1870. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



403 



This is the grand aim of nature — the perfec- 

 tion of the seed. 



Just before the formation of the ear — the 

 best time for feeding it — the general average 

 of these analyses (calculated without water), 

 show this green corn to contain of 



Sug^r and extract. 35.00 



Matter obtiined from fibre by a weak solution 



of pota'h laOO 



Dex'rine or yum 6.01 



Al'iumen and casein 7 96 



Woody fibre 39.00 



100.00 



Remarking on the result of his analysis, 

 Mr. Salisbury says: — "The plant, during the 

 tasseling, owing to the very large percentage 

 of sugar and extract, with the respectable 

 quantity of albuminous matter and dextrine, 

 which the stalk, leaves and sheaths contain, 

 must afford a very palatable as well as nutri- 

 tious fodder." 



The analysis of the German chemists was 

 made of green corn in the latter part of 

 August. Their analysis (calculated without 

 water) is 



Aibuminoids or flesh formers , . 6 20 



Cjrbohyrlratps I r huat and fit producers 6124 



Crude woody fibre 2iM 



Ash 6 20 



ICO.OO 



This, says Mr. Stewart, does not look as if 

 green corn was a crude, indigestible, innutri- 

 tions substance, — the meanest fodder that was 

 ever given to a cow. He shows that it differs 

 but little from turnips or beets, according to 

 analyses. 



The analysis of Hungarian grass or millet, 

 which Dr. Loring recommends as a substitute 

 for fodder corn is given as follows, to compare 

 with that of the corn stalks : — 



Albuminoi-iiB or fl^ah formers 15 95 



Carbohydrates or heat and fat producers 43 74 



Crude woody fibre Si.S'i 



A&h 6.96 



100 00 



On this showing, it is claimed that the 

 chemists agree with the practical farmer, that 

 green corn stalks, previous to earing, furnish 

 a valuable fodder. 



SHEEP RAISIJSTQ IN" AUSTRALIA. 



A correspondent of the San Francisco Bul- 

 letin furnishes that paper with a long article 

 on this subject from which we condense the 

 following : — 



Sheep farmers are better known in Austra- 

 lia by the name of squatters, for the same reas- 

 on that f-quatters are called by that name here, 

 but with very different results. Owing to no 



more favorable circumstances, backed by their 

 industry, economy, and indomitable persever- 

 ance, they have as a class risen from compara- 

 tive poverty and obscurity to wealth and pow- 

 er, and are now the moneyed aristocracy ot 

 Australia. 



A large "run" or station is one great ob- 

 ject aimed at by the squatter, as he finds that 

 a large one can be managed almost at as lit- 

 tle expense as a small one. Five thousand 

 sheep would be considered the very smallest 

 number to begin with, and this only by one 

 or two young men putting their means togeth- 

 er who have been learning the business three 

 or five years on some large "station." The 

 average stations would number £ro, 000 sheep, 

 while some run to 500,000, and in one or two 

 instances to 1,000,000. Superior stock is a 

 cardinal virtue with the Australia squatters. 

 To obtain the pure Spanish m-^rino sheep is 

 his chief end as a successful squatter. Many 

 squatters make it a specialty to import, breed 

 and sell these splendid sheep, and none are 

 more successful. 



Sheep, in South Australia and Victoria, 

 yield an average of about lbs per fleece. 

 New South Wales being a warmer climate, 

 yelds about 2 3-4 lbs ; and Queensland, which 

 is still warmer about 2 1-2 lbs. But what the 

 sheep of the two former colonies gain in 

 weight by the moderation of the climate, the 

 two latter make up by the additional fineness 

 of the wool in consequence of the climate be- 

 ing so much warmer. 



There are in the four Australian colonies 

 about 10,000,000 sheep; these produce an 

 average of at least 2 3-4 pounds of wool each, 

 making 27,500,000 pounds in all, to be 

 shipped to the London market annually. And 

 taking the average price in the London mar- 

 ket at 40 cents per pound, it would net $11,- 

 000,000. Notwithstanding these large results, 

 we are confident that they are only the begin- 

 ning of future increase and wealth in those 

 colonies. As the stock becomes purer they 

 will become more valuable in every respect. 



The squatter calculates that the increase 

 from his ewes and other profits should pay 

 the annual working expenses of his "run" or 

 "station," which expense averages about fifty 

 cents per sheep, and that the wool should be 

 his net profit. That being so, the squatteTs 

 of these four colonies have an annual net in- 

 come of $11,000,000. 



—Two enterprising Yankees have just started a 

 drove of horses from Los Angeles, Ca! , for the 

 eastern world. They are to be driven 850 milas 

 to Salt Lake, and then put upon the cars for the 

 East. They cost the Yankees about $10 a head. 

 If this venture succeeds, an unlimited supply can 

 be had from the same quarter ; one single ranche- 

 man having 3000 more to sell. It is but a few 

 years since droves of horses were taken across the 

 plains from Illinois to San Francisco. 



