presented is followed NV own
lawn has hnen rause for much com
ment for rour Years. and large pas-
turns arc anuoltv suscnntible to this
treatment
September is the best month for
the purpose. Tear old Bermuda sod
in pieces, sufficient for the area to be
planted. PlOw and drop the individ-
ual plants in the furrOw, | foot apart,
The next furrow will cover Then
sow Italian rye-grass broadcast at
the rate of ounces per square rod
Harrow or rake this seed in lightly.
The rye-grass sprouts and grows
very quickly. Three weeks after
the first shower you will have IL
green field or lawn, which will re-
main perfectly green all winter, fur.
nishing pasture or hay, if you wish
to use it. This green grass protects
the Bermuda, which viii get Il good
start before frost. 1t will even make
roots during the winter. The rye
grass continues to grow until hot
spring weather, say in May, kills it.
The weather which is death to the