Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-16
STOCK ITEMS.

The cheapest and best way to get goSsA
COW is to procure calf from first-ciasS
dam AMI raise il. It Is like buying tickets
in lottery-.he majority BRO blanks-ul'-
less one may know what they ore.
Cutting food for horses aud csttle -
recommended by all who have trie1 u a.
giving an economical control over the srp-
ply, security against waste and the facility
of mixing different kinls OF food in sucn
proportions as may be found best.
An authority on hogs says: II we take
all the hogs fattened in the United States
in year and chsnae the time OF fattening
from cold to warm wcsther One-half OF the
grain now fed will make all the pork This
would Gs 4 saving OF food, at, least, 10 the
amount of SIS 0WsooO per year.
Farmers should not step at rubbing and
currylng their horses. Examine their feet
carefully, for they require fuzzy as much
attention ns the body, and horse whose
I, ct are allowed to become unsound 10 for
tie tins being useless, no matter how
g.ossy his coat may he or how nicely his
name and tail are C6mbed.
The farmer who can possibly do so should
send his grain and grass TO market in the
shape Of 500 draft, roadster or saddle
only by handling the best of stock that $4V.
per ucre land can be prottably grazed
with prices as low AS they are a. present.
Saline County No. Democrat.
The reports which have gone forth OF
losses of liye-stosk in New Mexico on &C.
count of the recent Sesere weather are un-
founded. Although this has been one OF
the hardest winters ever experienced III
t,.,T ~ ot h;lv
from the effects Of ext Osur. and fde herds
are everywhere reported in excellent con-
acknowledgements " N.Y. Democrat.
Theodore Lewis says he could not think
of cutting the tails from bis pigs. The
tails a"e the thermometers WHICH Indicate
the animals condition. II not feeling well,
not thrIv ing, u his fool will tot ag. GO With
him, the tail will begin to strengthen. The
sicker the pig the ssraishter the tail.
While the conventional curl shall retain Its
place there need be no anxiety about the
pig; if double curl be seen lie may be re-
earded as in perfect condition.
Few stockmen realize the necessity Of
furnishing their animals with plenty Of
salt. Well sailed animals are much health
Ter and stronger than stock that are COM
PEELED to do without; less liable to con-
CoSAOuS uLScdScS, VIII htc = hh hcsi!, OCoiuCo
always looking and feeling better. 1t will
pay N added flesh to the beeves and add
health and strength to them If the owner
will buy few hundred pounds of rock sails
and scatter where cattle can get what they
| need.
The only and most successful preventive
| of hog cholera'' is judci0us feeding and
an apartments for bedding. This, with
a diversity Of feed, will produce results in
the main satisfactory. The farmer that is
able 10 have ho gs is ale 10 have IA reason
| able space sown 10 uta5agas, turnips,
| sugar-bcets and tie various roots Of such
well known and reputable health-givin8
| propert. es, and there's the alfalfa patch,
one of the finest forage plants for hogs
TO the stock farmer either alfalfa or clover
| is SIMPLY indispensable. The pork-ma ker
who g YES proper attention to the produc-
ton and usage OF the plants mentioned,
along with his corn will have in the long
run abundant reasons to laugh while other.
are engulfed in tie pcrplcxlng problem OF
show to prevent hog cholera. "-EIchdnae.