The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-22
LIVE Totes

Nearly 1000 head Of polled Angus cattle
were imported into this country lsqt year.
Brood soSs should have nice, warm, dry
pers. and should be kept quiet ard well
bedded.
Montana tlocks increase in a II yefo!d ra-
ito every three %yearr-that is. there ara
five times as many nheep thcro now rs
there were three years ago.
Professor Stewart stales that ten pounds
OF turnips, with one and a halt pounds oil
corn, will iatten q young eheep or lamb
faster than three pounds Of corn alone.
Cows that arc about to calve should be
separated from the herd, and the food
should be- OF Il sloppy nature, not too COLI
cenuated, in order TO avoid milk fever.
A mixture OF aulphur and lard is a safe
and ha.mlets remedy for the extermins.
ton Of lice on cattle. Rub it along the
back and britket, and anoint parts hero
and there wherever necessary.
The P~oland-China hog, like all otheye,
is the result Of various crosies. Their prin.
cipal merit, however, is due to the Berk.
shire and the big bone China, the one
almost the opposite Of the other.
The mixed breed can be constantly i'm
proved by tho use Of thoroughbreds. Every
addition Of thoroughbred blood eleyates
the quality to 3 highar standard, aud the
improvement is permanent and luating,
The Rural New Yorker says that II You
want to stop your light Btahmas from lay.
ing tesd them oil they want. We have
found that the egg production of this breed.
more than Of any other, is lessened bv
overlooking. Feed them twice a day and
give them no more than they will eat W.
clean before resting.
VI find nothing equal to sorghum cane
Tor Stock" says q writer in Spirit Of the
Farm, and do not think l am oyerestlma.
ting it in saying that three acres OF sor.
ghum, cut and fed to my mules, fattened
them more than six acres OF corn gathered
and fed in the ear. l can cay to all, grow
sorghum for stock feed"
The Texas Wool Grouer says: He VIM
wishes to run eheep in Texas must pur-
chase his lands. Don't let this be over.
looked. 70 prospectors. There are cheao
lands but not free lands. Free grazing ran
be found in the western States and Nav
Mexico and A~r:zona. Here it is different
since tho Legislature adjourned.
A good sheep does Tot consume moro
than n bad one, nor does it cost more to
shear. The freight and charges on ,hiph.
clafs wool are not higher than those fofthe
poorest fleece. 1t is, therefore, the prodnc.
tion Of hlgh.class wool which the hocknas.
tets Of the country should ever keen in
view. American Hockmssters cannot dn
hetter than to ,nke these remarks as All.
dressed to Themselves.
Sheep AFRO profitable in several yays. sova
the Farmers Cal. First, from wool; second
from mutton, and third, from manure. Ths
gain from the last source is not Susceptible
OF change, whether the price Of wool and
mutton DO high or low. A sheep giyea "a
turns | in these toms Tor it's keeping, and in
balancing the returns the gains from The
accumulation OF manure should be consid.
ered es we'll as the weight Of fleece md
CARCASS. "A
Rye, oat, barley, buckwhea!, peas, beans.
Indian corn, wheat bran, shorts or mid.
oil meAl-these are all good food
says the National Live Stock Journal. ior
!a!sening sheep. But it Is a good plan to
give 4 variety. The writer said the hast
ration he ever knew was composed ri
equal parts, by weight, Of oats, corn. mems
and millet, and to fifteen bushels of The
mixture was added one bushel OF ilaxseed
md all ground together. Two rounds nj
his with hay gave excellent results.