The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-22
FARM ITEMS,

CATTLE that are being fattened should be
given all they will eat
Il is bad policy to wash ha ness with soap. as
the potash Injuries the leather Ii the harness
becomes rusty rub off the dirt as well as possible
with a soft brush, and supply dressing OF grain
black, followed with oil of tallow. WhichWlll
fasteIi the color and make the leather phabe.
1t may not be generally known among all who
make a business of growing fruit that the most
profitable apples and pears are those that 90 not
ripen until the approach of cold wealth r. They
| can be shipped great. distances, and VIII keep
An acre devoted to tree culture, if set with
peach, cottonwood and ash. and 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 no application TO wheat be'ore
heading, will prevent smut, as the disease is an
internal one But by applying caustic lime to
| the seed WHICH has been previously well
washed. the danger from smut Will be greatly
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,
the woods, and receive but little at
tention, the most being fed. corn at night
if they come up. In the north hogs are Kept IN
lot and fed all they viii cat til they
asn sold IS pursued Mden and sOw aSu'ns are
left to take care of themselves when they iarroW,
| then the best hog 10 nave ib tne nhuNc
crossed with thoroughbred boar The reason
| for this is that the native scrub can and VIII
take better care OF Their pigs-they VIII hunt a
good dry place to farrow, and seldom oveIlay
| their pigs, while the full FLOODED sow gets very
fat consequently very often kills the young pigs
| pyoverlay ing them.
A successful fruit grower thinks many apple
trees are set too near ,ogether TWO roas apart Sre
| be kept in good condition. He top dresses his
orchard once in three years, principally with a
| thic4 coating of straw. He allows hogs 10 run
| in his orchards, and plows the land untll ihe
! trees are SO large as to interfere with such a
1 practice. Lest year he picked 40 barrels OF
| Greetings from four trees. Orchards thrive Des,
near bodies of water. Trees should be judi
ciously trimmed while young. Many trees are
| injured by over-plunning. Trees should DC
| grated when they are from one inlh TO one and
one-half inches in diameter
Every systematic-and all farmers should be
systematio-will during the comparative leisure
IF winter carefully mature his plans for the
coming summers operations good general
will not go Into battle II he can avoid II before
his plans are elaborated, and neither should q
farmer wait until the time arrives Tor hcuve
WORK before he makes his calculations for the
coming year. II he does he VIII surely be taken
at a disadvantage. His work will constantly
push him instead OF him pushing his work.
The comparative value of corn and oats ioi
horses may be briefly stated as follows: the
former is deficient In many OF the clements oil
nutrition SO necessary for recuperating the con-
slant wear and tear which necessarily takes
place in the body OF living animal. ON this
account horses which are exclusively fed on
corn and hay do not receive that kind
of nourishment which appears neces.
sary lor the due support and
maintenance of the animal FABRIC hence we
must not be surprised that corn-fed horses show
evidence OF being languid, by sweating pro-
fusely while being worked, lack OF vitality, etc,
Oats on the contrary, contain more OF tue es'
sential elements OF nutrition than any other ar
ticle OF food which can be fed with impunity q
horses Oats are not only the most natural food
for horfes, but are decidedly the most nutritious
They are the cheapest because there is less risk
In feeding them. and experience has proved
hay can, with regular exercise, good grooming
and proper sanitary regulations be brought
to the highest STATE Of physical culture, and
can perform more work with less evidence ei
fatigue than when fed on any other article Of
| food. -
From carefully conducted experiments by diff.
feTent persons, II has been ascertained that one
bushel of corn will make little over l011 lbs. oil
I pork (grOsA). Taking this result as basis, the
| follcwirg deductions are made, which ell oui
farmers would do well 10 lay by for convenient
when corn sells for 1873 cents per bushel, porl
costs y cents per pound.
When corn costs u cents per bushel pork
/ costs cents per pound.
When corr costs IS cents per bushsl, pork
costs 4 cents per pound.
] When corn Costs 50 cents per tushel, PORK cost
The following statements show what the farm.
CT realizes on MS corn when sold in the form o.
pork q.
When pork sells for 9 cents per FOUND, IL
| brings . cents PER bushel IN cora
when pork sells for cents per pound, II brings
% cents per hushel in corn
when PORK sells for cents per pound, II
] hrlrss 81 etrfs per D. shel N clgil