American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . whohave small crops build rail pens, arranging polesupon the interior for spreading the best brush is dried under cover, and shouldbe of a bright greenish color, elastic, tough, andstraight. If the brush has stood too long in thefield, it is of a reddish brown, and brittle. Theseeds are removed by a hatchel, made for thepurpose, by the small cultivators, while thelarge planters use a horse-power machine. Theseed being gathered before it is fully ripe, is aptto mould and ferment, unless spread upon alarge floor and frequentl
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . whohave small crops build rail pens, arranging polesupon the interior for spreading the best brush is dried under cover, and shouldbe of a bright greenish color, elastic, tough, andstraight. If the brush has stood too long in thefield, it is of a reddish brown, and brittle. Theseeds are removed by a hatchel, made for thepurpose, by the small cultivators, while thelarge planters use a horse-power machine. Theseed being gathered before it is fully ripe, is aptto mould and ferment, unless spread upon alarge floor and frequently stirred. This variesin price from fifty cents to three or four dollars abushel. It is valuable as a feed for poultry, or itmay be ground up with other grains and fed toswine and cattle. It is an important item in theprofits of the crop, and should not be In raising seed to plant it should have full timeto mature upon the stalk, and the growing cropshould be kept at a distance from any Chinesesugar cane, or Imphee. Seed should be savedonly from the toughest, finest, straightest brush,grown under these favorable are two varieties in common cultiva-tion, the tall and the dwarf. The latter isdecidedly the preferred in the market. With good land and cultivation, about five orsis hundred pounds of brush are grown to theacre. Sometimes a thousand pounds are reach-ed, but this is an exceptional crop. Themarket price varies from five to tencents a pound. At the highest price, itwill be seen that about fifty dollars anacre can be expected for the brush, andif we put the seed at half as much, itwill only make seventy-five dollars asthe gross receipts from an acre. Thestalks are only valuable for crop can only be regarded as fairlyremunerative, and should not be at-tempted except where the laud is par-ticularly ada
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