The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-29
FARM ITEMS

THE Highland Agricultural Society of Scot
land has ascertained by experiment that an
ounce of red-top seed contains laAOJn and an
ounce OF timothy 1900 grains.
A western paper says that the way TO get rich
II It's part OF The world Is tomAke the farms pro-
duSe plenniuly feeding TO the stock on the
place what cannot prcuiptly % marketed As
10 this, The sale reliance ia grass
hare pastures ana poor cattle go together.
no grass should gain on the animals during
Tue srowinE seGSon. Cattle that are obliged TO
eet night and day 10 satisfy their appelites can.
not mature properly. Give both the grass and
the cows chance"
a st. Louis paper would have It understood
tnat not one tarmerin ten noerstands the value
of ground corn as food over that in the ear The
correctness of this has been tested thousands OF
times, and 50 without guessing ii may be said
that one buShel of meal wall nut us much fat on
an animal AS five pecks Of plain, ordinary grain.
Mellomaize is South American cereal, Supe.
rlor TO both corn and wheat for cakes aud bread,
which experimenting has proved will grow sue.
ceSSiully in the south. making from ifty To one
hundred bushels 10 the acre In South Carolina
u has been grown for several years by Rev. II.
Pratt who introduced il To this country.
Northern sheepmen can hardly yealze that In
many portions of Texas sheep mol only live the
year round with nothing but the natural grass
as II grows on the ground; nothing but the
brush for shelter, but even yet no salt a weed
growing that furnishes all the saline matter
necessary for good health,
II Is most profitable to make pork from young
pigs, \ hushel OF corn will produce more
pounds of increase in weight when fed TO a pig
three mouths old, The cost OF producing
given weight of pork increases with the ave OF
the animal. lfit,S desirous to produce an in
crease Of one ton of pork by feeding 100 swine
that increase viii be more cheaply ob,aiped by
feeding pigs under six months Of sge than by
feeding those which are year old or older
ones, / he man who allows his young pigs 10
have scauty allowance OF food permits the OBJ
portuniiy forpruhtahle feeding To slip by and is
obliged TO produce his pork at an increase cost
by feeding when The swine are older,
1t Is not necessary In this age Of tho world for
the farmer To rise In the middle OF
the night and begin his work This
getting up so carly in the morning is u
relic Of barbarlsm lt has made hundreds of
thousands of young men curse the business.
There IL no need OF getting up att or O'Clock
In the winter morning. The farmer who per.
sisis In dragging his wife aud children from
their beds ought to be visited by u missionary.
II is time enough to rise after the sun has set
the example. For what purpose do you get up?
70 feed the cattle! why not feed them more
the night heioro2 II is waste OF life In tho
old times they used to get up about o'clock in
the morning aud 10 to work long before the sun
has risen with healing upon his wings and
as just punishment they all had the sgue; and
they ought TO have 1t now. The man who
can not est Il living upon Illinois
| soil without rising before daylight
| ought, 10 starye, Eight hours day is
| enough for pnv farmer To work except IN
harvest time. When you rise at and work TIL
dark what Is life worth! Of what u'e Is all the
improved machinery unless It tends TO give the
farmer little more leisurel What Is harvesting
now, compared with what II was In the old time?
Think of the days of rcapinc OF grading OF
rnktng and binding and moving Think OF
threshing with the fail aud winnUwng with the
wind And now think OF the reapers and now
ers, the binders and threshing machines, tho
plOwS and culuyators. upon which the farmer
rides protected fron the sun II, with all these
advantages You cannot get u living without
| rising in the middle of the night, 20 into some
other business You should not rob your family
| of sleep. Sleep is the best medicine in tho
world. There Is no such thing us health with
out sleep Sleep until you arc thoroughly rested
aud restored. When you work, work; and when
you get through. take good, long aud refresh.
| Ing Sleep