The Opelousas courier., 1889-04-27
..,TaTRN AGRICULTURAL
...ek.Raising in Tennessee.

.,acting stock, it would pay best
2 sohase fne-blooded strains. The
pp ..horn will yield 500 pounds or
- beef. with no more food, and
rofs mar hooded stock will average
Y o saiu in this proportion over COM
2 stock. A liberal supply OF
SVn should be sown. In this To-
e. .lover, herds grass and orchard
ais, ssonld be sown; mixed timothy
90 be added on some of the richest
RYE, barley and winter oats
sa M Be sown early in the fall, for
~. ~ and spring grazing; rye would
- this locality best. Stock peas is
aro6table crop for stock. and
IA suit the condition of the soil
This locality for a starter. Sweet
L.at,es are a very profitable crop to
" { gil kinds OF stock, more espe-
.slly young stock. This potato seems
en- ali the demands of nature, and
,,sbes the animals growth faster than
: other food. Two bushels OF pota-
!. ara equal to n of corn for young
Nh, and three bushels are equal to
= il corn in fattening stock for mar
4 II $50 bushels of sweet potatoes
6 raised on an acr that would equal
~ bushels of corn per acre in fatten-
= stock. But this potato is a poor
ssenar. and should be fed in the fall
"A carly part of the winter. Fifteen
,ouads Of cotton seed is equal to 100
aonnds Of shelled cor in feeding cattle
f. market. Thirty-three pounds of
.o,top.seed. meal is equal to 100 pounds
4 sbelled corn in feeding stock. Cot
u, eaed or Its meal should be fed with
-. meal. bran or corn. The rough
I'D 10 be used in winter may be
.loyer hay or sorghum, sown thickly in
.ors and cultivated. Before frost cut
I'D shock. This is a favorite food for
If stock. Corn treated the same way
makes good food. as does also the old
hoek fodder. With millet and john
q grass there can be no scarcity of
vagh food if the proper effort is made
b secure a good supply.
Corn is a necessary factor in raising
ad feeding stock to maturity, but by
lie use Of sweet potatoes, cotton seed,
sock peas, ETC., the quantity OF corn
al be reduced over one-half. This
va make aaarge reduction in the cost
Il raising stock. Tennessee is a corn
poducing State; she cant be exceled,
ID quantity and quality. on her soil
shst hN not been abused. She can
sso produce all the other crops named
that will make stock-raising one of the
greatest industries of the State. The
supplies to run this enterprise are
home productions.
When stock is turned on young rye
ii grass, they need some stronger
hod-bran, corn or meal. / have
tmnd By experience that it pays best
b continue feeding all they will eat
when on pasture. No kind of stock
should be allowed to shrink a pound
lter their birth. Lambs should W.
erage 10 pounds by the first Of
June, and sell Tor 6 or z cents per
pound at the nearest railroad station,
where a carload or more could be Sc
cured. These lambs would reach the
Northern markets when the farmers
VI that section had none for sale.
The climate gives this State that adj
Fantage. With good mutton stock
md liberal feeding of bran, corn-meal
and cotton-seed meal, fed night and
morning to the lambs and ewes, with
rye and grass for pastures, this weight
y easily obtained. They viii eat but
little Of this food, but that little gives
heir growth q wonderful push. The
climate Of Tennessee and the great
fariety Of excellent cheap food her sol!
Fil produce for stock is a mine of
Eealth to every farmer in the State.
The Yankee will never be able to in
rent 8 device that will changethis
dvantage.-Stephen Collins, in Clarks-
nile lTenn.l Tobacco Leaf.