San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-06
FARM AND HOME.
Farm Rd.ings.

,b;s strong argument in favor of polled
Angus cattle.
Mr.. HARRIS LEWIS gives it as his
onipion that grazing for milk may be
made to pay till land reaches 500 an
acre On land of greater value, grazing
COWS for profit is questionable.
EVERY person who keeps chickens
sbould raise garden peppers. A tea
made by boiling them in water and
added to boiled potatoes or corn-meal
dough is stated to be sure preventive
of cholera in fowls.
PunvERIzED sulphur is an excellent
substance to apply to fowls and cattle
for the purpose of destroying or keeping
oway yermin. for the reason that the
heat of the body causes it to become
volatile, in which form 1t suflocates in
sects. ~
A CELEBRATED French breeder, who
for many years held first rank in the art
Of fattening sheep, when urged to di-
yuIge his secret, replied: "My secret Z?
I have none; it is only a question OF
fare. Induce animals to cut abundantly
of large, choice variety of well-pre-
pared food that is all there is to it"
AFRUrr tree cannot bear very heavy
crop oftener than once in two years, and
in order to obtain an even-bearing tree
the fruit should be thinned very freely
every year this would secure not only
very even crops every year, but finer
and more superior fruit. Birds assist
us in this matter by picking off the
blossoms. Thinning is easily done if
we obtain slender pole with hook.
like knife attached, or even Goldfish
hook, by which the extra fruit could be
easily cut out.
The prevalence of good times and
abundant harvests ought to teach the
farmer to husband his resources. Be-
cause plenty abounds is no reason why
waste should occur. Many farmers hav-
ing large crops Of corn adopt a plan of
feeding, which is not only very costly,
but one which really seems criminal.
Corn is fed to pigs who trample it into
the mud. Cattle are given rations
of four times the amount necessary, and,
in fact, the wholesale waste permeates
and attaches itself to every feature Of
the farm. Tight floors should be the
invariable practice in feeding stables,
especially in hog pens.
CONSIDERING the comparative stand
ing of the different breeds of cattle as
stall-feeders, Prof. Brown, of Ontario
Agricultural College, says: 81 know of
no class of cattle SO well qualified to fill
up all our wants in the stall as the
short.horn and his grades. In impress
i've power, early maturity, weight and
fattening disposition they stand unri-
vailed. Next to these stand the Aber-
deem Poll and his grades with their bet
ter quality of flesh and equal maturity,
but hardly equal in weight. The Here
fords come third with their equal i'm
pressive power and reliability as breed
ers, but not equal in early maturing or
weight; and, as stall feeder, the Gal
loway must take fourth place, except
in permanency of character and quality
offesh, in which respect he bows to no
one.
FEEDING AND Digestion. Ct.
Augustin Bowen, Woodstock, Ct, at the
last annual meeting of the Massachu-
sets Board of Agriculture, said ON the
subject of winter feeding and digestion
that animal waste varies with the spe-
cies and the individual, the active deer
requiring much greater amount OF food
than the sluggish bear; the young OF
oil animals need also more than the ma
ture. The blood, muscles and fatty por-
tons of the body may be increased
Or affected by the kinds of food con-
sumed. The rearing of queen bees from
ordinary eggs by special feeding is an
illustration of the influence different
foods may exert. Milk comes nearest
being a universal perfect food; its large
pr portion of water gives freedom OF
motion to all the atoms which make up
the structure the casein supplies the
muscle and increases growth; the sugar
aids combustion, keeping the body
warm; the fat lubricates and prevents
friction, and the lime builds up bone.
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