The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-17
and neither the quantity nor quality wa. any in

and neither the quantity nor quality was any in
dex of what COW could do.-lRura Worker.
By iencing OF . small field with an area suited
TO the stock Of hogs, and sowing broadcast wv,
bushels Of spsckled peas and bushel OF corr
to the acre early In April, the stock hogs may b,
TUNED In ,he field In June or early In July I,
gather the crop The same field, plowed sgair
In July, the crop may be again harvested by III,
hogs In October and they, may 20 from this I,
tho clay peas In the corn field. and to the swee
petat, patch. and may make good pork by
Christmas at less than four cents per pound
This may be done even In the pinelands.
Farmers are 100 apt to think iey are thu
hardest-worked ana worst-paid men in the
country; henca the desire of so many of theil
sons to strike out for themselves In some othel
business, under the impression that they Cal
improve on tho old order OF things la hin,
cases out OF ten the move proves failure
Stick 10 the farm. boys you have much better
chance there than In the great outside world
Read, think and observe. and determine to bs
The best farmer 10 your county Theu will sue
cess crown your efforts; your work will be easy
aud your burden light.
When the peach comes into bearing II has q
symmetrical head, well filed with young wood,
After having borne few years, the inn.r
branches die out the fruit and leaves are pro-
duced on tho ends OF the leaders only The
naked branches become moss grown and white
the crop may be abundant the size and quality
or the fruit are impaired. To Obviate this we
have always piuned our orchards annually In
November or March, after they have borne ono
fun crop. Young trees In luxuriant growth
ihould not be shortened. as twill cause the
young fruit to fall oil prematurey. Until quit,
recently this work was performed with an ordi.
nary hand shear and ladder, but lately a tree
primer, with long staff, has been substituted
Fat hens are proyerslally poor layers, and
when age and obesity are combined, the birds
sften think they lay when they don't and
csckls, and even carry the halluclnat;on SO far
us to become broody. This Ia one of the mi nv
CuriOlln little inCilputa ApQIrrinu In,
Keeping. which are interesting as phenomens
but which cannot be explained, except on
general principles. Fatness and reprodue-
lion ,, are accompanies. IS rule, especially
hen over two years old had better be utilized in
the soup pot or on tho roasting spit. CArbona.
csous food, like corn. should be administered TO
adult fowl. quite sparlngly, unless the object be
to fsren them. Oats, buckwhsat vegetables
and plenty OF broken bones or oyster shells is
the food for laying hens.
Good BERKSHIRE hogs or some other breeds.
are the most industrious animals on a farm. ex.
cept chickens. Their principal aim, fron morn.
ing until night Is . make Il living II there is
food within mile or more Of their sleeping
quarters, on the surface or underground theS
will iind II. The Berkshlres have strong con.
situations, arc supplied with strong muscles.
them comfortable sleepiug auarlers u
and they will come home every
night especially In bad weather.
morn,na nr tho wood, ~ ,he oy IN the
,ho,s ia snv sood IN thosn o, o uuoek not!ons, II
nav si,,sy. ha Ion, IN . .i's' ihsir nests
anr,pkiing OYER ,ham y ii,Is lam" ns mohuiuoh by
mas ar ii,tla co.i iii T,';a ,poiic soit soap,
navsr i. aasIsotad C,r a, ms matter should
q inst iica .'sro. ava plo,oc's Tue hoss
,holsrs NV "s'' anu W Aoihe exteht hog
The papers everywhere arc glorying over the
IJnitea stats. In ,sso az tn 900 people OF my
sls ~ corn ana hi0 a,a J"r''sVspVoyVo hsys'