Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-08
An Agricultural Proposition.


In the din of politics it IS perhaps
de trop to introduce quiet propositions
relating to agriculture. Nevertheless,
the prosperity of Los Angeles county
will be, in the end, dependent on
agriculture and horticulture, and the
happiest and most crowded popula-
tions recorded ON the American con
tinent will be gathered hereabouts.
While Presidencies are lost and
gained, as we write, the fact remains
that wine, brandy and the cereals
the corn, wine and oil of the com
merce of all ages-will be the agen-
cies which will make Los Angeles
great. Thinking thus, we venture to
interpolate, in the heat OF party pas
sions, the following peaceful agricul-
tural notes;
Wheat will be fed to stock this year
very much more generally than would
appear from ordinary observation. 1t
is healthy and productive of good re-
suits when fed, from cattle down to
poultry. When chopped and fed to
beef cattle, for instance, il will cause
them to put on flesh rapidly and thus
return two-fold in comparison with
the ordinary market price for wheat.
Occasionally farmer will be found
who AYERS that he can raise wheat
profitably at 30 cents hundred. 1t
will be seen, however, that such men
have large ranches, and raise, in most
instances, nothing else in any guam
tity. For an ordinary farmer, then,
it is much more remunerative to feed
wheat than sell il at the price we have
quoted. An exchange SAYS regarding
this; "A more pressing point for
farmers to consider Just now is the
utility OF making use of great deal
OF their wheat crop at home for stock
feeding purposes, instead of press
ing it on the market, under
the disadvantageous circumstances
now existing, Wheat meal may
be made an admirable substitute for
oil cake in fattening cattle and sheep
hence, those farmers who have been
accustomed to make heavy outlaws i'm
tllt DuINiltNt VI VII Adkt lbI hlIlIff
feeding OF stock, will act imprudently
if they do not abandon the system
this year, and fall back on their heavy
stock of home-produced wheat as
substitute. Wheat meal is reCkoned
even better than barley meal for pig
feeding, and it would be economy 10
keep back nothing but tail barley Tor
pig consumption this season, market
ing the whole OF the head corn, and
making use of wheat largely for the
production of pork. Prices OF store
pigs have been low for some consid-
cradle time, and remain so at present.
Farmers of an enterprising turn will
take advantage of this circumstance
by buying largely store pigs and con-
verting them into pork, chiefly by the
consumption OF wheat meal.
In some instances the ranchmen
have organized and purchased a feed
mill, as in the case Of the Platte Val
ley Grange, with results beneficial
to all concerned. Wheat turned into
beef is more profitable than when
sold to the millers, and, this being so,
it requires no solomon TO decide as to
the best manner in which to dispose
OF it.
We clip the above from the Colo.
RADIO Farmer, and publish it Tor he
benefit Of our farmers. Unground
barley is generally fed to horses and
beef cattle in this section; but, il the
advantages Of cracked barley mixed
with cracked wheat were known, no
whole barley would be fed. Most Of
our ranchers who farm extensively
have mills made purposely for crack
ing or rolling grain for feed. Ii has