The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-12
Abont Live stock.

From the Little Rock wheelEnlerprise.
1t is an important item to keep the colts
growing.
Another rise in live stock ireights and
general kick among live stock shippers.
VIII the traffic hear any more
Nine short-horn cows recently sold at
auction in Chicago for an average of
S2,6ll each. This does not look like tho
breed was losing popular favor.
Always select your horses for special
work required. The heavy draft animals
are best for farm purposes Trotters are
intended for the road more than for draw
ing heavy loads.
One man. who by his own acts in breed
ing up his stock, shows his neighbors the
possibilities OF such a course, is doing
good to his fellow man and making tho
world better of.
A lot OF 800 pound Texas raised hogs sold
at cents per pound gross al San Antonio
recently. In other words, two-year-old
hog is worth more in Texas than a two
year-old steer.
There never was better time TO pur-
chase foundation stock than now. Send
TO the editor OF this department for any
information you desire as to when and.
how TO buy, and II he is able to obtain it
you will be answered free Of charge.
What we want is 10 see Arkansas farmers
improve their live stock.
II stock Of any kind is poor to begin the
winter it cannot be worth much. Build
| ing up fat on lean frame, with the tenn
| perature at zero, or even at freezing point,
Is costly business. An animal already fat
goes into the winter with some self.pro-
lection against the cold. Its fat acts as
shield, rendering less warmth necessary.
Don't let your horses stand in n damp,
! foul stable. H. rs IL too often the case, q
horse is allowed TO stand on damp straw
or sawdust, the chances are he will very
soon develop very bad case OF thrash,
and may be permanently injured. 1t is
an old saying among horscmen, and one in
which there is much sound reason: "No
foot, no horse" See that the stable is
dry.
An increasing number OF farmers be-
lieve in drawing out the piles Of manure
rs fast rs they are accumulated. II tho
manure is spread upon the soil the moro
rains ii receives the better ii is distributed
| through the soil. Manure drawn out in
the fall does more good than that left until
midwinter, and the latter il better than
leaving ii until spring. Unless the land as
absolutely overflowed with water the ma
nuro is not washed away.
! Why will the farmers OF Arkansas con-
tinue to rear scr bs, when with a littlo
trouble and expense good grades can DO
reared2 IL costs no more TO feed q well
bred SOW than Il does to feed a scrub. II
Is very great mistake 10 suppose that a
Jersey OF llolstein must bc better fed and
better sheltered than a scrub. OF course,
the latter will be all the better for liberal
feeding, and so will the scrub; but IL Is no
more a necessity in the one case than the
other.
A well bred, good brood mare is a small
fortune to farmer. II given fair chance.
The old mare Beautiful Bells' has been
worth nearly as much as n gold mine.
Several OF her colts have sold for -, 600,
and one for $50, 600. and recently two
year old for Sl2, 500. While il is hardly
probable there IA Beautiful Bell" in
Arkansas, We have no doubt there arc
hundreds OF mares that II bred 10 good
standard bred horses would make their
owners rich.
Don't forget 10 look well after the brood
SONS about this time. Sows not kept up
are liable 10 farrow a long distance from
the barn, aud Il may be two weeks before
she IA found, during which time very likely
onc-half the pigs have died or been
drowned. II not they have been seriously
injured for want Of sufficient nourishment
Get tho sows up and put them where they
can 90 10 shelter and where they can DO
regularly and literally fed, for IL Is impos.
siblo for thnm TO raise good pigs unless
| they are fed aud well fed