Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-10-25
Home and Farm.
raSar NOTES.

lily, and improved color of their
combs will soon show it whole
some effect.
As soon as the upper por-
ton Of the straw of cereals be-
comes yellow, no futher in
: crease takes place in the
weight ofthe seed. If the grain
be not cut down soon after the
appearance of this sign, its
quality deteriorates and its
weight dirninishes.
Clover is the great renovator
of the soil. Too much oft can
not be grown. Itmakes the best
hay for mich cows and young
stock and every crop grown
and fed out benefits instead Of
of exhausting the farm. Plas-
ter is an excellent fertilizer for
clover when sown broad cast
at the rate of one or two BUSH
els per acre, on the young grass,
while it is moist. = Les0isto.
lourual.
There is not only no doubt of
the fact that the culture of cot
ton in certain portions of Cali
fornia viii become a great sta
pie there there being now sew
eral thousand acres under Gull
tivation which promises a full
yield-but that New Mexico
and other parts of the south
western region viii soon be
brought under cotton cultiva-
ton also, and be made produc-.
tive.
DR.. Sturtevant says: "Ore
of the best results which could
happen to our talking agricul-
snrists would be to sweep from
existence the idea that cheap
results can be other than of
cheap value. The true results
always costly of time and of
thought. Let the agriculture
thinker receive recognition IN
accordance as his thought is
based on facts.
There is nothing better, prob
ably nothing SO good, for mix
ing with poultry droppings, as
road dust gathered in season
and stored in dry place for
time of need. put in a Darrell
or box alternate layers. using
about twice as much dust as
droppings, and mix before US
ing by pounding the mass to-
gether in a kite or on a tight
floor.
The horses on our railways,
says the Germantown Telegraph
are not fed with oats, chopped
corn and hay being found to be
more desirable than fodder.
They fatten more rapidly on
this food, which tits said gives
them greater strength and en-
durance than any other. The
cost, too, of corn is much less
than oats. Fifty years ago the
principal food for work horses
was cut straw and bran, mixed
and moistened, with the addi-
lion of corn in the ear.
If farmers think they have
any rights, and deem them
worthy of preservation. they
must devise some plan for ac-
ting in concert, for individually
they are helpless against organ
lied bodies whose interest con-
flict. Farmers clubs are excel
lent Institutions SO far as they
go. but these are necessary linz
tied in their action, as there is
no bond of union to cement
them into formidable or eff
Gent working body.
Every farm who keeps stock
should retain his choicest fe-
males as breeders. If they
have good size, fine form, and
are well bred. they are almost
invaluable. Select for such the
choicest males, and thus i'm
provement can go from year to
year. The stock produced will
command higher and still higher
prices, if this course of breeding
farm stock is followed. Ifthe
farmers Of a reighborhood
would club together and buy a
good stallion, a good jack, a
good bull, a good ram. a good
boar. if the use of such animals.
could not be obtained otherwise.
itwould be paying investment.
Fur scrub stock must give way
to the improved breeds. Farm
must awake from their lethargy.
Beef. pork, mutton, cheese
and butter, articles of food in
demand in all countries, daily
consumed in immesc quanti-.
ties, and can never be dispen-
sed with anywhere, and coase-
quently the production Of them
can be safely embarked in. Al
these are exported from Amer
lea in large quantities, and the
demand for them in foreign
countries is daily on the increase,
The money in them viii DC
made by those who can pro-
duce the best at the lowest
price; by these who use the
most skill and care, but study
and know how to make short
cuts to reach desired points.
: Success will not come from any
hap-hazard system of produc-