The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-12
Home sna Farm.

Homo ond Farms
Before the war we imported a pair
Of Ayrshire cattle from Scotland, and.
just 80 long as we kept up that breed
aud crossed It upon selected native
heifers, we were convinced that the
Ayreshire was the COW for the South.
A plenty of butter, rich milk, and
cream 6nger-length deep in jar, are
the results Of keeping good Ayrshire
mixers. But extended observation
and inquiry, and q little experience
since the war, almost persuade rs that
the Jersey cattle are the cattle We OF
the South should breed. For thrift,
hardness, beef, jumping and fighting,
no cattle can equal the Brahmin. They
will keep in good condition on less, en-
dnrs our hot, dry summers better, and
always furnish more meat, and about
a. much milk, as any other breed OF
cattle. But they can learn easier to
dispute their owners rights, and main
tain more than their own, and more
gracefully leap over our generally bad
fences, than any other species of cattle /;
and, hence, they will not do for the
South. The Ayreshires ''fill the bill"
almost exactly, and what is lacking in
them seems to be supplied in the Jer-
seys. We, therefore, suggest to the
Oranges Of Texas, il they wish
TO improve the State by immigra-
ton, TO unit at once and import from
some reliable Northern stock farm q
few yearling Jersey bull calves, and
anticipate an improvement in our fence
laws by improving the stock and max
half dozen pure Jersey yearlings could
probably be delivered in Texas at
about sixty dollars each.
Mr.. John w. Lewis, manager, OF
King William county, Virginia, writes
to the Southern Planter and Farmer
that during February he plants his TO-
mato seeds IN hot-beds made of rich
earth; seldom waters, as they will
stand drought better and bear trans
planting more successfully If not too
snssulent; the early plants are set out
In i've feet squares, from the twenti-
eth Of April to frst Of May, each squai c
receiving q good supply Of manure ;
for late crop the seed are planted
In these squares, burrows having been
run Eve feet apart each way; his yield
u an average Of peck to the hill; the
greatest enemy to the plant Is the to
bacco worm, but he grows large droves
Of turkeys, which act as great scaveD-
gers IN this respect; he Is preparing
this spring to plant seven hundred
acrea In tomatoes, and now has seed
planted in hot beds covered by SIX
hundred sashes, containing seventeen
thousand panes Of 8x10 glass. Here
10 Q problem which We would like to
have solved by some of our lady read
srs: II Mr.. Lewis averages peck to
the hill, how many bushels will he
make on seYen hundred acres, planted
In hills five feet apart each way We
presume the company, Of which Mr..
Lewis Is manager, cultivate the tomato
- . speciality for canning themselves
or 10 ship to the canning establish
ments In Baltimore.
twenty-five years ago packing
Was Q miniature business that scarcely
commanded the dignity of being an
enterprise. To-day hogs of immense
weight are butchered and packed by
the millions. The city of Chicago
alone packs millions during the year,
the business being continuous one
from January till January, winter and
summer, Sundays and during the week,
and scarcely stopping during the night.
The packing at Chicago and through
out the Northwest has been unusually
active for the past six months, and if
tho market price Of meat does not go
considerably lower than it has already
fallen, 1t will surely not be because the
supply has not been more than equal
10 the demand. Taking that go-ahead
city a. 4 criterion, we can see the com
parative amounts of pork packed in
1875 and 1876. During the summer,
from May to October of 1875, Chicago
packed 72S, 791 hogs, that averaged net
per head 176 pounds. During the
corresponding months of 1876 the
city packed 1915, 400 hogs that aver
aged 100 pounds. The average yield
OF lard per hog from the first was 81
pounds; from the latter 80 pounds.
From October, 1875, till March 1, 1876,
the city packed 1, 500, 065 hogs, averag-
ing 216 pounds, and each yielding SO
pounds of lard. From October, 1876,
till March /, 1877, the city packed
1,602. 1888 hogs, averaging 216 pounds,
and each yielding IS pounds of lard.
Or, 697, $50 more hogs were killed and
packed in Chicago between May, 1875,
and March, 1877, than were killed and
packed between May, 1875, and MOrch,
1875. II there were similar increase
Of the business in all Of the Northwest
orn cities or towns in which pork is
packed land We see no statement to the
contrary in any of our exchanges, but
rather conhrmatory reportsl, we cannot
See Why meat should net become a
cheaper article Of diet to those who
have to buy this year than 1t has been
for several years. Let it fall as low as
practicable, however, and so low that
the Northwestern farmer mag vow tn st
10 II ruinous business for him To grow
hogs, we are still impressed that even
that low figure 10 . price at which it
will pay all farmers to ut least raise
The bacon and hams their immediate
white families consume. Try the ex-
pertinent and prove US incorrect.
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