Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-23

khiiny over with stock sense, L chi
~ The present opportunity to dis
a., to. have been reading differ
.,"rLs on the culture of all the
.ous kinds of live stock, and it may
onssibIe that I've got matters
b,Iy mixed, but / think | can re-
,,ber all the most important points
manage TO spin out some very
mi Information.
starting cattle ranch care
hid be exercised in the selection of
cattle. 1t Is now necessary to have
~ she cattle mixed up with your
J, Of stock cattle for the good old
when man could go into the
mess with the wreck of a bull
!, and in few short years have
To- ON thousand and one hills, are
and forever gone. Steers and
no longer breed well, and ii a
wishes to show up the right kind
n sunday school reputation, he
Il not bring II great number of
Tes unless he keeps a few she cattle
bnly for appearances sake. 1t looks
njcious for man to do this, and
reoyer it casts Il cloud over the
racter of the calves so branded. 1t
n,,,tes that the calf never owned
nther. and while it is not very I'M
mon for calves and other human
10, TO get along without being ac-
inted with their fathers, yet it is
blutely essential to responsibility
they should ut some time have
cd a mother. My advice to young
Iknlen is not to depend too much
n old stag's ability. to multiply
replenish the earth, and the own
pocket book. Men who do this
not regarded as desirable neigh
Care should also be taken in
breed of cattle selected, and az
AS | remember, the book j stud
recommends that different breeds
kro.sed. For instance, the native
as Ionghorns crossed with the
,nd-china, with little Angora
pd in the mixture, is said to pro-
very satisfactory sample of
The Polled-Angus variety mix
with an equal quantity of full-blood
limo, and dashed with a detection
also produces a very de-
Rblc specimen of COW. There is
hing like mixing the breeds, at
Ii that's what the books say.
nj CHICKENS.
low, tackle IA subject / do under
hd, and my information is gained
m convincing experiments, not
n reading mostly books. When we
commenced in the chicken bust
we made use of only ordinary
pb fowls, and our hens plodded
ing in an old fashioned sober way,
b producing on an average an egg
" day-some days. This furnish
MS with about enough hen fruit to
;ShDly our table, and we were happy
~ contented. Finally, however,
rovement became the order of the
'kaise the grade of your stock"
- the universal cry. Being enthus-
With the popula" idea Of improve
bit. ordered my agent to have i'm
lei for me, an eighteen carat fine
eford rooster. L said to myself,
bw, this aristocratic thoroughbred
will strut around SO, and put on
STYLE, that he will encourage my
to enter upon higher plane of
He will infuse new life into
m, and they'll get right down to
ne,s and lay three or four eggs a
maybe more, but I'll be salts
with that number" But when
6ue course of time my rooster ar
a@4ng, and was turned loose in the
IA corral, he just looked as if he felt
much at home among my plebian
IS MS if he were among the blooded
is of nobility. Then / said: This
HIhg is fraud. He doesn't put on
- style. He'll never encourage my
n $ t. do any better than they've
~ doing. There's nothing aristo-
Eic about that bird" And | was
Rect, for my hens just plsdded
<9hg in their old way and attended
\ Business very carelessly. Finally,
|6Eevcr. | accidentally hit upon u
IN which yielded fruit in abundance
~ which promises to make me in
~ near future, one of the big chicken
1ugs OF the world. 1t was this, a
1xe, portly high-headed, yellow
ked, ambitious young hen of mine,
anne dissatisfied with the common
bnery and went into loft, in
ich | had stored quantity Of hay
Bundles. Here she deposited hen
one day, and arising from her
lnibent posture, began to cackle in
most cheerful manner. But incl
italy turning around to examine
fruit OF her labor, her countenance
~ fell. She ceased cackling and
ked heartily ashamed of heiself
having been so hilarious over moth
for behold, she could not see her
1t having rolled down between
bundles of hay. Her inaction
only momentary, however, for
y n look of determination on he
he brow, she at once settled down
business again, and in short time
$e and began cackling soberly, but
1n looking around again, 4 look of
ngied sadness and disappointment
PIT over her countenance, for the
effort had gone like the other
"A ID among the hay. Again, she
kFw herself into the breach to stern
IA tlde OF disgrace which threatened
xfhSult her, and which her naughty
fit could not brook. The result
~ The same. Again and again did
noble bird rush to the onset unit !
! the energy of dlspair she laid
thirteenth egg, which, like the
sank beneath the hay. Then
looked SO exhausted that |
ought II prudent TO Withdraw her
the contest. Next morning |
her at liberty and she at once at
Ell The same works, but after the
th round abandoned the fight of
- own accord. On the third day,
nvr, she resumed labor again,
AIT a laying Ave eggs she became
'etely exhausted. Then, l said,
lis tAing must be moderated a lit
rms hen is pining away. This
IN HE Is telling on her. There is
mitch strain upon her constitu-
She needs recreation She needs
er'ng up" Then a happy thought
pes me. What could cheer her
re Than TO behold the prodigious re-