Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-10

IMPROVED SToCK.-Thc present
high price o: thoroughbred stock,
while it limits the business Of breed
lug 10 men Of capital, does mot
necessarily prevent the ordinary
farmer from procuring male animals
%wherewith to improve his native
stock. A stock Of grade cows for the
dairy may be gradually gathered up
by the expenditure Of from fifty to
two hundred dollars. Many breeders
Of Jersey cattle will dispose of u
Young bull calf for a very small sum,
because the color does not suit their
taste. while in respect to its pedigree,
or other useful qualities, it may be
laultless. Such an animal. purchased
young and well cared for, will be-
come useful for raising calvc. al a
year old. a ycarling heifcr of his
get will, by the use of another such
animal, become profitable at two
years old, and its calf will be three
quarters bred, and it is quite likely
to become as valuable for the dailv V
rs Il pure animal that conld not be
purchased for less than $500 or 800.
The produce of this cow would be
scvcn-cightLs bred, and if care is
taken in selecting the parents. would
show little difference from entirely
pure animals. Cooperation amol.g
a few ncighbors who would each
procure aud keep II young bull, whose
services they might exchange with
each other to prevent close breeding,
would soon change the appearances,
Is we'll Is the productive qualities,
of the stock of quiet 4 large district.
/ . main point to be guarded against
is no to breed from any but pure
stock. All male Grade animals should
be cmasculatcd " 90 te the butcher
while young. The use of n grade bull
ought not to be permitted. Here is
where many Il mistake i made. In
the course of four or five years quite
4 herd Of thrcc-quartcr or seven
eighth bred animals would accumu-
late, and profit would begin to come
in. Ayrshire and Jersey cattle
should be- the breeds aimed at. as
these arc cNccilcntly fitted for the
and are profitably fed tor the
butcher on ordinary farms. They
are exceedingly tractablc. quiet and
orderly, and large mixers, and Weld
much butter Of good color and flavor.
The Devon and Durham arc better
i;trd for the graZicr. aud would be
suitable where bccfis the OH
iect aimed at. But whatever the
breed chosen. care should be taken to
void neglect, or loss will inevitably
'nsuc. We have known cases where
money has been invested in thorough
bred stock which has been treated as
though its blood alone would be sufi-
Gent to protect it from neglect, en-
posture and starvation. The natural
consequence of such n mistake was
made a GROUND of complaint against
the breeder. and led to dissatisfaction
md disgust. The old adagc. "blood
will tell" true as it may be, is no
talisman against such an error. The
refined nature of an animal carefully
Bred through many generations, will
enable it to sustain much i'll
treatment, Int it will not thrive
under it. When possessed of n spcci-
of such stock, give it fair treat
nent-pampcring is unnecessary, as
it is unwisc; but care and proper |
feed and attention will mako the ill., ,
vcstsnent greatly profitable one
Colpan's Rural World.
HOG CHOLERA.-Mr. j. Is. Turner,
of Jacksonville, ILL.,. says he published
in the Prairie Farmer, in 1862, the
following receipt as Il preventive of
hog cholera, after pretty thorough.
trial of it by himself and by some of
his friends and ~nciGhbors: Gone
peek of wood ashes, four pounds salt,
one pound blarh anthony. onc pound
coppcras. one pound sulphur. quarter
pound saltpctcr. Pound and mix
thoroughly ; moistcn enough to pre-
vent waste: put in Il trough in a dry
place where the hogs a at all times
eat just as much as they please of 1t.
If prcdisposcd to cholera they will
eat it very freely. and it will make
something of an item of expense, for
. time; at other times they will eat
less, or perhaps none at all. Mr..
Turner says he knows of no one who
has had any hog cholera, of any ac-
count, from That day to this, who has
pcrsistcnly made use Of it, beginning
before he got the disease. lie says:
~ heard ofhogs beingactually cured.
after the disease sets in, by being
scrubbed all over daily with coppcras
water. moderately strong. Hogs
should at all times be supplied in full
with stone coal as they will cat less
Of the above mixture and be less en-
pcnsc. Brood sows, particularly
through the period of CESSATION.
should be constantly supplied with
both and also with varied kinds of
foOd-cookcd, green and raw-and
occasionally g little meat or animal
food to keep them in order, so tina.
the disease may not be thrown off up
III the pigs, which has now become
quite common
PAsTvRING WINTER GRAIH.-tisI
much too common n custom to turn
cattle into the fields of winter grain
at the present time. This is a very
unadvisablc practice. Feed is short. |
certainly, ard the stock need all they !,
a get. Bat what occurs to the
grain: a considerable portion is
pulled up by the roots and dcvourcd.
Another portion is destroyed bv the
poaching of thc ground, and the filling
Of the holes made bv lie feet of tl,c
cattle with water when the winter
rains come. Then the needed pro-