600 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Dec., 1899. 
RELATIVE VALUE OF DIFFERENT FOODS FOR STOCK. 
Oxe hundred pounds of good hay for stock are equal to :— 
Articles. Lb. } Articles. Lb. 
Beans... on ono on Fs | Ohi © on a0 com aux tt) 
Beets =.. orf} a ... 669 | Oil-cake, linseed xi a3 
Clover, red, green ox ... 373 | Peas, dry a 5 .. 874 
Carrots ... xx axa: ... 871 | Potatoes ne Bk ... 850 
Gorm .. = a0 ... 62 | Rye-straw ts 70 .. 429 
Clover, red, dry ... oy ... 88 | Rye wt fr; ¥2, .. doe 
Lucerne ... aoe ose ... 89 | Durnips ... nad Aix ... 469 
Mangolds © oon one ... 868% | Wheat ... a £5) pad 
Oat Straw ae ae con BLY 
GROW YOUR OWN TOBACCO. 
Tonacco ix a good thing on any farm. As dry dust or stems or a “tea’’ made 
by steeping, it will kill insects. Ifa farmer does his duty towards his insect 
foes, his bill for insecticides will be very large. Why not save part of it by 
growing your own tobacco? Set out a dozen or two plants, and cultivate them 
as you would tomato plants. Dry and cure them ready for use. This is not 
mere theory. It is just what many farmers and gardeners are doing. 
TOBACCO. , 
One of the most important truths established by the application of science to 
tobacco is the annihilation of the old idea that this crop exhausts the soil to an 
extraordinary degree. The truth is, no crop is exhaustive if it is properly 
fertilised; all that is required is to supply an abundance of every element that: 
the plant needs. Tobacco takes no more from the soil than corn or potatoes. 
It takes a little more of some ingredients, and less of others. Below is a short 
table showing the relative amounts of nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid 
taken by the three crops on analysis from 1 acre :— 
Phosphoric 
Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 
Tobacco es. ies re 65 89 8 
Corn ... coe on Peni 16 80 
Potatoes ee ere ood 58 101 32 
The actual amount removed by a crop of tobacco leaf from the soil 1s very little, 
if the stalks are returned to it, and if a nitrogenous crop be grown and ploughed 
in, such as the cow pea, during the fall, it will supply an abundance of plant 
food, which, with the assistance of fertilising, will enable you to regulate your 
quality of tobacco. 
ENGLISH WHEAT CROP. 
Te agricultural expert, Sir John Bennet Lawson, estimates that the English 
wheat crop will be 23,164,243 bushels short for the home supply. The wheat 
crop of Great Britain is estimated at 7,954,755 bushels. 
KEEPING LARD. 
To keep lard sweet it should be put in good well-glazed jars. Barrels are almost 
certain to leak, and tin will soon turn the lard next to the can yellow and rancid. 
To a common-sized boiler, holding from 10 to 12 gallons of fat, half a pint of 
common dripped lye is to be added if the lard is to be kept any length of time. 
This will cause all the impurities to rise to the top, where they can be skimmed 
off easily, and the lard itself will be as white as snow. 
TO CLEAR AWAY THE FLIES. 
A cuprun of carbolic acid in a hot saucer or fryingpan in the middle of a closed 
room for an hour will clear it of, flies. 
