The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-08-09
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efgln that Is gr0Wn 10 Tesas
ono Ep,riai feature OF thls exhibit
at the state department OF agflcul-
ture aud that Is la reference 10 rice.
The growing Of rice in Texas ~ com
paraityeiS o ncg entcrprise and VI.
Eet'i"g NJ On agricultural cxhihit Co
Texas this new product Of the fields
of Southern Texas eas not overlook
ed. Rice is shown as IL r. harvested /:
ihen rice that has beer threshed and
= ready for the mill. then It is shown
as milled. All of the by-pr0ducts Of
rice are included in the display, rice
polish and rice meal being especially
interesting.
They are carrying with this exhibit
g lot of bulletins from the state de-
partment of agriculture that upon
important subjects and these are
handed out at each stop the train
makes. The officials of the depart
ment explain all of the exhibits to
those who call at the train.
The following are the exhibits in
the train from the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas:
The Dirying Department, Prof.
Charles IL. Alyord.
The dairy department of the col
lege shows two Jersey cows, one Jer-
sey calf, one Holste.n bull thirty
months Old; one Jersey bull thirty
months old, all of which are regis
tered except the two Holstein COWS.
These HolstCias are carried in the
exhibit to show the great possibili-
" of improving live stock by the use
of the pure bred sire These COWS
have been raised from grades bred
up from native Texas stock through
about four generations. They are
each giving about five gallons of
milk day. and have yearly records
of over a thousand gallons of milk
each.
The Holstein bull was raised in
Iowa and was purchased for the Col
lege by Prof Alvord at the National
Dairy Show at Chicago, after he had
been awarded the junior champion
ship premium as the best Holstein
bull under two years of age on exhi-
bition. He was brought to Texas and
innoculated for Texas fever in the
spring OF 1909. The Jersey bull was
purchased in Virginia when a calf
He is double grandson OF Golden
Ferns Lad, one of the noted bulls of
the Jersey breed. Each bull cost the
College $3.50. as a calf, and the ex-
pense of shipment and innoculation
was probably $50 more on each. They
are valued today ct $1,000 each and
are not for sale at that price.
The calves carried with the Jersey
and Holstein cows are for the pur-
pose of showing the condition of an
animal raised on skim milk fed sweet
after the cream had been removed.
The dairy cows are all producing
milk at the present time. They are
MIXED at the first stop of the morn
ing and the last stop of the evening,
and the milk is separated on the train
as a demonstration.
In connection with this exhibit
there is full equipment of dairy
utensils, milk testers and cream sep
arators, suitable for use on the farm
The proper method of using these isl
demonstrated by Prof. ]. L. Thomas
Prof. Alvord carries also an ex-
hibit of corn, sorghum and COW peas
which were grown in the same drill
row for ensilage. The college grows
about sixty acres of this at the pres
ent time and recently cut 100 tons
from fifteen acres.
Exhibit of Feed Stuffs. James W. |
Carson, State Feed Inspector.
partment there is an exhibit of all |
classes of concentrated chopped or
ground feed stuffs. The exhibit
shows samples of the highest and
lowest with analysis of each, showing
the difference in food
value in feeds of the same kind. All |
feeding stuffs must be
inspected and passed by the state
feed inspector, and must bear tag
showing the weight and analyst. of
the package. There is a tax of half
cent hundred pounds required,
which is represented by this tag, ana
It is the revenue from this tax that
has just been voted by the legisla-
ture for the benefit of the A. & NJ.