Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-06-29
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AUnIINI ~ WINNNI wv UINN UNNFHHVI w W.
sali eIImne. and M farmer may neglect, With
sttiy ~ economy, many provisions Of ms ma
ilf. Ample preparation. should be made 'o'
Ne ter IN domestic snimsls during the winief'
The farmer need. q good house Tor The eomlon
~ hls family and himself a barn 10 keep his
yra IN and fodder from the weather. warm sta
5lcs 10 protec, his cattle from cold storms. sheds
md cellars 10 which TO keep bis manure. and
ronyenient ouf.houses TO store his various veh''
siss and implements 10 when not 10 use
Sheds, stables. feeding racks and ieed'ng
N Iuebs often save in single winter their en-
cost. by avoiding the needless consumption
tood 10 impan warmth, and by preventing
ste of fodder under foot.
Much of the profits OF rearing cattle depends
rs n the manner Of keeping them through the
Nj her II they ATE suffered TO lose flesh du.
no the cold season and are turned out TO pas
nr, spring poor il takes long time for them
10 rira,n what they have lost. The practice
NJ iaeding and leaving stock in the open helds
without shelter, or any protection from the
winds and storms OF winter, 10 cruel one
Aud that animals should by such neglect be-
com, poor. or even diseased and die, is not SUI.
prising. Though provided with sufficient food
stock cannot thrive under such treatment. IL
j. ,.ue. strong animals may endure II, but what
becomes Of the young and The weak' II is
needless to say that good animals cannot he
reared under such treatment Il is the tTuest
e.ohomy which looks closest to the comfort and
thrft Of the stock kept upon the farm.
Our horses, cattle and sheep were original.
X constituted so ms TO subsist the year round
o., vreen and succulent food. BY domestca-
-. L.. olIt IN far red ITnrn
a wa rm 10 the cold climate OF the North,
where. us with US, they generally have to be fed
on dry fodder, for six months or more, every
year This. in some degree, lie placing them
in M unnatural condition, and 1t seems to US
il is a strong argument in favor. not only oil
warm and convenient barns and sta bless but OF
a mora extensive root culture for feeding pur. |
poses.
~ 40 experiment with Two lots Of sheep. one /
was placed under shelter in yard, the other
folded in the field. They all received Il .
lpme food and weighed OUT to them alike.-
Those under cover were found to consume
ne,ns one.fifth less food, while they made
above one.third more progress.
lGNpoother experiment, one lot was entirely
covead in. and another entirely exposed; all
Of then having pint Of oats per day, apiece.
The frk consumed, on an average, between
November 18th of one year, and March 9Th Of
the following, 8 pounds of cut turnips and 9TH I
nr roois,p day. and increased in live weight, .
"a pounds Ter head; the other consumed II
pounds Of tuaips per day, each, and increased
% pounds liveN weight 10 that time. These
experiments void teud othe belle! that twice
as many sheep Van be kept upon the same
food, under perfect shelter, as when entirely
exposed.
But suppose that g,nd shelter saved but one
quarter Of the feed, witch would be otherwise
consumed. Farmers win keep dolly moderate
stock would, from 'b'. savnc soon be able 10 :,
build oil the st bles and shell. reqnired. They y
could then, without an increae OF expense for 10,
feed greatly increase the stockin Their farms g
And besides The profit from Increased and d
improved stock, there is gain \ ,ae erra,er W
value Of the manure, when sheltered from tie T,
rains. biany farmer suffers a heavy loss hv :;
the exposure Of his manures 10 tb. weather, r.
The chief value of fertilizer liestn that part re
IF it which wotcrwiI dissolve Leti lie and A
each through she spring and l%'rier,. and J. a.
,ood part Of its worth is gone BY sheltering sy
I in sheds or cellars, saving will soon be r.
made Of more than their cost; and this will 4,
rove the truest economy where manure is.va. BY
ed aud good CROPS desired.
Farmers all, proyde good, comfortable quar-.
yrs for your stock; instead Of the cold ground,
r snow, or straw 1t is not only human, but 3.
iuch more proFable.-Rurd american. G.
SMUT IN WhEAr.-Wiliam Myers writes to B bs
10 'Caiforpa Red Bluff Beacon, from Pleas. etc
1t Grove Yarn, Tehama county, that he has err q
en- fsrher in California for the last four >. s
,ors. He has been endeavoring TO ascertain 'G s
e cnuss OF smut in wheat He hreshed out 4o x
portion Of his seed wheat by machine and ssx
pori,Sn by horses. He kept them separate, ~, =
d sSwed hem on the same kind Of land 5or,
.attwhich was threshed by hor.es had no
uK while that which was threshed BY the Re!
chine had considerable. He says he could 70 70
Re the smut TO a iussow where the machine Ia
In was sown, and the other being perfectly ~ y,
: from smut, both being clean seed when 7.
sn. This is an important matter for farm e
tie says:
My theory is, that the bruised kernels that neo ~
e moi vitality enough in them to mature the sors,
III, but enough TO produce a stalk and head. much
the grain blasts or SHUTS. am satisfied F F;S
t lAe above has great deal to do in regard Fin
mut, and i farmers would thresh their seed r rIn
b horses or the fail (the old fashioned way slS
'ouId not be two years before the cry Of WI
Ut would DC heard no more in our land" N
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