The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-30
FARM ITEMS.

THE Highland Agricultural Society OF scot
land has asccrtalned by eXpcriment 'haC an
ounce of red-top seed contains 42o,ooo, anu I'LL
ounce of timothy $4,000 grains. ,o,
A western paper says that tne way 70 eet Iloh
in its part of the world is to make the farms pro-
duce beautifully feeding TO the stock on the
place what cannot promptly De marke'eo' As
to this, the safe reliance is grass.
Bare pastures and poor catte 20 togetnti. .
"The grass should gain ON the animals during
the growing season. Cattle that are obllged 70
eat night and day to satisfy their appetites can,
not mature prope ly. Give both the grass ana
| the COWS chance. :, s.ooa
that not one farmer in ten tme rhe
correctness of this has been tested thousands oi
| times, and SO without guessing IL may pc saiu
that one bushel of meal wall put as much iat on
an animal as five pecks of plain, ordinary gram.
| MellomaiZe is South American cereal supe-
rior to both corn and wheat forcakes and bread
| which experimenting has proved Will grow sue
cessflllly In the south, making from hfty 10 one
hundred bushels to the acre, In South Garohna
# has teen grown for several years by Rev IL,
H. Pratt who introduced i to this country, t.,
| Northern sheepmen can haruly IeaHze I'm. ~, ~
MANY portions Of Texas sheep not only live the
wear round with nothing but the natural grass
as it grows on the ground; notning put Ine
| brush for shelter, but even yet no salt weed
| growing that furnishes all the saiiiie iiiattel
| necessary for good health.
| 1t is most profitable to make PORK from young
pigs bushel of corn VIII proauce moie
| pounds of increase in weight when ied 10 pig
| three months old. The cost of producing a
given weight of pork increases with the a.e OF
| the animal iii is DESTROYS to nrohuce an m
crease of one ton of porG by feeding lUO swine
| that increase will be more cheaply oDtalpeu Dy
| feeding pigs under six months of age than by
feeding those which are year OLD, OF olue y
ones The man who allows his young pigs 70
have scanty allowance Of food permits us 'ne S 1P 3s
| Obliged to produce his pork at an increase cost
| by feeding when the swine are older. r..
1t is not necessary in this age of the w9rid ior
the nig6s a TO bssin his S work This
setting up so early in the morning IS .
relic Of barbarism. 1t has made hundreds OF
thousands of young men curse the BUSINESS, ness
There is no need of getting up az or cio er
| In the winter morning. The farmer VINO per
sisis In dragging his wife and chlldren rom
| their beds ought to be visited by a missionary:
| II Is time enough to rise after the sun mas SET
the example. For what purpose DO you ger upI
| TO feed the cattle? Why not feed them more
the night before? 1t waste OF lie IN me
old times they used to get up about o'clock IL,
| the morning and go to work long before the sun
| has risen with healing upon his wings, ana
as a lust punishment they all had the ague; ana
| they ought to have 1t now. The man VINO
s soii n Without Si' rising befcIs daylight
ought to stsrve. Eight hours, day is
| enouth for snv farmer to WORK except ~
harvest time. When you rise at ana wo O ~, III
improved machinery unless 1t tends 10 give the
| farmer a lutte more leisure? What Is harvesting
now, compared with what ii was In the Ola llme!
Think of the days of reaping OF Grad ing, OF
| rnking and binding and moving. Think OF
threshing with the fail and winnowing with the
wind. And now think of the reapers and now
nlows and cultiyators, upon which the farmer
rides protected fiom the sun If, with all these
advantages, you cannot get living without
| rising in the middle OF the night, go into some
| other business You should not rob your family
| OF sleep. Sleep is the best medicine In the
world There is no such thing as heal n Win,
out sleep Sleep until you are thoroughly rested
You get through, take good, long aud refresh
| Ing Sleep