Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-04-12
Keep Only the Best Stock.

The opinion is gaining ground that, in the
Eastern States especially, farmers can afford
10 keep none but the best stock. 1t costs in
this vicinity at least $50 to keep horse
well through the year, and as much to keep
poor animal as a good one. Who that
thinks at all on the subject, can fail TO be
convinced that it is better economy 10 keep
span OF well formed, active and powerful
horses, even. should they cost $500, than a
pair of ong.legged, light bodied, broken
down stogers, even could they be obtained
for nothing? So it is with COWS. 1t is not
easy TO estimate accurately the cost of keep
ing cows--in this neighborhood it is not far
from $35 per annum-but we may safely
aver that little profit is made except on the
best animals.
The profit OF pork making except in the
great corn growing States OF the West, is
VIGOROUSLY small and this year it has been
less than usual. We will not say that much
money can be made here in feeding corn,
even to good Suffolk or Berkshire pig, but
if it will not pay to fatten a well bred hog,
it certainly cannot be profitable to attemptto
ratten the miserable race of pigs commonly
found in most barn-yards.
The same is true of sheep. The profit on
sheep the past year, especially on such as
are kept principally for their wool, has been
quite small-some good farmers think it has
been on the wrong side of the ledger. Ma
ny are rushing out OF the business, selling
their iiocks at great sacrifice. 1t would
he far better policy TO go carefully through
the flock, and select out the comparatively
worthless animals. Many focks would in
This way be reduced one-half, and by keep
ing them better, and using the proper means
to improve the breed much more profit would
be obtained for the food consumed. Ii might
be well, too, in many cases, 10 get a coarser
wooded, mutton breed of sheep. But this oil
course depends on the locality, the price oil
mutton, SC. AT all events, whether sheer
are kept for wool or mutton, the most profit
will be realized from the best bred animals
What are, and what are not, well bret
animals is disputed point which it is no
our purpose here TO discuss. Could we set
farmers fully realizing the well established
fact, that carefully bred animals are always
in the aggregate, much more profitable thai
those which are chance bred, we SHOULD
have higher anticipOtions respecting TN
r progressed Agricultural Agriculturist.
Nor SO GREEs.-A young and apPar
? emily verdnnt slip, who gave his mailing plac
as odd Yarmouth" found himself surroun
ded upon certain occasion, BY crowd o
quizzing upstairs, who seemed bent upol
displaying their own smartnesT at the ex
pense of the Yankee.
"Hello, Jonathan" says one, "where ar
you bound?"
"DeOun to Bosting, on little tramp,
was the reply.
"What's your business in Boston," re
piled the inquisitive gentleman.
ooh, I'm deoun arter my pension money,
responded the greeny,
"Pension money! ejueulated whiskereC
: --"how much do you get, and what are you
c drawing pension money forS" SD.
"Oh!" answered the countryman, 81 gel
four cents every year-tew mind my own
business, and tew let other folks business
alone!" .-.
The crowd had no more remarks to offer
. the sn.~er was entirely satisfactory.