The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-16

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has been proven that mich COWS keep in
better health, where they have plenty Of
light, and also give more milk. ii, IN
Prof. Brown, OF tho Ontario Agricultural
College, states that for the last and cheap
production Of pork raw peas are 80 percent
better than cooked peas or Indian corn in
any form. II,
Let the litter in the stables be kept dry
ut all times; Standing on hot or iermonting
manure has tendency to make the hoofs
OF the horses brittle, and eventually brings
on lameness. 8se rs
A Vermonter states that an aged horse,
performing daily hard work, ate eighteen
quarts OF cats per day, and seemed to gain
on such diet, although he had been al
lowed no hay or other food.
Thera are in Pennsylvania s54 1856 mich
cows, SCI ,0l0 other cattle, and l5,062 oxen
the horned cattle being worth altogether
s5l,9S9. l00.' The value Of dairy products
Tor the year will be about $40, 00O,0 900.
The attendance at the Iowa Wool Grow
ELS Association was not large. The gener-
I'll sentiment expressed was that sheep
growing WIS profitable in Iowa if the dogs
could be gotten rid OF. The Legislature
will be importunel to abolish the ours.
Keep the barnyards drained 80 thorough
ly that they are at all times solid and nayi.
gable. l. does cattle no coed to 20 wading
about knee deep in filth, and the exhala-
tons from deposits Of liquid and Gold
manure, such as are too often seen on the
farm, 20 far toward poisoning the dir for
long distances around. The thrifty farmer
will keep his barnyards free from mire.
The sales Of blooded cattle during last
year were very satisfactory to breeders. A
review OF the sales in the different STATS is
given in The Breeders Go:eite: shorshorns
brought an average Of sos Sc per head ;
Hereiords, sl766l; Aberdeen-Aueus,
SIG IS; Galloways, S422 81; HolsleinR,
1878 90; Jerseys, 500 oil; Guernseys,
2222,oo; red polled, sos 90. 4.
Very suggestive is the attention paid TO
aheep.rasing in England and America
British farmers on an average have three
sheep to every four acres Of land, and as
consequence their iarms are in high state
OF produetivcness. In America We keep
about one sheep to every thirty -four acres.
True, much OF our country is new and un-
settled, but the fact Of Ergla1d's greater
fertility remainf; the average wheat yield
being twen.y.niue bushels per acre, while
OURS ia yet only about twelve per acre.
One who had in the New York market
early last spring a remarkably fine los Of
Cots@olds said that the first element OF
success in the production Of such stock ia
securing a good breed. The next thing is 10
keep them growing from the time they are
weaned until they arc taken to the
slaughter house; they should never be per
mitsed 10 lose Il sh.. He fed all the isy,
peas and oats they would eat, peas being
better than Iudian corn for making mutton.
Oats furniah heterogeneous matter for the
formation Of muscle. His sheep each got
not less than one or two pounds Of turnips
each day. 1'F'
In France the best forage is kept for the
winter Tor sheep, and two pound Of salt
dissolved in water and sprinkled over the
ra;ions is given to the forty sheep. In
Alsace during very wet weather one and a
half ounc 8, Of green vi!riol dissolved in
eight partR OF water, Nro given with great
advantage to sheep. This is especially OK.
cellent where sheep are house.fsd as il
Italy. Cavour relates that in the neigh.
borhool OF Turin sheep arc principally
reared Tor their milk, which is converted
into cheese. In France, near Lyoae, small
farmers keep sheep for the same end. The
D'shleys yield IS percent, and the merinos
aG, 81 their live weight in flesh.