Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-21
AGRICULTURAL.

as injurious US ulucrlccullis. lfoo"-
bly, more sickness occurs, especially
amongst horses, from this Cause than
my other. In addition TO this evil
effect much fodder is wasted when
stock are supplied with unlimited
quantities. Even if il is only within
ticir reach. they will pull it down.
pick ont the choice bits. AMI waste
;, the remainder. There is u certain
mount which j. just right, and either
more or lr>s-illar that i, an evil to be
i"uard".l against. Owner. of stock
should watch tl.E, ~ bcin. mere in
rrrcstcd and bct.crcapahlc ofjud%in.
lama great majority of hired men.
rhc proper suppl! may be measured
by tn" appetite Il the ;.iimal. which.
i'll good health. will lead il to eat with
mHiS ien INF thu m"n@Iv the beast
"a, been "yrrir'!. and whcNhl,ju>'
enough il will eat and ENJOY ~lUw-
:ucr and lick the trough %"lcln. ii i.
difficult to manage tn, " ilh"ul direct
occasional! supervision. ''Whcrc tlr
~ n"r j.. the crib -rlran,' and in hi.
t~l-",ir;: much waste i almost certain
i" occur. NG.M MaJ U"mC.
EiFFALOES As FArM ~ru'.
Nuri interest i, NOW felt in >"Inc
,,"ris Gl the West on the subject OF
]innnr>t saiin- hu!lul"c>. and the
opinion i, generally entertained i.
-!urk r""i>inw his'riri- that All imIur-
..ant :i'"d r"Irutmrml increase ri th'
meat supply Of the country may be
riirctc'i hl his uncail-. l;ls great
profit t" t!:r'-r undertaking th"cXl'"Ii
m"it. 1t has been found 10y tliu>,
VIII" have i.adc thj. trial that tl,
Dditnlo OF bison WIil iaitcn under
ronljii"IS fatal I" o:'%linar! d"mreti.
stock. that il = worth more in hid,
AMI Il y. than the. tx. "al can lr
irain.a I" Tie r"Fiurtu"nr, "f Ally
NaId "f labor for which oxen m,
adapted. 1t j. necessary. however,.
that ral,c> >l."uli hc obtained for this
pIrpu>r. The old hutlaloc> cannrl
b. Gunr>tiratcd and their flesh i ;,
tough ~ t" he unfit fer meat ;.hut the
old one are very mli-h in the Wa,
" hen til" c:!v"> ;s'c to be captured.
The! are kept in the center OF lii,
,trnvc-. and in ,l>r Of danger The bulls
!ialk the l.rIi. I" capture li.cn.,
therefore. Il - NECESSARY to max,
through the RANKS of the Thinkers and
la>>o liz hcifrrs. which is y difficult
ami dangerous operation. considering
Tia" fact ihat the !,nlu sometimes cuv-
rr> a cry wide extent of territory.
y" way has yet been devised of cap
turing the calves that would Tot l..
more likely to Kill them Than to taxi,
them alive. There i, reason to bclicv,
that this difficulty will be surmountcG
AT some time, however, and ii j.,
thought by many that the domcsti:
eating of buffalo calves will rcceiv,
such an impetus within the next few
years a. I" lirakr it an important
branch of the stock raising bushes,
. ii the West.
COOP Cows. COOP BrTTEH.-
Feed us we NAV, we cannOt make good
and cheap butter from poor COW.
The more we improve our stock. this
more money We shall make: alnl
Improvement uur u butter dairy
mus. lie i'll the direction OF Il more
complete extraction of the nutrilncnt
of the food ard its NOR" complete
conversion into rrcam. We wan. the
:. highest type Of the Jcrscy-a butter
, breed almost exclusively or is ncaI
. ~ approach to it is II means W
allow. A''poor man" cannot at once
set up II herd of .Icr>cv's. but no far
| mcr WHO 0wn> 30 acres of fair land i
50 poor that he cannot afford to bu,
Il Thoroughbred Jersey bull from.
which to raise grade hciicr> to taxi,
|, til" place OF his present stock. The
first cross will he much Improved.
and the l~rifrrs may be allowed I,
breed at years, 80 that i'll 4 wears
there will he n good %sprinkling of3-i
brcdS. This generation may Desired
" the same bull that sired then
. lans. thu much of in breeding doing
no harm when the sire i>a thorough
, bred: but after this it will hnncc-
"-sarv TO change the bnll. OF cour>r
t -oOh 'na;ivc cows should. be selected
, at the outset. All poor milkcr>
should be sold of and tlicir places
supplied with the very hest that cal
he found. such Il plan. coupled Will
lSoilin@, Will c~!ia!,!" any farmer t.
louhlc his ne: income within five
wears. if lie is farming only 50 mucl
. land n lr can properly take care Of
QrAnH"nN NCLE.-Thc Chic,
:. Call Review is responsible for Tho
nnncXcd: |. y. Dou"hcrty has ha,
on exhibition in this place Gua!roor
mule. being til" foal Of Il mule by (:
" horse. This curiosity was fnalr,l il
.'h' fNti'!ht southwest portion q
Il Oregon. in August. 1858. has no manr
' tail similar to that of Il cow an as
! head. ana the car, of horse. Will,
the hair of its body i dark red. anr
- kiliky a a Sleeps. wool. On III,
" upper lip grows along soft white hail
which requires to be trinIni.l occa
" ~i"naliy. like Il mu-taclrr.
TIE T"rTHA|IIE.-Twn or tire.
weeks ago the Nantucket Inquirer
and Mirr"r published Il notice to III
g, Effect that roasted onions apIGirI I,
:hc wrist would relieve the tootiar!,c
and requesting any one trping ii I,
, makcrrp"rr. TM"elitnrha II, receive,
I note from a lady stating. thar ~,
-, applied the remedy To ihcowrist o!
her son. and in ten minute, tIc nai,
:, had ceased.
MINCE NEXT For I'Irs.-S!,
-. I'snnG- Of beef, finely chopped. i,
. pounds apples. chopped, four pound
-u@ar.iw" pounds ci,ron.~ tIirec pound
-, ch"pprl r%ai-ins. three pounds cur
-. rant. one p"nYd suct. one pin
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