Marow 15, 1906 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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On one-twentieth of an acre the irrigated 
plat yielded 1928 lbs, of which only 2 lbs were 
unsaleable. 
The unirrigated plat of the same area yielded 
987.4 lbs, of which 12 lbs was unsaleable. 
These yields are at the rate of 676.5 bushels 
and 350 bushels on the irrigated and unirrigated 
areas respectively. The onions sold at Beeville 
for 2 cts.alb. The net profits from 1-twentieth 
of an acre with irrigation was $33.45 and from 
the unirrigated $15.69. All of the expenses, 
such as cost of preparing land, irrigating, trans- 
planting, cultivating, fertilising, harvesting, 
seed, &c, are shown in tabular form. The 
variety used was the Red Bermuda. 
It is believed that the results secured in these 
tests with irrigation would have been greater 
had the irrigating facilities been more efficient. 
At times the onions suffered from lack of mois- 
ture. In the variety tests 19 varieties were 
compared. The Bermuda again proved superior 
in point of earliness and yield. 
Beets... The beet is the favorite bunch crop of 
south Texas truckers. The crop requires from 
80 to 90 days to reach saleable size from the 
time the seed is sown. With good culture two 
crops can be grown between October and Vay. 
In the station uxperiment bat guano was 
used broadcast at the rate of 500 lbs per acre 
when the land was prepared. Six irrigations 
and 9 cultivations were given. Frost and ice 
occurred 12 times during the months of January 
and February but the freezes were not sufficiently 
severe to seriously injure the crop, though they 
did retard growth. The bunches were shipped 
in ventilated barrels wishout ice. From 19 to 
25 doz. were packed in each barrel, the tops to- 
ward the centre. 
When the crop was marketed it brought 40 
cts. per dozen bunches in March and April, and 
25 cts.in May. ‘The net returns from the sale 
of beets grown on one-tenth of an acre Was 
$67.51 and the cost of production $13.28, leay- 
ing a profit of $54.23. The authors state that 
a net profit of $000 per acre fora single crop 
of beets is within the range of possibility in 
that section. 
Variety tests indicated that the Electric 
variety can be most safely recommended. Crim- 
son Globe and New Meteor of the newer varie- 
ties are considered especially promising. 
Radishes...Three profitable crops of radishes 
can be grown during the fall and winter seasons 
- in the vicinity of the station. From one-tenth 
of an acre 169 dozen bunches were sold, each 
bunch containing from 1% to 16 radishes. _The 
cost of growing one-tenth of an acre of radishes 
was $5.60, The radishes sold for $39.27, leaving 
a net profit of $33.67. Exclusive of the radishes 
sold about 1.5 bbls were destroyed by a severe 
frost in January. < 
n shipping radishes they are packed in un- 
Be enistenabaerels in concentric circles with the 
tops toward the centre of the barrel. When the 
barrel is about one third full of radishes, a layer 
of ice is put in. A second layer of ice is added 
when the barrel is two-thirds full of radishes, 
and the final layer when the barrel is nearly 
full. ‘The icois smashed up so that none of the 
lumps is larger than a hen’s egg. About 50 lbs 
of ice is used per barrel. Enough radishes are 
heaped on the top layer of ice so that when the 
parrel arrives at its destination it 1s about level 
full with the radishes. 
Twenty-eight varieties were grown In the 
variety test. The turnip-rooted varieties are con- 
sidered the most desirable for the western de- 
mand Of these Scarlet White Tipped is the 
most popular on account of its appearance, The 
test indicated that Round Scarlet Chinese and 
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Icicle are worthy of trial for the kitchen garden, 
as they were of the best table quality. All of 
the long-rooted varieties except Market Gar- 
dener {ong Scarlet, Chartier, and Early Short 
Top Long Scarlet became pithy or hard and 
woody before reaching a suitable sale size, the 
last two mentioned being recommended when a 
long-rooted sort is wanted. 
Lettuce, Carrots, and Turnips...The cultural 
tests with these crops failed, but the results 
secured in tests of 21 varieties of lettuce are 
recorded with brief descriptions of the varieties 
tested. All the varieties of lettuce suffered from 
want of water and insufficient utility and none 
of the plain-leaved varieties headed up satisfac- 
torily, ‘The crinkled and loose sorts made the 
best heads and were slower to run to seed.’ Rice 
birds destroyed the carrot crop. Of the sixteen 
varieties of turnips tested the Purple Top White 
Globe and the White Dutch Strap Leaf are 
recommended to truckers as of good value The 
Purple Top Flat Strap Leaf and Extra Harly 
White Milan are also considered satisfactory, 
Air Treatment of Milk Fever. 
Ler me give you my experience in one case, 
which will be sufficient. I was called late one 
evening to attend a cow that was down, unable 
to raise her head. I gave her the air treatment, 
and the next morning word came over the 
*phone that she looked as if nothing had ever 
been wrong. The next evening I received word 
that she was down again, the same as before. 
She was treated again, and she got up as before, 
but the following day we had the same expe- 
rience, and at each visit the owner was talking 
about the large flow of milk he was getting. It 
now came to me that his taking such a large 
amount of milk at one time was where the 
trouble lay, so he was ordered not to milk her 
out clean again for some days, but simply do as 
nature suggested, and that was to take a small 
amount from each teat, and that frequently, 
according to the flow, say four to six or eight 
times a day There was no more trouble in the 
above case, and I have given the above orders to 
owners many times since, and never have been 
called to see a like case or known of a fine cow 
having milk fever when the, above directions 
were followed. 
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I would algo suggest that the owner of a 
heavy milker shrink his cow before she calves 5 
take away the rich feed for a few days and put 
herin a dry lot. It will tend to prevent her 
udder from becoming so distended and perhaps 
inflamed. Begin taking small quantities from 
each teat as soon as the udder becomes well 
filled, no matter if it is several days before she 
calves; it will do no harm either to the mother 
or offspring.—J.V. in Wallace’s Farmer. 
The successful farmer keeps his soil filled 
with humus. Humus not only contains a large 
amount of fertilising naterial, but it assists in 
warming the soil and helps to retain its mois- 
ture. A soil filled with humus produces earlier 
and better crops. 
The milk supplier who is never in a hurry to 
get to the factory in the morning often raises 
the greatest fuss if he has to wait five minutes 
on the butterman after he gets there. 
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