The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-13
FARM ITEMS.

THREE Is con idcrablc advantage realized in
turning of animals as young as possible after
getting good growth, asst requires less capital
In conducting the business u breeding and
feeding, and the risks of accidents, diseases aud
all other things are much lcsSened.
When pigs are confined TO n corn diet they are
apt to suffer nom disOrdered stomach, viii Ii
isreleyed by charcoal. An occasional handfnl
OF wood ashes and sulphur will also be found
beneficial.
The owner of the large apple orchard in Mas.
sachusctts, whose trees are this season loaded
win fruit attributes no mean part Of his sue
cess 10 his manner Of setting the trees and the
care he takes IN removing all WiudtRlls and I'M
perfect fruit. lie digs II hole about five feet
square in which he sets the young tree and
then he fills 1t with good soil aud well made
compost lie never plowsshis orchards, but ap.
plies manure upon the surface. Observation has
tv3ht him that the little rootlets of tho ample
tree come to the surface of the ground for any
nouTishmeut which may BIO there.
Tine prolitublCncSs vi breeding and rearing
horses is very apparent when the figures are
considered, II the Chicago market, for instance,
IL TAKEN MS nn average one, we find that draft
team weighing 3 900 pounds sells for $40 aud
one weighing 500 for $3.50 a road horse of
LOCO pound, brings $500 and u fair family horse
$50 But IA plug sells for SIS. Now, anyone ca 4
perceive That the difference between The cost of
rearing plug and and good horse Is very little
N the way of feed ard chiefly in the service Of
then leaves behiud 1t Si56 and the team S375
even at this high figure for the sire. hut 5000
pounds of beef viii not bring 1870 and the horse
iiesh costs no more, but less than the beef for
ihe morse has earned It's keeping, has paid for
itself IN work before II is six years Old.
IN the western states and territories much Is
Sald about planting trees for timber and for
lenclng.. and IN the prairie hundreds of thou
SANDS OF acres have been planted for such pur.
poses IN NE southern states there is so much
lumber that there is no necessity for tree plaut-
ing But there are tracts of land in the gulf
states where pccunS could be planted To great
advantage, though the advantages are rather
distant
In iiyerand creek bottoms. where there is
open lahd pccanS may be planted from forty to
hN ieel aplrt aud left TO take care of them
selves; ana If cattle are not too numerous the
cost OF planting viii come back, principal aud
compound interest, in fifteen or twenty years:
LOT long before the trees are in bearing, the
market value of the land would be greatly in.
creased by the young pecan trees Pecan trees
VIII even do very well ON rolling pine lands
we nave seen them thrive aud produce very
wen In such lands, but rich bottom lands are
best.
We have often stated, and we here repeat,
tnht Il large pecan tree 30 or 10 years old In
good soil, and bearing large soft shell pecans is
worth ut least 500 in gold 500 note al interest at
temper cent, secured by II good mortgage. The
Tree VIII bring fruit that will sell for from $40 To
V-"h l'Hl, u Us NOT so Indie 10 DO blown down,
or to be struck by lightning or to die premature.
~, us bank is liable TO break. and the tteo is
saver investment than monty at 10 per cent.
interest anywhere.
barrel OF pcCans, Of The best kind, does
not cost much, and to plant them one in place
would not cost much more, Two men with II
hoe or light spade could plant them well. They
ought not g. he planted over an inch In depth
ana should be soaked in warm water a
iicw days beioae planting them. BY
butyicg Them in II trench in warm soil
ANA IN u sunny exposure covering them with
one thickness of cotton bngging and few inches
OF earth on the baggitg, they may remain until
inc later part of February or early In March
and then planted; or examine them occasionally
IN January and March by raising the bagging
nnd when the shells begin TO open they should
be planted. II hogs range in the regions whore
they ARE planted, It would be well to bury the
necans In trench III the garden, and not plan.
mem until the LIST of March, and then plant
Them with Sharroncd stake SO as to make as
it'le disturbance Of thC soil as possible, since Il
hogs eye is about AS sharp us that of II hawk in
hunting food. Ii Il were not ior hogs and cattle
pecahs could be planted In any open land with
safety and with little trouble. II one has lnnd
reserved for children, he san do no better for
such heirs than 10 plant pecans on Il fifty feet
apart S wv