The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-27
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Cattle Nose.-Items bout the Horse.


Cattle Notes-Items bout the Horse, .
Sheep, and Cow.
Sheep-raising cam be made profit
able on wet land. bling, even hiiiy !
land, is the most SPsirable surface. |
The character of tho soil is not with /
out importance. Iii kestone gray ell is !
the best soil upon (which to pasture
sheep.
The master of thef Cincinnati stock
yards says the bs mature mutton
sheep brought ~ hat market are
Southdowns. and | ;ond bst are Me
rinos, but MtTinoE .mbs rank below
both SCuthdnwn fikd CotSwold lambs.
This is not hecaust the mutton is lnfe-
Nor, but bec,sliSe iie pelt is smaller
and the butctt: falizes less for the
wool
A fleece y. iEhi x AZ pounds re-
Gently She : d ira II . buck belonging
to John i;.l;, OF Trkonsha, wis. We
cannot expect our stock TO average
such a wight oil fl-ece, bat this
shows wi 81 vast fed tor improve
ment is yet /. f. IRE US. The man who
sheerS tiecces averaging six rounds is
the one who finds wool growing I'M
profitable.
Farmers eendraliy say there is no
profit in raising horses: this is because
they do not raise good horses. There
is profit in good horse, as IN steer
or hog; and a pc or hor Is unprolt
able, as poor steer, hog, or sheep.
One does not realize how very few
good horses are raised by our farmers
until he starts out to buy one. He
| will find Door UorSeS the rule with a
surprisingly 81 au numbec of eXcep-
| lions.
1t is certain That If ensilage is to
become profitable, and hence popular.
in the west within fifty years, the
cost of ensilaging must be made less
than it would be if the methods elab-
GRATED by ensilage enthusiasts Of
three or four years are followed. En-
silage may be a good thing; but for
the western farmer it is like DR..
Franklin's whistle-it costs too much.
The siIo of pr. Pratt, of Elgin, Ill, is
simply Hole in the ground; why
would not this do? 1t reduces the
cost of ensiIaging greatly.
Just how much can be accomplished
with a fixed purpose in view is forci-
bly, demonstrated 10y the short-horn
breed. Fer the last fifty years the
object of American breeders has been
to develop h. beef quality, and as a
result the American short-horn is the
heef animal par excellence. but is lit.
tie priced Tor dairy purposes. On the
other hand. the object of majority Of
English breeders has been, not only tC
retain, but to develop the milk quail.
ty; and the result is that in spite Of
the proximity of the Jerseys, Alder
neyS and Ayreshires, to-day the IA
vorite dairy breed Of England is the
short horns.
Our farmers would do well to pay
more attention to the production o.
heavy draft horses, For these there
is the Creates demand and the highes
prices S'n the markets. The heavy
t horse n6sN not be q horse Withou
good actSSn. 1t is not the amount o
+ flesh an bone, but its distribution
that makes horse clumsy. The farm
. horse must be horse Of all work; bu
: for all that the size of our farm horse
could be increased with advantage t.
the farmers. Because speed has bee
l fashionable we have given too mucl
attention to the fast horse (of no us
on the FARM and neglected the hors
J, we need-the compact, active, weigh
T ty animal.
In the construction of shelters, re
s member that it is Just as important t.
q keep pure air in the shelter as to kee
cold air out of it. The openings fo
S ventilation may be made at the tor
7 and therefore they will not admit
cold currentito strike directly agains
+ the bodies of the animals. This i'm
r pure air is heated at the same time
is made impure 10y being taken int
i the lungs or kept in contact with tn
" body; hence it will rise and pass on
at the openings at the top while I'll
outside, pure, colder air VIII gradual
s sink to take its place. The best plac
't for these openings is just under tn
caves. Have well projecting caves, t
= keep out rain and snow.
o helters are economical because, flo
on thing thew preVpDt fbo 70 nj