The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-24
FARM ITIuS.

otColden's Liquid beet Tonic
FAnM IrEMs.
A ooordnG 10 the statistics OF the British
hoard of trade. the United statts supplied,
tour wears ago, 70 per cent. OF oil the wheat
and -four imports into Great Britain. In
1881 this import decreased 90 o. IN 1852 TO
55, aud In 1883 TO 10 per cent. In other
words, the import OF 5000 600 bushels IN
1883. Tho decrease 10 not due TO reduced
consum ption, for the total import has IN
creasad from i36, coo 900 bushels In 1881, 10
10 O0l coo bushels In 1889.
While we TINS zee constant diminu-
ton In Great Bdtain'i Imports from the
Ualled Slaies, We md an increase from
other countries, especially Russia ana In
dla. Russian grain shipments 70 ENGLAND
have for inttanoe increased from $1,000
bushels in 1881 TO 27.COO,O0O bushels In
| 1853, und the importa from India, which
consisted OF 100000 IN 1881 has risen to
2jO0O,0OO bushels IN 1883.
ia addition to this, Australia produced
in 1883. not less than 100000 bushels OF
wheat, of which n large par, was taken 10
ENGLAND and cold " prices refused by
American spectators.
oar Eug,ish contemporary, the Stock
Keeper, states that the owner OF milk
Ac orr gives his horses butternilk TO drink
! Instead uf water. Each horse gets his al
| logance daily thr ughout the year, and the
| system, having been continued now Tor
above year, and found to antwer IN a
most a'i,iactory manner, IS not likely TO
| be abandoned. There can be no doubt, our
contemporary remarks, that. the valuable
solids ia the buttermilk do tho animals q
very great deal OF good, aud prevent the
| necessity oil such large corn feeding, while
there is a, oil times n healthy smack about
| the drink which leads May people TO
drink It. The idea is novel one, although
| not entirely new,
That IL IN impossible TO please everybody,
is evident from the following, from Denver,
Colorado: A strong protest was to-day for
warded TO Senator Hill, against that por-
ton of the new Converse bill admitting car
pet wool free OF duty. II represents that
all woods OF that character grown In the
| United States are raised in that section Of
which Colorado Is the center. The resul,
Of the free admission OF this class OF woods
would be the i'm oyerisbment OF thousands
Of American sheep owners and the extermi'
nation OF heir ilocks. The action Of Repre-
sensitive Converse is regarded as seiishly
In the interest nj the Ohio growers and can.
not but turn from his support the powerful
interest OF this section.
A horse has been known TO live to the
age OF 62 years, but the average lifetime Is
between % aud 30 years. From one OF the
horse, now past 80, which Is hale and
hearty and able TO draw rs heavy q load as
most OF the young horses. 1t Is notice
able fact that when horses OF remarkable
ages are found they are generally from we'll
bred stock.
Eight cents per pound is the price OF
choice cuts OF "horse steak" In some Of the
markets Of France and Germany. After be.
| ing untitled for service by old age the
horses Of those and many other countries OF
| Europe find their way to the meat markets
OF the large cities. Large quantities are
used in the manufacture OF sausage. IL Is
said that ut Strasburg alone thirty head a
week are slaughtered and sold for food.
The Breckenridge, Missouri, Bulletin, in
| its last weeks issue, had the following to
w. r. King. OF Marshall was in town
| last week. viii brought several mares TO
breed TO Goldsmith, Mr.. Ayres' fine stallio
and informs us that there will be about
twenty more mares brought up, shortly.
tonian, are considered by Saline county
breeders the best bred horses in the state.
As the river valleys OF Texas produce
one.tw eth part OF all tho cotton the world
| produces, and that source OF supply will
probably tail almost entirely this year
cotton on hand must Advance, and with 1t
| dry goods.
According to returns from the depart.
ment OF agriculture ut Washington, Lii
nois has the largest number Of horses,
| | ,O2s 09i; New York the largest number OF
| COWS, /, SIC, 904; Texas has the largest num-
Der of oxen and other cattle, 4,277 ZOO and
also of sheep, 1856. 275; and Iowa the
largest number OF hogs, S0O,003, and also
OF mules. 19l 9l7.
Like all hardy cattle, the Galloways and
Polled Angus are good breeders: The bulls
are said TO be sure getters. and leave their
impress upon their calves In marked man.
ner. Even when bred TO horned COVE, they
never fail TO remove the horns OF the calves
and give them the characteristics OF their
| own race.
The American Dsiryman cites as an evil
dence OF the brisk trade in Jerseys this
spring that quite number OF breeders who
had selected days for sales, and in some In
stances named the animals TO be sold, have
[ found the pressure fer private purchases so
strong that they have had to withdraw
their notices Of public sales and succumb to
the private pressure.
| Baltimore IL one OF the most noted wheat
and -four markets on the continent. Its
| flour has q worldwide reputation, so made
by rule OF classifying wheat in strict re.
gard to merit. BY this rule southern wheat
classes higher than any other, and az q
consequence takes preference among pur-
chasers, and rs ilour-producing wheat has
the leau.
A prizs essay, recently read before the
Planter 3 association OF Louisiana, claimed
that with proper cultivation $50 to 800 per
acre Is obtained from suger. The tobacco
crop of 1882 paid $6i3 per acre; hay,
sii i wkesi, sllo9' rye, IS 49,
oats, $3.50; barley, 1851: buckwhest,
40. There figures show conolu-
svely that there is no necessity for high
tariff on sugar, and that as a crop 1t yields
the producer SIX or eightitimes the return
obtained from cereal.. And yet the aversge
rate Of wsges in the grain growing states OF
tn west and northwest Is from SO to So per
month greater than In Louisiana. Free
sugar would still enable producers to get
superb returns from their lands as compnr-
ed with grain.growers, and give to consul
mers gift OF $40 600 100.
The most progressive farmers ore not only
engaged In breeding up" their horses, cat
tie, sheep and swine, but their grains, veg
etablss, etc, as well. IL 10 as wise TO raise
mongrel stock as mongrel crops. Nearly
everything in the line OF farm crops have
been greatly improved by judicious Helec-
| ton and careful cultivation, and the farm
er who would keep abreast OF the times
| should be careful TO rec that be has secured
| the best of each variety, rather than be con-
| tent with growing the variety raised by his
father aud gre nefather. Often a few dollars
Invested in a change OF seed will double the
value OF the crop.
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