The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-07
FARM ITEMS.
Mixed husbandry is the safest; i.


A change of seed is often beneficial.
Alfalfa does we'll in Texas on bottom or
sut-iryigated land, but on the uplaDds IL
has been pronounced g failure by those who
claim 10 have gwen it a thorough trial.
There ere Z 800 600 farmers III the United
States, the neXt largest nun Der engaged ID
other pursuits being mineIs and manutac-
turers, who number nearly 4O0o,oOu.
ACCORDING TO the figures of the Agrlcul
tural Department, the average yield OF
wheat per AGRA in the United State, in 1883
was 1916 per acre, anu OF corn, ~ Z bushel
per acre.
The Colorado bottom, or goose grass, is
raised extensively in Travis county and the
hay is baled and sold in the Austin market.
| 1t yields an abundance OF an excellent
quality of hay. but is said not to be good for
sheep as il produces scours. The seed may
be had of feed dealers at Austin.
A pig is machine for making pork, and
like ali other machines, is mos, profitable
when kept working to its fullest capacity.
| All amin ii require come food to sustain life
and if fed no more than that, may live, but
can make no gaia in flesh. 1t is from the
food, in excess OF this food for support that
the feeder must look for his profit, and the
greater the amount OF food in excess OF the
food for support merely, that an animal can
digest on ossimlate, the greater the per
centage Of gain. II a hog requires 3 IL
bounds of food to barely live, but can di-
gpst and assmilate 10 rounds ana is fed but
4 pounds, we can only expect returns from
IL 1-2 per cent of food but when he Is fed
to the full limit of his capacity of 10
pounds W. can az certainly look for re-
turns from 65 per cent.
Stock of all nds are in good condition
In Cald we'll county, Texas.
Mr.. q. H. Booth, OF Taylor. has Just i'm
ported TWEEN, y-one Hereford bulls.
One thous md head of young COWS were
sold in Uyalde county last week, at $40 80
and shipped to FL Paso.
Captain King has purchas ed twenty head
Of Young sborthorn bulls from Mr.. John
Mckenzie. of Live Oak county.
Great Britain has about 5000, 900 less
sheep than it had in 1877, but has Increased
| in cattle aud hogs since then, having 265 00(
head more of cattle and nearly 10000 more
| pigs.
The milk of the Devon COW is considered
by scientific men to 90 the best for family
| use, because the cream rises more slowly
than on the Jersey or Guernsey milk, and
it is richer than the Durhdm's. !,
The increase Of live stodk is not equal II
the increase OF populationl Since 1860 The
| population Of the United States has increas
| ed 65 per cent, while thu increase in livt
stock has been about so ~ cent.
The blowing and mello ing OF the soil tt
the depth Of eight or ten inches, or ever
deeper. as affording GeeIy er store for mois
ture and permitting the I'd ts of the plant
TO strike down away frer& the heated sur
face, wss recommended Lemnel slough
ton at recent meeting pf the East Wind
sot. Connecticut, FarmetP club. he sug
gebted that early planted fodder corn vii
take the place of dried nd pastures; 1t shoult
| BID planted ct intervals sed on moist soil to-
lap feed. lite importsnce 10 ar drouthl