The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-18

carcass Of the sheep, he needs 10 have al
improved variety, or ct least cross be
, tween some we'll known superior bree'
and the ordinary sheep.
In this country, a. we manufacture n,
ane broadcloths, merino dress goods, no
finest quality Of wool, 1t will not pay
farmers a. well to raise fine wooded Me
rino sheep. excepting for breeding pur
poses. ! am confident that the mos
profitable sheep for US, Ia cross between
the Merino and the English South
Down, or Cotswold. This cross will give
" grade OF sheep that will fatten read.
lily, make good mutton, and yield heavy
ieeces OF fair wool of full medium fine.
ness, just the quality for which there IL
the greatest demand In our markets, and
the price will average as much, II not
4 more than any othei,--even IL the price
per pound should DO q few cents less, the
greater weight Of the fleece will fully
compensate for that loss. sg' =
In many parts OF Virginia and Mary
land the lands haye become so utterly
4 unprecedented by raising successive crops
upon them, without having been sufii-
GENTLY fertilized, that their cultivation
has become improbable and has been
abandoned. .ElFIT--
In the Genesee Valley, New York, a
few years ago, the best wheat in the coun-
try was raised, but the Genesee wheat
has become substantially a thing of the
past. Michigan and the other Western
States have taken the lead in the produce
ton ofwheat, but unless proper system
| OF rotation of crops and fertilizing the
land Is adopted and adhered to, in few
years the cultivation of wheat will have
become an Improbable business here,
and new lands will be sought for to grow
wheat and other grain upon.
An old palDior, y>rc..o~l. nm
grass, no cattle; no cattle, no manure |;
no manure, no crops" The land needs
food and rest, as well as the horses and
oxen employed in tilling it, otherwise IL
will become sworn out" so that it would
be difficult TO raise even crop of white
beans on 1t. 1t should be alternately pas
ture and pillow land, now in clover, then
In wheat, and always kept up with fertil-
izers, either from the barnyard or else
where.
A large majority of the horses I'm the
country are or mixed blood, or of almost
unknown blood, ana are wanting in
many of the qualities that horse should
possess. Among our most valued horses
we frequently find that strength and en-
durance have been sacrificed to secure
mere lightness and fieetness of limb, but
race-horse or fast trotter of the type
usually seen Is not q profitable horse for
farmer TO keep. A farmers work is
principally on his farm, and not on the
road and the horse that is most profitable
for him to keep Is one in which strength
or limb and muscle are predominant
qualities. The general system Of pre-
miums for horses is not what IL should
be, and want to see an Improvement in
1t. do not refer specially to the pre-
miums offered by the Agricultural So
ciety here more than to those Of other
places. It Is often the case that the high
est premium, as at the late State Fair, is
offered for horse that will trot mile the
quickest with light sulky. Now, 1 ask,
is horse that can trot mile In go, with
no load, worth any more to farmer than
one that will trot in four minutesf What
you need is horse that will walk off
rapidly with q ton, or trot 10 miles an
hour with light load and continue the
gait at that average for five or six hours,
II necessary. Let your system of pre-
miums embrace something of this kind,
viz:
Offer the best premium for the horse
that will walk mile the quickest with q
load OF two or three tons, or will trot
mile the quickest with load of one ton.
N 1t may not be practicable to offer pre-
miums for other actual work, like plow-
ing, etc, but the class ofhorses that would
compete for the premiums i have men,
toned would win a premium for any
kind of farm or road work.
Is / repeat that the highest premiums
should be offered for horses that can do
the best work in any useful occupation,
instead OF for horses that are mere high
fliers that no one would think of putting
before load and here permit me to say
that farm horse does not want to be all
neck, chest and legs, nor Of breed that
IS always hungry and never fat. No.
The farmer wants horse that Is easy to
keep and good for work, powerfully
built and well developed in every part.
A handsome head, ears and neck can be
found on q good-sized, well-proportioned
body, with strong, muscular legs, the
animal throughout presenting picture
Of strength and endurance and not want
ing In good aud efficient degree of
speed.
Rapid walking is a very desirable quail
ity for horse to possess.
There Is no animal so well adapted for
use In blowing q cultivated field as a
rapid walking horse. If you wish to
show q handsomely plowed field, the
work must be done by u team that walks
of rapidly. For drawing heavy loads, a
horse has no superior, although mules or
oxen may answer very well in some
places.
Most Of the farm work that horse does
Is done by Warrington instance, in
drawing plow, harrow, cultivator, or
readily 20, that nearly Is per cent. more
work can be accomplished where q team
walk rapidly instead of slowly. There is
hardly place where horse can be used
where fast walker is not preferable to a
slow one.
It is much easier than one might sup
pose to bring upon a sound horse some of
the thirty odd diseases TO which he is
subject. Careless and improper usage
and treatment may cause your horse to
become broken .winded, foundered, spav-
ined, or afflicted with ring bone, poll evil,
or some other disease that destroys his
beauty, usefulness and value for other
purposes than food for crows.
AS there Is no animal more satisfactory
to look at and admire than well-condi-
toned and perfectly sound horse, SCI
one afflicted with the diseases have
mentioned.
FARM BUILDINGS.
Many farmers pay but little attention
to the location of their barns and out
buildings, only to have them convenient
ly near.
Probably there Is not man here to-day |
who would build hog-pen in his from
yard, but 1t il equally Important in san
lULy polut VI Wow Lnat u St8Dle, or pig
sly, should be located SO that the pre- |
vailing winds would not wait their un- |
savory odors toward the dwelling house,
instead Of In some other direction.
It il better for the health of the inmates /
of the dwelling house that It should be /
located on high, or rising ground, out of |
the lower level where malaria is found. |
After the long summer days work Is
done and the supper eaten, when the |
sun and the twilight have disappeared |
and the shadowy drapery Of night covers
The land, when tired Nature seeks relief
and rest in sleep, then the disease laden
comes up from the stagnan
pools, the swamps and marshes Allied
with damp and decaying vegetation, an,
spreads over the surrounding country,
bearing the seeds of disease to the IA 4
Iigued, sleeping and unconscious men,
women and children. Impurities of All
kinds are borne upon the night air an,
IAN be- largely guarded against by
proper location of tile farm buildings.
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.
I. A good orchard IL q valuable adjunct 10