The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-02
FARM ITEMS.
Mixed husbandry is the safest.

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A change OF seed Is often beneficial
Alfalfa does well in Texas on bottom or
sub-irrigated land, nut on the uplands /.
has been pronounced failure by those VINO
claim TO have gwen i'll thorough trAl..
There are 7 500 900 farmers Ia The Unlted
States, the next largest number engaged in
other pursuiis being minefs and manuiac-
turers, who number nearly 600 OOO.
According TO the figures OF the Aerlcnl
tural Department, The average yleid nl
wheat per acrs in the lnited Stsie- IN 1851
was 10 8 per acre, aud OF corn, y Oushel
per mere
The Colorado bottom. or goose grass, is
raised extensively in Travis county and the
hay il baled and sold in the Austin market.
IL yields an abundance Of an excellent
quality OF hay. but is said not u be good Tor
sueep as IL produces scours. TIE seed may
be had of feed dealers at Austin.
A pip Is machine for making pork, and
like.ali other machines, Is most profitable
when kept working to its fullest capacity.
All animal require some food to sustain me
and II fed no more than that, may live, but
can make no gaia in flesh L. Is from the
food in excess OF this food for support that
The ieeder must look for his profit, and the
sreater the amount OF food. In excess OF the
food for support merely, that an animal can
digest on assimlate, the greater the per.
certage OF gain. IL hog requires IL
eest and assimilate 10 rounds anu Is fed but
4 hounds, we can only expect returns from
IL 1-2 per cent. oil food, but when he Is fed
to the full limit Of his capacity OF III
pounds. we can as certainly look Tor re-
turns from 65 per cent. ,
Stock of all k nds are ia good condition
In Caldwe county, Texas.
Mr. q. II. Booth, OF Taylor, has Just i'm
ported twen'y-one Hereford bulls.
One thous sand head OF young cows were
sold in " yalde county last week. at $40 %
ana shipped to vi Psso.
Captain King has purchased twenty head
Of Young Shorthorn bulls from Mr.. John
Mckenzie. of Live Oak county.
Great Britain has about 3,OO0,OOO lees
sheep than IL had In 1871, but has increased
in cattle and hogs since then, having 265,OOO
head more OF cattle ana nearly 20,CJ0 more
pigs
The milk Of the Devon COW is considered
by scientific men to oe the best Tor family
nee, because the cream rises more slowly
than on the Jersey or Guernsey milk, aud
IL is richer than the Dnrham's.
The increase OF live stock is not squal to
the increase OF Formulation. Since 1s6O tn,
population OF the u nited States has increas
ed 65 per cent. while the increase in live
stock has been about 80 Ger cent.
The plowing and mello wing OF the soil tc
the derth Of eight or ten inches, OF ever
deeper, as sffording 1eeper store tor mos
ture and permitting the roots Of the plants
10 strike down sway from the heated sur
face. was recommended by Lrmnel Slough
ton at a recent meeting Of the East Wind.
sor. Connecticut, Farmers' club. He sug
rested that early planted fodder corn vii
take the d acs of dried no pastures: V thou''
be plsnted at interval aud on moist soil TO
late feed. Its importance in our drouthl
seasons cannot he too strongly urged.
Joi1 +. FITS would plant on na,uraii.