The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-06

MITCHELL SCRUsGS General Site Agents. Dallas. Texas

hnseed meal, ? lbs. He fed 10 steers on the
above; they averaged 800 lbs. weight ~ the
start, and gained IL lbs per head per
day.
In all cases a COW should be MIXED Iegu-
larry aud stripped clean. No doubt this
has much to do in forming good milking
tribes OF cattle. by encouraging atull de
yelopment of the milk glands.
Many persons who purchase eggs show
decided preference Tor those that have dark
colored shells. They think their contents
are richer. In some eastern cities retailers
sort their eggs and ask higher price for
thoss having finely -colored shells.
The American breed OF shortho'n cattle
| has spread over this country with great
rapidity since the first importation OF 1881,
| The herd.book now contains the record OF
nearly 10 900, and 1t may safely be ated
that there have been and are fully 90
GOO unrecorded.
A reliable and logical writer most APPLY
remarks that, currants which are SO fruitful
as to bear abundantly if neglected, will give
much finer fruit II regularly pruned with
the main shoots at what looks like wide
distance apart. Cut away tho old bearing
wood, and give the new, vigorous shoots 4
good chance.
Packing fruit for northern markets i,
being made subject OF close study at tn,
south. At the Atlanta, Ca, convention o
iruit-growers it was stated that one OF til,
important features of packing oranges nov
is to sort them into uniform sizes, so tina
by the size of the box the merchant know
Just how many oranges he is buying. Vh,
discussions and actions OF this convention
promised to be of great value.
Put u teaspooniul of sulphur in the mes
as soon as hens or turkeys are set. Thu
heat of the fowls causes the fumes of tn,
sulphur to penetrate every part OF thel
bodies; every louise is killed, and, as nit
hatch within ten days, when the mothe
leaves the nest W tn her brood she Is per
iectiy free from nits or lice.
Few farmers know that clover is one o
the best crops to clean out foul weeds iron
their soil. Its rapid growth enables it t.
smother all except the strongest roote'
perenals, and even these it will great.
keep in check. But it will only do this !
cattle and other stock are kept oil at al
times.
Cotton cloth is cheap now, and it may b
well to remember that il 1t is treated with
preparation made of one quart oflinseed oil
one ounce pulverized sugar of lead and fou
ounces pulverized rosin it makes n goo
covering Tor late hot beds, shelters for CHI Oh
ems, and other purposes where glass is ger
orally used The above should be heateC
. IulssblNtu uuu tholOueiy ihiINtd an ~
: kettle, and applied TO the upper side of I'll
cloth while hot.
1t is remarkable, says an exchange, ho'
many farmers there are who seem who'll
to ignore the fact that any other food bu
. dry corn is suitable for swine when 1t
- in their power to keep such stock half {
two-thirds ofthe year on food not nearl
= SO expensive, and on which it would thri'
much better. No man is really asuccessi'
hog raiser who relies on corn alone, or q
excessive grain diet of any kind, for bull
ing up the framework of his growing phi
and shoats. Grain is all essential at fee
ing time, but only to Il moderate extel
before.
? A farmer in Orleans county, New y or
- says he has found by repeated experiment
D that an acre of the Hubbard squashes W
I fatten more hogs than the corn which c,
be raised from the same ground will d
q" He says he has no trouble in keeping Il
" the squashes through the winter. |
: plants twenty feet apart each wav, and u
I'd crop requires but little cultivation. ii
r. manner Of feeding sto crack the squash
and pass them through cutter; the see
I'd he saves and sells them to seed.dealers.
It, small farmer near this city finds that
lis can fatten cattle on squashes cheaper tn
We on anything ne can raise on his place.
IS And now let me advise farmers who
k side In malarious sections of country th
lg they will save doctors bills, health and
H. that is good by not going out to work un
50 after the sun is up and they have haC
v good strong cup of black coffee, witho
of milk or cream in il. Let this rule
strictly followed during April and Ma
or and from the middle OF August until T.
tie or three good frosts come in the fall, al
Elk my word for it, you will h we very little
oItIlo anI Int ant fa,
and bilious fever. Follow this suggests
he and great deal Of suffering and expen
as will be avoided.
an The Massachusetts Ploughman says Il
tn TO make a peach orchard profitable, I
in. trees should not be kept too long, for VIII
tn some trees may live and bear well
nearly half century, the rule is that it !
or short-liyed tree, and is not profitable
'93 keep more than ten years after being
Or and, frequently not "a long. AS soon
he the trees begin to fall another orcha
)S6 should be set, but not OH the same lar
ar, new land where peach trees have not b,
all grown being mnch the hest.
for Ben Perley Poore ould have it und
stood that The great enemy of farm
his plements is the borrower Men who
of themselves Christians, good cit Zens
to kind neighbors, do not hesitate to borro
lti- reaper or moving machine, and to leav
EN- out ofdoors exposed to the destructive in
ences OF the weather, or to send it b
Dns broken by the carelessness Of some boy
$50 have maze it a rule for twenty years
in never to borrow an agricultural implen
of any description. 1t is an old maxim,
ast a true one, that the borrower is worse t
we. the thief"
$40 II proper care is taken of poultry the
the no doubt that it pays. We cannot ex,
the to make any business profitable unless
me give it our attention. great many
hey pie feel their poultry regularly, but nel
to give them drink, and then say ths
sht, does not pay to keep poultry. The
lies, drink for hens is sour milk, and If pos
lies, it should always be kept by them. Sc
of meat fish skin, etc are excellent
I'M. fowls. Do not feed on clear corn or II
p,s but vary their food as much as possible.
hip the summer feed once day, but in
ents winter give them second feed just b.
200 they go on the roost. Always give
what they will eat up clean. Hens {,
the this way will lay all winter, if they al
ON the right breed.
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