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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1900)
Conservative * 9 much new business is reported , as the convention's agent is not inclined to sell freely for forward delivery at cur rent prices , which range from 17J to 21 } cents , according to style of pack ing. * * * Foreign makes do not cut any ice in this market , and may be quoted nominal at 1GJ cents for kegs. " Regarding the situation in 1899 the Oil , Paint & Drug Reporter of January 10th said : "Chief makers are not in clined to sell freely at 9 to 10 cents. * * * The general impression is that when the demand domes in spring all differences will be patched up and prices will be raised. " By March prices have been marked up to 12) to 14 cents where they were held until June 26fch. This being a bad season and "outside" makers being somewhat numerous and troublesome the manufacturers did but little in the price juggling line. The interesting period of 1900 , for both manufacturers and consumers , is now here and all are wondering what will happen. Prices are already up to 18 to 15 cents partly , it is said , because the prices of the basic materials acetic acid , blue vitriol and arsenic , all con trolled by trusts are high. The chances are that some of the outsiders who last year made trouble will be admitted into the inner circle and that prices will again in May and June go up to 18 and 20 cents. The surest , and about the only way to injure , and possibly to kill this nasty little trust , which has put hundreds of thousands of illegitimate dollars into the pockets of its members , is to put paris green on the free list. BYRON W. HOLT. Now York , March 16 , 1900. THE FEEDING VALUE OP SORGHUM , The Nebraska Experiment Station has just issued Bulletin No. 62. This treats of the feeding value of the sorghum plant , both for summer pasture and win ter feed. It shows the best stage of growth at which to pasture sorghum and the best time to cut it for fodder , The bulletin may be obtained free of cost by writing to the Agricultural Ex periinont Station , Lincoln , Nebraska. Chemical analyses show that the feed ing value of sorghum is greatest when the plant is young. When two feet high it contains three times as much nitro genous matter , twice as much fats , and only two-thirds as much fibre or woody material as it does when it has attained its growth and formed seeds. Young sorghum is an almost perfect stock food since it contains flesh form ing materials and fat-forming materials in the ratio of 1 to 7. "When nearly mature this ratio is 1 to 28 , the fat- forming materials being very excessive. Therefore the crop should be used for pasturage at least before the seeds form. It would be profitable to begin to pasture the sorghum when it is not more than two feet high , since the stalks first eaten off will usually produce a second growth f young cane , which will balance the ncreasing fat-forming properties of the ther crop. Young sorghum is a very succulent bod. it contains about 85 per cent of ivator , or only 15 per cent of dry mat- ; er. Over 160 Ibs. per day of the green 'odder would be required to furnish luffloient food for growing cattle or milch cows of 1000 Ibs. weight. The est results are obtained by using some dry feed along with sorghum pas- xirage. As compared with forage plants , vhioh are available for late summer pasturage , young sorghum is somewhat deficient in flesh-forming material , con- aiuing loss than blue grass or Bromus nermis , about the same as timothy , and little more than Indian corn. Sorghum should be out for fodder at as early a stage as it can be well cured. Analyses show that after the period of flowering the sorghum stock rapidly be comes more fibrous or woody and the proportion of the more valuable food principles is correspondingly decreased. Sorghum fodder does not possess any great feeding value. Even if cut while heading out it will have a somewhat smaller amount of flesh-forming material than most bay crops , and less than corn fodder , but more than straw of the small grains. The fondness live stock have for this fodder is doubtless due to the sugars ( probably chiefly glu iose ) which it contains. Its relatively high percentage of heat-and-energy- producing materials makes it especially adaptable for cold-weather feeding. R. W. THATCHER. Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station. FAMOUS TICHBOKNE DOLE. From Self-Culture Magazine : The ancient manor of Tichborne lies near Winchester. Two hundred years prior to the Norman conquest this manor was known as Itohenborne , because within its border rose the river Itchen. Shortly after the first Plantaganet ascended the throne , Sir Roger de Itchenborue knight , married Mabel , only daughter and heiress of Sir Ralph de Lammer ston , of the Isle of Wight. After many years of godly living and kindness t < the poor , Lady Mabel , realizing that shi was near to death , besought Sir Roge to bestow upon her such means as would enable her to leave a loaf of bread to al applicants on Annunciation day , forever Sir Roger was unwilling to grant the request , except under a condition ex tremely hard for his wife , who had been bedridden for many years. He said , in effect : "To-morrow will be Christmas. All the land from yonder oak tree that you can traverse north and east while the morning Yule log burns , I will inclose within parallel lines cor responding on the south and west , and it shall be your own. " The following morning Lady Mabel was borne to the corner of the park , and , at the lighting of the Yule log , commenced her painful task. Before the cry came from the hall that the log was in ashes , she had won a tract of fifteen acres of rich land , known to day as "The Crawls , " in memory of her painful task. The land was surveyed and deeded to Lady Mabel , but her heroic deed had hastened her end. A few hours later the parish priest was summoned to prepare her for death. While awaiting his coming she called her household around her and prophesied that the house of De tcheuboruo would prosper so long as he dole to the poor should be continued , but that if it were ever neglected the 'amily ' name should be lost for the want of male issue , and that in such an event ; he baronet of the day would be the father of seven sons , the eldest of whom would have seven daughters , but no sons. She then accepted the ministra tions of her confessor and died. Through more than six centuries of sunshine and shadow the house of Tiohborne continued , at Annunciation , to distribute the dole. During the 14th and 15th centuries 600 loaves were baked on the day preceding Annunciation. The number grew in time to 1,000 , 1,500 and 2,000 loaves. In the 18th century more than 8,000 loaves and from 65 to 90 in money were distributed annually. Though for more than 600 years this charity fed the poor for one day in the year , kept its foundress in pious mem ory , and furnished to other wealthy families an example of emulation , its distribution became at length an in tolerable burden. Tichborne park be came , in mid-Lent , the rendezvous of tramps , beggars , costermongers , pick pockets , sneak thieves and acrobats , who camped in extemporized shelters all over the fields and gardens of the manor. With the distribution in 1799 the dole was discontinued. By a strange coin cidence , in 1821 Lady Mabel's prophecy was partially fulfilled , for in that year the head of the family died , leaving seven sons. The eldest succeeded to the baronetcy , and died in 1845 , leaving seven daughters. Ho was succeeded by his eldest brother , who , on his marriage in 1826 with Miss Doughty , a Lincoln shire heiress , had taken the name of Doughty-Tiohborne. At the death of his only son , in 1885 , Doughty-Tioh borne , impressed by the singular fulfill ment of Lady Mabel's prophecy , be sought his elder brother to restore the dole. This was done with certain re strictions confining it to the poor of the parish of Tiohborne. In this manner it continues to be distributed to the present day.
