The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-01
Persistent Erort Needed on Die Farm.

AEESkSNCuL NEEuGN UA INC Eftk4As
The results come far short of meet
ing the requirements of this ace, if a
farmer is satisfied with cattle stock
that is fairly good, the COWS yielding
six or seven pounds of butter a week.
and the Steers growing up to fair size,
and getting tolerably fat on what passes
for good farm keep at four years old.
Farmers, in these DAYS, are. figuratively
speaking, squeezed betWeen two mill
stones. Their taxes, direee and indi-
rect, as com pared to the period when
the present farmers of fifty and over be-
gan their farming, are largely increased
We have mo simplicity il Official sta
tons Hogvpaays Love Of bounty and
desire to Serve our fellow man, have
given place tosgTeed after office, largely
for the sake Of the pay it affords. Con-
sideratioTis That Formerly insured econ
omy in. public expenditures and con-
sequently low taxes, cut no figure in
these days hence nearly everything
Che farmer buys for his own consump-
ton is taxed heavily, or is sshoddy, or
the two are cornBined. - -
Hence cows that Will make six. OF. sew
en- pounds Of butter a week. and steers
that, at four years, VIII weigh twelve
hundred, and sell at a low figure per
hundred, cannot be relied. on to meet
the expenditures Of the average farm
er's fanlilvaOf this day. The farn1 that
has increased in value from fifteen
to forty dollars an acres is put to a
viery poor use when devoted 3 to grow
ing the. grade of stock which
prevR ileClg Oh the fifteen dollar land.
Then the opportunities for Improvements
were very widely scattered. The mass
or farnlels were so Situated that it re-
quired journey of from one hundred to
several hundred miles to procure a
yveIl-bred b1fl calf. Thus, the remote
ness of supply and the then meagre in
come, cut off facilities for Improvement,
and farmers were more excusable for
\ keepiHg the only kind that they had
opportunities to procure.
TfBut now the circumstances are en-
tirely different. Well-bred stock of
every kind, like the locomotive, has
found its way to the very base of the
mountains of Colorado and New Mexi-
co, is seeking access to the valleys be-
yOnd, and is scattered over all the
country this side. So there is no OBJ
stacle in the way Of our farm stock be-
coming rapidly re-invigOrated, taking
on the high-priced, early -maturi nEgs
form in place of that of the tardy grow
ers, too common even in our day. y ct,
improvement in farm stocks outside of
the swine herd, is a thing of slow
growth This is demonstrated every
day at any principal stock market in
the country, through the very meager
showing Of good beasts on sale. For
proof Of this, see how small a proper
ton of six-cept cattle are offered, and
how extended the list of sales at half,
or fraction overhaul this figure. e
The CONSUMERS in tlle county 1T
large, even much the larges portion of
those who1iYe in the principal Western
cities. seat very indifferent beef and
mutton, because they cannot procure
better grades. BY the time The
usual cuIling has taken place, the
best being selected for shipment to
Eastern cities and to Europe. a large
proportion of all the offerings remaining
are what are termed 3 butcher s end
Gamer s stock 2 ew-down grades at
bests The cannerss 60 upon the propes
sition that anything that is beef, even If
from an old, WORKOUT bull, or a super
lannuated COW. too old to f;ute1n Well, S
Win boil tolerablysfender if the process
is long enough. continIIedsand will sell
to the class Of persons Who are expected
to eat this kind of leatherY, insipiCt
meat With ali the a9enpes that IRE
now opened for Improvement, coupled
with the fact that our farmers are now
quite ready to conoedes the necessity Of
pushing our grades of stock up to
higher Standard for 3lle reasons given
above, the native cattle stiTI far ont.
number the better, kinds and ignoble
blood is sofxed in tlle scrub beast. that
to eradicate. this requires a great cal
of patience and perseverance, Ndtjol1aE
live Stock journal.