Richland beacon., 1888-11-17
RAYVILIlE, RICHLAND PARISH LA~ NOV. II, 1885,
Facts for tarm'r,.

Facts for Farmers.
j. H. FUltz had ten acres Oi Hun
4ari;ln grass which Welded from %
To - tons of the finest hay.--Pio-
n"rr. Mandan.
Keep up the flow oi milk rrgardl, -
of other considerations. If the iced
in he pastures begin To fail supple
ment with grain Avoid radical
changes in feed.
Plenty of corn means plenty ot
pork and plenty of money for the
farmer provided the pork brings Il
good piicc. which is the present out
look.
\ great deal OF mill, is spoiled. III
one way rnd another. before it leaves
the uddcr II is just nS sensitive III
the uddrr as it is out Oiit IL fact thai,
il is always well To remember.
Nitha lit tlrmcal the dairyman may
grow AMI latten pi" for each COW,
twice IL year and Increase the fertility
of his farm; and do away with so
many month hS OF unprotitable feedln"
! Just To support lif'.
lhis has been ii year of remarkable
growth for trees. \ wet spring,
raj her backward, brought out il dense
Ylowth of foliage of Il itch. luxuriant
green. and the growth has been
remarka hlr throughout he entire sea
| son.
President Adams told the Wiscon-
sin dairymcn that i'll that state 1t
takes four acrcS. on IN average, TO
carry IL cow il year. or 2.ioO.OOO
acres for the GOO 900 COWS OF the
state. If the milk were all made into
butter it would only give 81 pounds
of butter to the acre. not II very
tiattciing return.
Becfproduction and milk prOduc-
ton requires different characteristics.
| But most farmers desire to make one
or the other the leading aim, i'll which
ease they will breed for beef or milk
the first consideration. and the 9th
rr secondary thought. Aim for
! that which. with your farm, and
market and surroundings will give
YOU the most profitable results.
\ correspondent inquiries as to the
proper age for breeding heifers. This
is ii question not susceptible of a
specific reply which shall be iron-clad
in its every application: but in gen
eral terms it NAV be stated that i'll
the opinion of the best breeders the
heiirr should not he bred until from
twenty TO twenty-fOur months OF
age.
w. Ilenkrl Il Frencllman. has dis
covered ritric acid in cows milk. Il
fact hitherto not admitted. In 40
tons of fresh milk, he claims that
there is as much citric acid, in the
form OF salts. as in 400 millions of
lemons In other words, the average
daily milk of II COW. contains rs
much citric acid as two or three
lemons.
There will always be Il demand for
all the leading breads of sheep and
for all grades of wool; but specialists
should manipulate in those lines
where the greatest fluctuations are
liable to exist. The ordinary farmer
should contine his operation to
means, and not rush to extremes.
There are certain qualities which are
in steady demand, and he should not,
as rule overstep these limits.
it is said that in Dakota and
Montana. with the slight cost re-
quired for housing and care in winter,
sheep can he kept for thirty cents a
year per head. That ought to be
profitable An exchange remarks
that it is the country for sheep. No
doubt of that; and if the time should
come when we cannot raise sheep OF
grow wool in the East or Middle
West the sheep interests in the Ter
ritories will increase rapidly.
Seven hundred high class shropshire
sheep were shipped to America by the
steamer Oyenholme from Liverpool
recently for Hon. John Dryden o1
Canada, and Messrs. Thompson and
Williams of Indiana. The shipment
which is by far the largest and best
which has ever left our shores, says
the London Live Stock Journal, com.
prised $50 rams. $50 show ewes, 400
to 800 choice breeding ewes and a
few show wcthers and lambs selected
nom the most celebrated breeders OF
the day.
The question rs TO which is the
best breed of sheep to breed is to
some degree losing its Importance.
for il is certain that whatever breed
is kept mutton production must he a
conspicuous feature i'm the future
Whatever brecu you are committed
to make ii produce Just as much and
Just rs good mutton as possible and
YOU can't go far out of the way. A
larger supply of good mutton will
increase the consumption of mutton
VIII naturally rLnc a decreased con-
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