The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-28
FARM ITEMS.

Calves should be kept growing while Young.
but should not be stuffed, or forced beyond a
wasted
Now is the proper time TO clean out from the
entrances OF the hives all dead bees. SO bees
may not be bothered In passing out and in when
the weather becomes warm.
High feeding of cows before calying ends 10
MIX lever. To save our best cows from death
all stimulating food should be Withheld for a
month beiors calying
The first requisite for the making of the hest
butter Is clean cans, clean food and drink; pure
AR Tor them, clean utensils aud pure air for their
miik. TAeSe conditions are the foundations
An Old agricultural friend remarked TO the
HARRISON Times the other day, that the cheapest
stock feed farmers can raise Is sorghum Lei IL
stand where II grew, and when bad weather
comes turn the cattle on to helm Themselves
They will eat il clean.
If any one thinks he can realize n large profit
RON poultry without first dividing them in such
manner as to avoid crOwdng he will make a
mistake. They will do better Ia small families
than in large ilocks, and the few eau be kent
with greater profit even in Il small yard than The
whole farm.
one,hali of the care and labor required to
earn soO lltling some crop would produce Tint
amount FOR the farmer II bestowed upon his
HOOK OF fowls. If You propose 10 him TO per.
sistently neglect his best cow from one end of
the year TO the other, he VIII set you down as n
candidate for the lunatic asylum vet "A common.
sileu hoGk OF fowls, such as are kept at most
iaillisteaaS, VIII yleid rs much value yearly If
properly treated as a hrst-rate COW,
III Great britain barley is chiefly used for fat.
tening hogs 10 Canada all the small grains
except efp wheat peas and oats largely take the
place OF corn. In the New England states u
little corn is used in connection with potatoes
apples, pumpkins and millfeed A variety OF
fine flavor. -
=, In that time coming, the farmer will be man
VI Ia M vail
He VIII know books that he may know men,
and trade, and be more sslf.dependent Hc
VIII house his stock and Corn and save his
growing timber and plant forest trees on his
waste lands lie will be Il student OF nature, of
and plant life
find, without single exception, with a dark
Heahing 70 Yellow skin produce richer milk
IMAM the lghtl with a tendency to bluel skin. A
negress furnishes richer milk than the Caucas.
ian, u muatto richer than either. But the
richness now decreases with every cross A
dark -colored COW, sheep or horse, with yellow
niue gives richer milk than one of light color,
especialiy when accompanied with blue skin
A thrifty farmer remarked at one time, and
with much propriety, that "the way TO succeed
was 20 commence putting seed into the ground
as early IN the spring as the condition of Ii would
allow, and continue with that kind or kinds until
hoarly out OF season, and then plant something
else, ana SO continue until time for the com.
mencement OF hoeing; and SO work steadily
through me season, and then save everything
~, goat dairy farm is conducted on the Surrey
lills III England. Goats milk, and butter and
cheese made from Ii, with goat and kid. skins AZ
nun s products. are supplied by the farm. on
aud the milk, which is prescribed by physcians
being comparatively difficult to obtain isso n
LONDON at ~ TO 30 cents, per quart It's ..,.
Ierred by many for the food of very young chill
a aeenr English " and Welsh cot.ageIs nhd the
keeping OF goats for their milk profitable bus.
mess al the prices paid, The yield is generally
very small; but goat picks its own liy ng with
iess expense to Its owner than any other animal.
ptohtable investment Is said TO be in pecan
| ia sing. A correspondent IN one of the agricul-
tural papers shows by facts and figures that an
Investment of $1,000 In some of the wild river
bottom lands of the south will produce a rev
enue OF $4,000 per annum when the pecan trees
a number of years. The trees, however, re.
qulre no attention, are subject TO no disease, and
never blow down. Us the tap roots run fifteen 10
twenty feet deep. ~
The practice with. many Of discardlng old
sows, and filling up from The young litter, is
very unwise provided the dams are of equal
merit ana breeding with the pigs. If, however.
a young sow be kept Till she is Il year old, well
req III the meantime, before being bred, she will
DING as strong and growthy pigs as the older
sows. The notion that a sow should be
bred early. that she should become n
good sucker, Is erroneous Maturity In growth
Oh ihe whole body is,quite necessary TO The Dc.
yelopment of the milk glands, and as we have
proved to our own satisfaction by sufficient tests
the well nourished sow. dropping her first litter
al sixteen months, will, as stated, bring as good
pigs us the older sows, and is quite as likely to
| nave an ample supply of milk.
kobsrt Buist IT,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
says OF IRISH potatoes, that If you wish large.
welcomed tubers: do not plant small ones,
select me best, cut them into four OF six pieces,
according TO size, preserving as msny eyes on
each as possible. You will then have strong.
healthy tops and roots. II small tubers are
planted whole the result in general is quantity
OF small tops followed with an over proportion
OF small potatoes: Many cultivators I'm the
vicinity Of Philadelphia select good.formed
advantage should the season prove 10 he vety
dry, but proceeds Mr. Bust. Il look upon IL al
great waste, since the product from such a
crop Is no better than that grown from well.
formed tubers cut into sets"