The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-03-19

HOW TO FATTEN CATTLE,

r RIA. Steele, a prominent a~tock.raise
of Kansas, to the Drover's Journal, j
full Of good sense, and if steck-raiser
will follow it the quality OF, cattle sen
to market win be rapidly changed
The price of cattle fattened for marke
depends on the symmetry of the animal
as we'll as the fat style, as shipper
term it. | want here to state that goot
blood Ia important, but not absolutel,
necessary to make what is termed
good seller. In order to fatten a stee,
to bring the highest market price, ht
must be. kept in a growing condition
from a calf, and in no case allowed tc
go hungry. It is the starving the frs
and second winter which willis anG
shrivels up a steer that causes him tc
be sold at a reduced price. No amount
OF feeding will make him a frst-class
seller, no difference what mis- color OF
blood. An animal well fed II care not
what the bIood-Texas or not) fromsa
calf until the spring he is three years
old, will be smooth, with bones well
covered, and will sell at a profit ; while
q half starved animal becomes crooked
IN the back, bone-proiecting and shriv-
'eled up, takes the best part of the sum-
mer to get in condition to live, and will
not be in condition for market until he
is four years old, and then will bring a
price which is Unsatisfactory to the
producer and TO every one that handles
him. This is no theory, but a fact de.
duced from close observation. and 7
have tested the plan for several years.
1t will and does pay to feed eorn to
calves and to yearlings. They start out
on grass IN the spring strong and Wig
orous. You are then able to market
your cattle the spring they are three
years old, weighing 1.4O0 pounds, which
ls heavy enough to bring the first price.
The best steer ] sold in 1872 was q COM
mon native. He had all he could eat
from a calf, and was never hungry. He
was O handsome animal, and worth
more per pound than anything I ship.
ped in 1872. He weighed in CHICAGO
1880 pounds /; age three years. I have
a steer calf eleven months old. from a
very ordinary COW. The calf now NAV
21) weighs $50 pounds. / think it viii
weigh, when three years old, 1850
pounds. lido not wish it understood
that l am not in favor of improving the
blood as well as feed. ..ri-.tf # -
| shipped two Texas steers this
spring, which were three years old,
They were smooth and nice, and I sold
them with a lot of Durhams four wears
u at the same price, and they were
worth as much per pound and weighed
better according to age. They were
raised and fed by different parties.
Mammoth, overgrown steers have had
their day, and we now come down to the
neat, compact, WelI-fattened animal.
beth in hogs and cattle. To accom-.
pilsh this in cattle, good feeding from
. calf is necessary.
LICE ON COLTS.
No other farm stock is more suhiect
toalice than colts. These yoracions and
multltudlnous parasites do vastly moro
to colts, calves. and other neat
hogs and poultry, than is cener-
ally believed: They favor all diseases.
ana all possible evils from low or scant
Leeolng, killing thousands of stock. 10
serious loss of farmers, and stead
ny consuming blood and flesh which
are money TO the husbandman. Feed
sulphur in meal with a little salt. Wash
not too copiously) with strong tobacco
to remove lice.
Strangers who may reasonably hone
q do q better business than raising
hese and other parasites In large nnns /,
oefs, will act wisely to buy salt and ]
.uiphur at wholesale prices: A dnIIas.I !
'aved 10 equal to q dollar made hv raia- !
~ cora or cotton, and it does NOT
the SOL half Is much. Sound j
10 the cornerstone of sue. y
esstgl agriculture. IF you fear mites .
n chicks, put q little sulphur in their
ougn. Learn to- mako all yonppJ.
Ger Go first rate, knowing that younp
le Is 9 wonderful power in the hands
! science and industry. Tits the life :
Z ail seeds and animals that multiplies !
aelr value to mankind.
kOuND vs.. WHOLE GRAIN FOR HoRsEs =
Inc Irish Farmers Gazette, in reIa. D
VI Y ele dInelence between ground
aa unground feed, and whole or cut 4
'dds1, quotes the following fact The 2 2
omnibus company have lately 5,
sae . report which d~iscloBe5 some Il. =
SIsasing information, not only to farms y
y, out TO every owner Of j haFsp ..
ney use no less than 5000 horses =
VoO OF this number had for their feed g
tulsed oats, is pounds cut hay. III q =
,anus straw, u pounds and the y
ner: bruised oats, 10 pounds; unc1f Y
y, 10 pounds. The horse which was =
q on the former, and consumed 26
lnnds per dag, could do the same work 9
wei, and was keptin az good oanai. y
p, as the n receiving SO pounds 81
ereDy causing a saving of six pounds Z
= horse4 amounting to EGO per =
y, or -, 300 per annum on the com -
ny's 1000 horses.
TRANsPLANTINa SPRUCE TREES. i
The proper time for transplantino n
ulng spruce trees is either in varS Ia,
autumn, o. in spring, after frosty IL
'ather has ended, Those who haye Is,
yea the former season prefer f. ~ 81
] other, believing that the peroensago IL,
i ~ = 1af less when performed then. til.
80 young plants VI removed from Sd
J woods, It Is best to allow 4 BAN 81 ia
,tl 20 adilere. Il practicable, and par M
shade must be given them for the rnc
= year. Late in the fall Is the worst
'slpie time, aB the roots of nawlv. HI u
nted Trees have o desire To haoin 81,
WIN ST once, end the ~lateness "a fha 81
ln this cas- edectually debars IN,
n from adding dbTes, and ID when "a
ing arrives the specimen is not nm hat
laently dead. For the better forma- NJ
.aJ lo us mnicnlng ~ tesoEted Or
= 81 WI 9lten preserve the life Of cor
% that negiect would certainly kill. orc
~ ~ LIGHT GRASS SEED. the