St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
STOCK ITEMS.

A number Of Wyoming cattlemen were
recently interviewed and gave 1t as their
opinion that the per cent. OF loss IN range
cattle will not be AS heavy as has recently
oeen reported.
To sum up profitable stock-farming In
few words: Breed good stock, horses, cat
tie, sheep and swine: feed. water and shell
ter them properly and hyglenically. and 90
not too much. put your whole energy upon
one kind of stock.
Prof. De Muth, of De Pauw University,
says that food which fattens cow for mar
ket will ruin her for milk, and that hay fed
between meals is worse than wasted, AS 1t
clogs the stomach and interferes with the
digestion OF the regular ration
The Holstein is the COW for milk IN large
quantities, and consequently the cheese
COW of the period. In this the Ayrshire is
a strong competitor. But for butter, tne
butter, and quantity OF butter, the Channel
Island cow is queen.-JefSey BuHetstt.
The farmer who has not sufficient shelter
for his stock this winter will lind out by
spring that the value of the extra food re-
quired to keep them alive, to say nothing
of the loss in flesh, would have been more
than sufficient to provide the best kind OF
shelter, not only for one winter, but Tor
many-Liye-S Stock Indicator.
What the colt wants is plenty of exercise,
warm place to Sleep shelter from bitter
storms, plenty Of good grass of different
varieties, good, clean hay without dust,
and good, sound oats. Colts raised in this
way will not look so well, nor win as many
premiums, nor sell for as much money, but
they will last.
Il &c hot ono kaf yUh
| considered the most important product Of
sheepit is only a secondary consideration
| In England, as the farmers in that country
aim to produce the best mutton. AS NUT
ton brings as high price here as it does
there the breeding of sheep for mutton il
preference to wool should be profitable Il
| American farmers also.
Cows often in winter develop strangel!
| depraved taste in picking over piles o
horse manure for hay and even straw soilet
| by the urine. They will do this even whei
| fe2 enough of fresh material OF the SAM
kind 1t is probably the slightly salin
| taste that attracts the cow to this unnat
| ural food. II salt does not cure her OF ii
! add little bone meal and ashes.
Breeding sows should have no corn. |
| does not furnish the bone material for tn
Digs Un0 SOW - carr luS, anu eAcI CAoi . oul.
serves to make her too fat and the pig
! weakly. Oatmeal is excellent, though tina
| with highly bred sows is too fattening
| Milk with dishwater from the house, give
warm with bran, will be the best feed bot
for the sow and for the pigs she is to farrov
| in the spring.-American Culttaator.
| Soft-wood charcoal, especially willow
ought always to be kept in the cow stable
4 .s,.lx f<r
cupful in her bran or other food and we
up II her breath is bad, her horns he
| and her nose dry, she is dyspeptic an
feverish. Give her charcoal. II she ha
hollow horns, sure and no mistake, Civ
charcoal half teaspoonful each meal fo
three or four days. Treat wolf in the Ia
in the same way. The wolf can't stan
| charcoal 1t is an excellent thing to Civ
charcoal all around once week. 1t is th
best regulator of stomach and bowels
Guernsey Breeder.