The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-21
FARM ITEMS.

CATTLE that are being fa,tened should be
given AL they will eat
1t is bad policy TO wash hs ness with soap. as
the potash Injuries the leather. II the harness
becomes rusty rub oil the dirt as well as possible
with sslt brush, and supply dressing OF grain
black, followed with oil of tallow. whichw will
fasten the color and make The leather plisble,
IL may not be generally known among all who
make business OF growing fruit that the most
profitable apples and pears are those that do not
ripen until the approach of cold wealth 7. They
can be shipped great distances, and will keep
long time.
An acre devoted to tree culture, II set with
peach, cottonwood and ash. aud nuts of pecan
and walnut-at first thick and cultivated as
corn, and thinned out for wood as necessary,
will in few years be the most valuable acre on
the farm,
Professor Bessey, of the Iowa Agricultural col
lege, says that 10 application TO wheat, be ore
| heading, will prevent smut, as the disease is an
internal one But by applying caustc lime 10
| the seed which has been previously well
washed, the danger from smut will be greatly
lessened.
| Hog. raising in the south differs very much
from hog.raising in the north. In the south
hogs are either raised in the woods or in an In
| closed pasture, but more generally In
tho woods. aud receive but little at.
| tentlon, the most being fed corn at night
II they come up, In the north hogs are kept in
are sold When the southern
plan is pursued, and sows are
left to take care of themselves when they farrnw,
| then the best hog to have Is the native scrub,
crossed with a thoroughbred boar The reason
| for tins is that the native scrub eau and will
| take better care of their pigs-they will hunt q
good dry place 10 farrow, and seldom oyerlay
| their pigs, while the ful.blooded sow gets very
| fat consequently very often kills the young pigs
| by OVERLAPPING them.
| A successful fruit. grower thinks many apple
trees are set too near together two rods apart arc
near enough. The land for an orchard must
be kept in good condition He top.dresses his
orchard once In three years, principally with q
thic4 coating of straw. He allows hogs to run
| in his orchards. and plows the land until the
| trees are so large as 10 interfere with such a
| practice. Last year he picked Is barrels OF
| Greetings from four trees. Orchards thrive best
| ciously trimmed while young. Many trees are
| injured by over-prunning. Trees should be
grated when they are from one inch to one and
| one-half inches III diameter,
Every systemauc-and all farmers should be
systematlc-will, during the comparative leisure
nf winter, carefully mature his plans for the
coming summer S operations good general
will not 90 Into battle, II he can avoid it. before
his plans are elaborated, aud neither should a
| farmer wait until the time arrives for active
work before he makes his calculations for the
coming year. II he does he will surely be taken
at disadvantage. His work viii constantly
push him instead OF him pushing his work
The comparative value of corn and oats fol-
horses may be briefly stated as follows. the
former is deficient in many of the elements Of
nutrition so necessary for recuperating the con-
slant wear and tear which necessarily takes
place in the body of a living animal. On this
account horses which are exclusively fed on
corn and hay do not receive that kind
of nourlshment which appears necss
sary Tor the due support and
must not be surprised that c0rn-fed horses show
evidence OF being languid, by sweating pro
fusely while boing worked, lack Of vitality, etc
Oats on the contrary, contain more of the es
sential elements of nutrition than any other ar
ticle of food which Can be fed with iinpunity Il
horses Oats are not only the most M ra' fonC
for horfes but are decidedly tho most ....,. lous
They are the cheapest, because there Is less risl
In feeding them and experience has prove,
that horses properly fed on oats and umoth!
hay can, with regular exercise, good grooming
, aud proper sanitary regulations, be brough
to tho highest state Of physical culture. an,
can perform moro work with less evidence Q
fatigue than when fed Oh any other article o
food.
From carefully conducted experiments by dill
feTent persons, 1t has been ascertained that on
bushel of corn will make little over l0h lbs. O
pork (gross). Taking this result as u basis, tn
following deductions are made. which all GU
farmers would do well TO lay by for convenien
reference, that:
When corn sells for l2,l cents psr bushel, por
costs y cents per pound.
| When corn costs IL cents per bushel por
costs cents per pound. .4. "a
When corn costs 25 cents per bushel por
| costs cents per pound
when corn costs 50 cents per bushel. pork cost
! B cents per pound
The following statements show what the farm
or realizes on mis- corn when sold in the form @
pork:
When pork cells for 8 cents per pound,
brings 25 cents per bushe In cora
When pork sells for cents per pound, II bring
SO cents per bushel In corn.
When pork sells for cents per pound, 4
brings As cents per brshel In corn.