The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-26
Miscellaneous Farm Notes.

The only STRAIN OF ShOrthOrns thal mas
been fully tested under an idea isthc Bates
strain.
Prof Henry, Of Wisconsin has found
that COW can be fed for IL cents per day
in that State, while the income from the
butter made varied from 81 TO 90 cents per
day.
II is held rs principle in breeding that
"liko produces like, or tho likeness OF
some ancestor" This is confusing and
misleading IL carries with IL the idea that
some one parent does it all, when the fact
is that every result in breeding is from
two.
An experiment in crossing sheep for the
purpose OF producing wool and mutton is
noted as follows "What success mutton
and wool sheep Of tho Mefino Cotswoll
type may meet with in Texas remains 20
be demonstrated. The Las Morls Ranch
Company, six miles south OF Menardville,
Meuard County, have over ~, 900 sheep Of
this type, under the management OF Mr..
Runge. They need 20 be- shorn only once
a year, and the clip this season was $1,000
pounds, the wool being worth about >
cents per pound more than the average
twclye-months wool Of Texas. These
sheep can only be herdcd In bands OF
about 800, or half rs many "a sheep Of the
kind usually kept in this State"
| G.. w. Farlce saws "As Jerseys multi.
ply in the country and are able TO supply
| the demand for their milk they must
eventually crowd out other cattle from the
| milk diaries. There Is a constant demand
for good milk, and in New York | happen
| 90 know that the milkmen selling the best
| milk require milk to shows constant fixed
percentage Of cream, and farmers find
that they are obliged 10 feed heavily "a
produce such milk. They will eventually
discover that the Jersey is the COW lot
their purpose, since she will produce rich
milk without heavy feeding. Hence
confidently advise any one having n herd
of Jerseys near town 10 try the experiment
OF a milk DAIRY. lie will be- surprised e
find how rapidly IL will grow In favor, and
lac will soon come % agree with me thai
the Jersey Is not only great butter COW
but a very profitable mich cow
Col Richard Peters, Of ATLANTA. Ga.
says: "lt costs no more, IN fact 10 cost
much less, TO keep good COW or hog thar
q poor one. For example, take a MAJ
who owns five or six scrub cows. II hl
will buy q good Jersey bull Of prcpotcn
family the hCifcr OF his first cross will CIV,
him 80 Der cent. moro butter on M ave
rngr, aud oi a much hucr quality, thai
their mothers gave IL j. an axiom that
bull IA half the herd. have seen grade
If the third cross that no one could tell
by looks W butter, from registered ler
scyH II X hard 10 calculate how mucl
good a fine, vigorous Jersey bull can Do h
"A country nrighbofhood. one mistake !
freely made that should be avoided.
baIfbrr,d male should never be used Il
brood from. II II the male that lifts th
grade. and hall-brccd will lead her
downward, no matter how fine the female
may be. Where Jersey " Introduce
his sons should be- killed Tor beef or usc
Tor oxen. and his daughters crossed 10 au
other pure-brcd jersey. In one eros an
man can see such difference that he wi
thank mo for my advice. In three crosse
, hn will have most valuable herd, O
good butter makers, almost rs rvglslcTc
Jcueys."
Tho National S'octmm ant Fdrmrr say'
/ "A comparison Of current prices with tho'
rolling al the same time .aat yea show
, uat cattle are still somewhat higher iha
/ AZ that time. The inargin, though, has q
, late been growing steadily less. until u
/ now becoming nucomioHnbly slender.
, h not anticipated that prices will dcclin
/. Ia tho basis OF the fall u 1887, but they M
certainly not whore Il was not long ar
hoped they would hc IN the iall Of ISIS
y Probably no ono who makes q close stud
I OF the cattle industry expected such CIV
/ Of stock az filed an the leading markr
, throughout the month Of Oci0bcr,h Nhic
4. month Chicago alone handled over 2,O,W
head Whom on effort " made 10 ualu
!. | iuIt what these figures mean, u docs ~
y srctn at an strange that the market y w
r very unsatisfactory condition % compare
. With that Of two months ago. IL WouI
. have been wonderful, indeed, had IL n
!. anil been otherwise. Just now -
4 tcnsn arc puzzled not W.
4 over the outlook. Probabilities are w
! the immense supplies coming. IN from W
4 rurR, will soon bc exhausted, the logic
: scuncncc Of which would be supplies ni9'
= nearly proporlioned TO the needs o. W
: markets aud better prices The abnnIan.
Of cora points, on the other hand, TO plcn'
a OF material for feeding, aud seems to pr
4 ciuda the possibility oi scarcity oi DeeNS,
. Tho expectation Is that cattle viii nov !
o remarkably high the coming winter; ~
q that choice cattle, the proportion OF Nh,,
!. 4. likely 90 continue small, will recover !. !,
: ground which they have lost, while !"
q lower grades will after while improNss
4 los degree. The opinion, which We nn
n quite prevalent u given Tor what " ny
. 6c worth. II seems TO DO well sroua''u'