The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-03
Farm and Household Column.

Farm and Household Column.
Coon BEEF CHEAPER THAN Poon.
la market quotations of our wes-
tern towns, we find cattle quoted
something like this: Good shipping
stce rs, e3.5oto $3.50; butchers stock,
$50 to $3.50. Now why is it that,
living as western people do, where 50
many cattle are bred, they should
eat 80 much poor beef! 1t is because
sucli quotations rs the above indi-
cate that the poor beef is cheapest.
But this is not true. A wcll-fatteu
animal, weighing l,4Oo to 1000 lbs.,
of small bone and fine quality, will
give US more eatahle meat for tho
same money at $3.50 per hundred,
than a thin, coarse-boned old COW Or
steer, weighing from 900 to 100
lbs, at $3.50 to $3.50 per 100. This
was illustrated not long since by an
investigation made into tho manage.
meut Of one Of our western state
prisons. 1t was charged that the
prise ners had better beef than tbs
people of the city. This the super
inten dent did not deny, for l,e said
his purpose had always been. to buy
the best cattle in the market; and
We understand that he actually de-
mons trated by tho accounts and
figures carefully kept Of purchases,
the gross and net weights, &C., that
he saved money to the state by thu
practice.-Live Stock Journal.
STICK A Pm HERE.-The result Of
the Augusta cotton factory enterprise,
says the New York Sun, are such "a
to enc courage the Southern people to
favthe r effects in manufacturing. The
dependence of the South on the North
for ~ manufactured products was shown
strikingly during the war, when, with
cotton in abundance, the wealthiest
citizens were obliged to purchase at
enornl ous gold prices clothing brought
over In blockade runners, while tho
poorer classes wore the toughest of
liomespnn. Since the war several
praise worthy efforts have been made
by So thern capitalists to make their
section Independent. The most sue.
cessfal Of those enterprises is the Au-
gustaI cotton factory, started soon A.
ter the war. Only sixty thousand
dollars were ever paid in, aud tho
company has paid out in dividends
81, &S, 600, has property $l,2OO,WO,
at the lowest calculation, and a sur.
plus Of S265,560 During the fiscal
gear just ended the company expend-
cd S55O,00O for new machinery and
for enlargement and improvement Of
the buildings. Yet Georgia only
consu mes $1,000 bales of cotton III
her mills, about one twentieth pant Of
her own crop, while most Of tho other
Southern States are without cotton
mills, and have to send their whole
crop elsewhere to be manufactured.
The New Orleans "Picayune's''
commercial article of September LIST
says
! With reference to the growing crop,
we may state that the ACREAGE put
under cultivation this year Was nc.
} cording to the Agricultural Bureau
report Tor June, only 8,746,79l acres,
against 9, 655,2l0 in 1874 decrease
Of l,lpS, 4l9 acres or II per cent.
The planting was very late, and the
crop in the early spring ten to two
weeks backward. Favorable weatA-
er how ever forced the growth rapid.
~ and in July the condition was bet.
ter tina last year in all the States.
Since then a severe and protracted
, drOutll| has caused much damage by
the chi dding Of forms, and at the
present time the trade is 60 much ir
doubt that there is q general DISPOSE
, ton to await further development
before making estimates Of the crop
CURE FOR Wnoop1xc.Couon.-
y One Of the London journals contain
a state pent by DR.. Berry of his sue
cessful treatment Of noncompliance
whoopipg-cough with dilute nitri'
r acid, In doses Of from FIVE to fiftec,
. minims, according to age, with aim
! pie sirup, given every three or fou
hours, alternating the cough an'
) spasm, and apparently cutting shor
); the disease. During an epidemic q
i; tho disorder he prescribed this fire.
Il quentlyI and with very satisfactor,
, results. He offers no suggestion a
i to the operation Of the remedy, bu
: he believes it's action to be that Of
J. tonic, bit its refngerating propertie
@ are not to be lost sight Of. In al
:, the cases treated, he has, of course
ipaid attention to the stats, Of tho di
|gestive organs, and in such cases a
|. have rel uired it, he has given a
). aperient combined with an Alternative
IL How TO MAKE CAKE.-Do no
>, leave the oven door open, or chang
|" the cake from one oven to anotte
:, except ip extreme cases. fit harde
if too fast on the top, cover with pape,
. 1t shoula rise to full height befor
y, tl,a rrnsf farms. Cvcout fi,r r,in0o,