The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-29

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horse fed on ground grain viii last and work quarter
longer than he viii it fed uugroaud corn oats and
other whole grain. The first named will bc as young
and seryiceaDc when sixteen years old, The latter
viii be At twelve Not only do tile grinding teeth Of
horse out premltafeiy by this excess Of jaw work
in grinding hard corn, but the mill often barely cracks
she kernels, and only m9cty OF the nOurishnen5 in
the grain is extracted in its passage through the ali
mentary canal While the muscular labor Of grinding
40 much grain In Due lifetime Ot a horse rs COusdeIu-
BE the loss iii food consumed ~ 4r greater than tae
market value Of the animal, by its not being fully d
gested The loss Of feeding ungr6aud dorm to oxen,
cows and hogs is generally more than il feeding Of
horses.
We have sought to correct these common errors Id
practice, but find uillers standing i'll their own
anLquated conceptions Of profit ami loss 50 mmoyca-
bic that all progress seems nprac iet9e. They take
one bushe of corn for grinding seEeu when the law
allows them but for grinding Eight, which is too
much for the milling business to Dc very Profitable
Now they grain for human consumI oD only, and keep
their water powcrand machinery idle ta0-Chrds of the
time. The water power by which our grinding is done
is abundant grind one thousand bushels OF corn or
wheat in tgentyour hours which, bit tell OF ten per
cent, would give the propfetors DIV hundred bushels
per DAY for the earnings ct their mill.
lii place of such all income, or the half Of it, they
prefer to let their mechanical power do nothing save
the grinding Of few bushels daily the toll Of one
bUshel for grinding seven. In city where twenty
ty thousand bushels Of grain ale ground ID day mil
lcrs glad 10 grind wheat tAree dc lars Her one
hundred bushels and yet taxes AMI water power are
higher there than in the south.
We desire to reduce the cost Of making fat hogs fat
cattle and fat sheep in the Confederate States and it
is for this purpose alone that we expose errors in both
manufacturing and agricultural industry There is no
reason why Gle bped without feathers that laughs
should have his ground bcoreIeatiHg it, that viii
otapply to others domestcated animals. There is
plenty of water in the south grind corn ut three cents
bushel; and no community is wise that geJs no more
meat from three bushels Of corn than two Twin make il
ground and fed properly $, Field anti Frcside
How TO GROW PEACHES EVERY IEAR--The follow
ing, by correspondent Of the Ohio CuIigat0r is worth
trial by ali lovers Of that delicious fruit peaches
Procure your trees grated upon thl wild PLAN
stock. The tree partlkes of tAe nature OF ghe plum
being hardy, and Will never Winsrl ami putting ou
late in the spring, will never be Injured By the frost
and 1t IS certain preventive against the workings Of
the peachgrub, while the natural lite time Of the tree
IS beyond that Of our Own; 50 you may depend upon
peaches every year. and for long time, without the
discoumgng influences attending lhe growth Of the
common peach Try it, and our Word tor IT, YOU win
be satisfied with the result.
How TO Make LARD CANuLEs-To every pounds
Of lard add 1 ounce Of uitid acd; and die way OIL
making is as follows: Having carefully weighed your
lard place it over dow fire az least merely melt it
then add the acid and mould same as tallOw ana y0u
have clear beautiful candle In order ID mako them
resemble sperm candles, you have only to add small
portion Of white bceswax. They are manufacturing
large quantities in some sections Of the west
LEE ISNEBRAsEA-A citizen fNebrasfa thus posts
up an eastern correspondent Who asked Il variety Of
questions to the territory and lift there:
'What kind of a country do you live i.E"
MIXED aud extensive. Il is made up principally Of
land and water
What kind Of weather.
Long spells Of weather are frequent 0arsunshne
comes Of principally during the div time"
Have plenty Of water and how got3n
"a good deal Of water scattered about and generally
got in pals and whisky