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plement for cotton seed and its products. Compared for milk- 

 making Avith other southern roughages, 1 lb. of sorghum hay 

 equals 10.1 lbs. of pear, 1 lb. of sorghum silage equals 3.3 lbs. of 

 pear, and 1 lb. of cotton seed hulls equals 8.8 lbs. of pear. By 

 substituting 60 to 75 lbs. of pear for a portion of dry roughage, 

 the per cent of fat in the milk dropped .42 per cent on the aver- 

 age, but the milk flow increased. 



Two dry cows were maintained for fifty and sixty days re- 

 spectively on 113 and 105 lbs. of pear and 2 lbs. of cotton seed 

 meal daily. One cow fed pear alone lost 30 lbs. in weight in 

 seventy days. Another cow died from stoppage of the intestine 

 by fibre balls from the pear when it was the sole ration. Pear- 

 fed cows were more sensitive to the cold, and lost about 7.5 pei 

 cent in milk flow when fed a heavy pear ration, as compared to 

 1.91 per cent for cows on a dry ration. Cows fed pear drank less 

 water, those receiving no roughage except pear going for days 

 at a time without drinking. This shows pear to be a valuable 

 feed when there is a scarcity of water. 



One man can singe a ton of pear in fifty minutes with a gaso- 

 line torch, using 1 2-3 gallons of gasoline. The pear is singed 

 on the stalk, and may then be pastured, which is wasteful, or cut 

 and fed. The spineless pear is about the same in composition, 

 may be harvested more cheaply, but yields less product. It costs 

 about 6 dol. to 7 dol. per acre to establish a field. Shallow culti- 

 vation for weeds and grass is necessary. The second year's yield 

 in Texas was 85 tons per acre, while the yield from old stumps 

 runs above 100 tons per acre. — Breeders' Gazette. 



TRIUMPH OF THE ITALIAN TOMATO. 



The tomato was given to the world by America, l)ut Italy is 

 today teaching the rest of the world by example how it should be 

 raised and how it should be preserved. Italian canned tomatoes 

 have ])ractically pushed the American product out of the English 

 market, and have gained an enormous market in the United 

 States. The Italians raise a solid meaty tomato of fine color and 

 it is so packed in the cans that the consumer is not obliged to pay 

 for a large percentage of water. 



Canned tomatoes, however, arc put uj:) jirincipally for the ex- 

 ])ort trade. The Italians themselves |)rcfer their tomatoes in tiie 

 form of sauce or paste, which is nothing more nor less than 

 boiled-down tomato pulp, minus the skins and seeds, as set forth 

 in an interesting manner in a report by Commercial Agent J. 

 Alexis Shriver, entitled "Canned-Tomato Industry in Italy," re- 

 cently issued by the r>ureau of I'oreign and Domestic Commerce. 

 This sauce is put up in cans and is used by the Italians in a great 

 variety of dishes, of which spaghetti is, perhaps, the most fami- 

 liar to Americans. 



