San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-19
Is sS's SSrd Sh0ii r. ss sS' !. be

CROP, The variety chosen should b,
boM prolik6 Ana hardy. lfhe Soii, as {
, rule, should be asfine clay loan, wei
|. f,drsined, and contain asfair proportion
of thoroughly decomposed organic mat
, ter. The blowing should be only six o,
pseveH inches Deep tue soil thoroughly
e sass a e ,Ss ss s'a aad 'hs
early and rolled; land the rows fl,
enough apart to admit OF several culti,
vations. Then, with good season, and
comparative freedom from insects and
1 disease, and tie use of proper nipple.
ments in harvesting, large and profita.
\ Die crop may be expected In the vir-
gin soils of the extreme West, remuner-
\ alive crops may perhaps still be raised
by the old careless methods, but the
time is close 1t hand when allthese con-
ditions will apply there as well as in the
older sections Of the country q Ahieri-
can Agriculturtst, .,,s-.@ ''I 4
How HORSES oARE SPoILED How
quick ashosse o0niessdiilapidated and
demoralized afterit comes into the pos.
session of Ssoms people, It, makes no
4 difference how young or how nice they
are when they get them ,vthey all look
alike in. less than two years, and always
have that discouraged, destroyed ap!
\ pearancs I haze, seer, men who claim
to have great judgment-whom we
looked upon as wiseso prudent and
shreWd in bpsiness-that, did not seem,
ITO Have any. idea Of what Treatment and
care a horse required, q II 1had q boy 10
years old, that was not more capable
and reasonable, ABOUT such things than,
many people, I should think he was a
hopeless idiot. Many seem to think a.
horse can endure every thing, go, with
out feed an day and half the night, and
be off on O. Journey in bad travelling,
time after timesJd When they get home
they put themlinto O an old, dark, dirty
pen, throw in a forkful of, hay, the first
they come to, and let them !" rip y They
never rub or clean them, and never take
any pains protect them from cold or
dampness. They overload them re-
peatedly, compel them to labor under
I" difficulties" when in no condition to
labor. How many young, stylish horses.
have we seen all drawn out of shape,
and all sagged down., their back six
inches too low in front of the hips and
a foot and q half too long, A horse
needs feed regularly androften, as often
as once in five hours, at least, at regu-'
lar hours in the day. They can not
bear fasting as well as ruminating ami
mails; but they should never be era M
med full of hay, especially after 3 long
drive when they have been without all
day, nor just before hard days work
or q long Journey. i have seen a good
many horses nearly spoiled by fasting
and examining. 1t will soon spoil their
digestive organs, and, if long continued,
it will weaken them and destroy their
vitality so that they will never take on
flesh at all even under good treatment.
And SO they always remain. "a crooked,
shapeless mass of unsightly, useless
tthorse-fesh. ',Gl But, strange as itmay
appear, people never know the differ
ence as, long as the animal has a paunch,
hair and hoofs! It's not all work that
brought them to1qthis. There are
thousands of horses'that look as well as
they ever did g 1t rs the general man
agement. 1t is not the team horses nor
the livery horse so much as the farmers
horse, that shows bad treatment Some
pretend that the horse has a poor, con-
stitution, or is SICK Others call it a
lack of vitality..,b | should call it a lack
of common sense in the Uranium Of his
owner Cor. Aaias Farmer. w., ,"a
THE CARE OF sM1LK,-A creamery
company publish. the following rules
and suggestions for the guidance Of
their patrons who furnish milk to the
company. Every person who has the
management of COWS and attempts but
should study them: 'a,n
Ruls-1. Never, under any circum-
stances, put pail of milk into your can
before straining. q One pail OF unstrain-
ed milk may spoil whole can, ard ore
can of impure milk will certainly injure
all milk or cream with which it comes
in contact. In the name, of decency,
we beg of every patron TO be particular
about milking and properly straining
his milk, i1q % ssosss- AT Pm Is !!.p FJ'dz
q. Cans containing milk should never
be keptlin milking-barn during the
night. The scent OF the stable (howev-,
err well kept will,injure the milk and
spoil the nice flavor fresh 'butter should
have. An open shed q little distance
from your barn, yourwoods shed, or your
kitchen, is the only proper place for
keeping milk oyer night U
Suggestions. Il. Insist that your
be done in q -eleanly manner.
Too much pains can not be taken in this
particular Carelessness here will en-
TAIL q great loss ION the manufacturer,
and insult the consumer. ~
2. Bed your cowswith sawdust if pos
sible;i it viii keep yourcows clean, and |
ihe stable tidy |
: 8. DO Bt, under any circustances,
eavesvou,- nails and strainer at the harm