The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-11-20
Farm and Household Column.

Farm and Household Column.
Southern VS.. Northern Grain
Seed.
p. We find quite acrimonious discus
sions going on in our Southern farms
journals in relation to the relative
value If Northern or Western and
purely Southern grain seeds. W"
find, too, as advocated iu this paper
time aud again, that the practical cx-
perience' of intelligent planters show,
in their many communications 0n tho
subject to various papers, thatjiouth.
ern grown wheat, rye, oats aud bar
ley arc far preferable for seed tn that
Of Northern growth. The controver-
~ seems, to 10 almost altogether be-
tween practical farmers who give
their experience for years., und ccr
tain editors aud managers Of asricul-
tural papers, who either from inter
est or igi,orance, and perhaps tn'th,
~..o .nB side "su...-> .la-.rnrrienc.
Of the farmers. The farmers almost
invariably agree that seed for small
grain should be obtained from Us near
home us possible, OK at least from.
some adjoining State, while some Ut
the theoretical writer's contend that
improved Northern seeds are much
tho best. We arc glad ~ SEQ tho
discussion going on. Our experience,
observation and judgment cause US I"
side with the farmer in this contro-
vevsy, and we ART sure that home
grown seed will Le used more exten-
sively in spite Of NIL Northern adver-
tisen,ents Us to the superiority Ut
their seed.
Our rule to act on is, that Que we'll
sustained, andoab,ed fact is worth
thousand theories and arguments mn.
sustained by facts. Let ia have tho
truth, no matter who is hurt by it.
Cannot our brethren give Us their
experieuce iu this matteri
Brooms and Broom COrn.-As We
are anxious to see the culture 1T broom
corn and the manufacture of br0oma'
encouraged in the Southwest. We will
state that there arc now four: very
large broom manufactures in the city
IF New Orleans, aud also four smaller
establishments.
They are all as busy A. they Gun h.,
turning Ont thousands Of br0Oms y
day, with an increased demand for
br,n,ns Of their make. Other estab.
Iishmeuts will he started next season.
and u larger area will be put in broom
corn. =,
All the handles for the home manu-
factories are turned from home wood
in home latles.
There have been received from
Texas aud Louisiana alone 445 bales.
of over 800 pounds each, OF broom
straw, since July.
! There are large lots coming from
Kausas by way Of St. Louis, and lots
, from Tennessee and Kentucky, and
; all consumed by city fatories. 1t il
! selling at from six to eight cents Pc!
:, pound. ts@-;' 'its
>, May all Southern floors be soon
] swept by Southern brooms. ~.ii %
Fine Stock q Safe Investment
J; John Scott, in the Swine and Poultry
( Journal for September, impresses u
lesson which We have always sought
to teacl. l,y 40 illustration which may
make it clearer to mauy than it evel
has been before, and especially as III
voucl.es for the occurrence ~ an ac
: tuai fact:
. Nv neishbor bonght a trio Of fin
pigs, paying therefor the reasonable
sum Of Sl2O. The male was valuct
! at $50, and the females at thirty each
This ,was = wise apportionment "
!, values, Us the male would impress Iii
u value IN Ill the produce. There ar'
. those who think, however, that 81
u is too great = price for ono zig. Il
: this case he did nat die "r prove tar
}, rem, but lie begat his likeness not onl!
u on tile females If his own blood bu
y largely on others to ,whici, he VA
bred. In the short slace Of tw
o years my neighhor had sold, Il
II pricps much less than he paid. pm,
% bred pigs to tho amount Of et0O
T. had ou hand \ stuck If young thing
D. worth S3l)O; still had the origins
y stock, and had paid FIR all his fee
T. and labor BY tho use III his male O
u his aud other stock. 10 say nothin
g. of his enjoyment iu the possession (.
~ the best, Of the increased respect
y his neighbours, Of Ills own caltur
'e growing out If the ,h"usht he Say
d t., his pursuit, he had u clear retur
v If 4lOOO on ~ investment 1T Sla'
aud Ill In two sl,ort years. Allowiu
oue.half for contingencies, and VII
Il has done as we'll as this wi,h low
ve priced stock I ~
y. ia boar will get one hundred pie
Y. in a year, and each VI the pigs
If worth 81 more than are those from
he c.,,umoo sire, what in he really worth
Il, liz We pse him hut three years ut til
n. rate he will earn US e6D. Is It ~
m plaio that f's,,ch All animal has rel
III value far beyond tho terrible hu,
IA. dred dollars for which he sells ]
de lie safe, then, to wait for tho price
I've come down before We buyi The e!
vi pectation or fear that tho prices vi
BIZ tulnble is basel ~ the assumpt''
~ that tho world wilt move backward
DO The idea il "A vain Al it is unconlp'
,nl mcntary, as f.llacio"s as 1t il "ades
tie rable. s'
y. An Old Rcci,s Worth Ten Dolla
M to any Faf,mer.-Take one part q
~ 7; wcisl,t) rp>i,,. que part beeswas, AT