The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-02-06

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tmfy their hafsea nnd muls afa
fureol ~ stand 10 i1is Nv mud up
to their kitees and have no shelter
~ arfron ihfm from tho peliiug
sloct suow and rain they have 10
% nv oafs " corn thrown ~ them
80 morning and night and that IL
called feeding cattle are allowed
t. browse around through the
fields exposed 10 all sorts Of wealth.
~ and may have a few cotton.pecd
thrown to them once q day and
that ends their feeding. AMI still
wc hear II every day-'llrming
don't pay !" No such farming does
aoi payl neither would any other
occupation pay so neglected and
n mans care for and management
Of his stock is always a fair index
to the general management Of his
farm. Now, | ask, why does such
n state Of affairs exist? and ! an
swer laziness-purc, unadulterated
laziness.
Now, any ablebodied man in a
timbcred country can prepare good
comfortable shelter for five or six
head Of horses and cattle in two
or three days. | will give the
plan-take common iencc rails 10
feet long, build a row .of pens
running east and west, joining
them together make a door in the
south.side ofeach pen, corner them
with boards, sloplng to the north,
and bank cornstalK rs on the north
side from ground To top of pens,
two or three feet thick; this will
break Off all cold wind from the
north these pens will not cost
exceeding so so each, if You hire it
all done and will last 10 or 10
years If YOU can build better sta
bles, by all means DO 50 il you
can't then buildthe pens; yourstock
will be better OF and YOU will have
n clearer conscience. Now, when
you get your stables q know you
will have them before another
winter then YOU will want plenty
Of hay. This may be Lad nearly as
cheap as the stables. ! met with a
farmer not long ago from Desoto
county who was driving two Of the
fattest. sleekest mules that ! ever
saw in the South. | asked him
how he kept them SO fine. 81 feed
them was his reply ! asked on
what kind of feed ''0n bay, olts.
fodder and u little corn--about five
, ears twice n day for each mule
Here is his plan Of raising hay ~
, each mule or COW 10 be kept; il,
r sows one acre Of rye in SeptembeI
+. or October /; he grazes il in winter
when the ground is dry or frozen
taking off the stock when sprinl
onnus. As soon ag the rye seed.
, out and forms the grain it j. Gu
and cured for hay he sows a bush
IL. 81 of seed to tie mere and says ]
!. makes an excellent hay; as sooI
as the rye is 81 the land, he plant
/ peas, seeding it heavily as soon a
h the vines are pulled oil tho peas
they are cut andcured for hay an.
the land Is again sown in rye
Thus, he gets two valuable crop
each year from the same land, b.
sides the winter grazing {; he AIS
:. sows some millet and oats aud oI
!, ten follows the oats with peas f
hay and seed. hope some, YET
all, Of PanOla's farmers will tr
this plan this year and report n
suits AS It is too late for the ry'
, try oats next spring.
- will subscribe myself