The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-04

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! for either Dung or old pigs it is :
failure, and that beautiful marbleo
pork so much priced caunot be had by
exclusive corn feeding.
A grass pasture is essential to the
well-being and best development o
pigs. They should have an abundant
supply of pure water and have acces:
to salt and ashes at all times. Theil
food should be varied All the spare
vegetables from the garden should &C
to the hog pen, and ii the hogs cannot
be turned into the orchard to forage
for themselves, the fallen fruit SHOULD
be gathered for them. Every drop O
milk not otherwise utilized should be
fed to the young pigs. With such
feeding and dry comfortable quarters
very little corn will be needed to pro-
cure the desired lard.
BUFFALO BEEF.
Buffalo beef has long been esteemed
a luxury and is fast becoming rarity
owing to the wholesale destruction Of
that quadruped.
An attempt is being made to do
mesticale the buffalo and cross it with
our tame cattle. Mr.. Goodnight, the
Panhandle cattle king, has been en-
gagged in this experiment for some
years, and results go to show that the
business is both practicable and profit.
able. In North Dakota a Mr.. Weaver
is experimenting on the same line
crossing the buffalo with Polled Angus
cattle. The offspring furnishes hide
almost identical with, but in some
respects superior to, that of the
wild buffalo, while the carcasses
bring fancy prices from high class
restaurants in the big cities.
FRUIT TREE PLANTING.
The time approaches for planting
new orchards and filling up gaps in
old ones, and 1 would again warn in
nocents against the wiles of the ped
dler. do not mean to imply that all
the tree agents are knaves, but will
say that purchasers will do better by
buying direct from a responsible nur-
seryman, and the nearer home he can
be found the better.
1t is worth remembering that the
small healthy tree is more likely to
succeed than the large healthy one,
for the reason that the tap root has
been destroyed by removal, and the
remaining lateral roots do not afford
enough sap to support the larger
growth of wood.
Where knowledge of the art of
grating and budding is possessed it is,
in the case of peach culture, the best
plan to plant peach pits where the
tree is intended to grow and graft or
bud thereon the variety wanted.
have observed that all trees grown
in this way are more thrifty and
longer lived than those which have
been transplanted, and l attribute
this to the tap root being undisturbed.
I would strongly urge the planting
OF LIE Conte and Keiffer pears, especi-
ally the former. They grow well in
this section and are not liable to the
diseases which attack other varieties.
The Kelsey Japan plum should be in
every orchard and city yard. I have
fruited it this year and it is fruit fit
for the gods.
Where rich loan over clay sub
soil exists, apples of certain varieties
will succeed. My three year old red
astrachans have borne fruit this year,
and another apple, without a name,
ripened an excellent fruit on the 10th
of June in my orchard.
The first essential in tree planting
is to get the land into a fine state Of
cultivation with pillow and harrow.
After the first good rain in October
pillow deep and harrow smooth. About
the end of November cross pillow and
harrow again. Don't put manure or
fertilizer of any kind near the roots
OF the young tree, but only fine sur
face soil.
1 will return to this subject at the
proper season.
HORSE BREAKING,
In great majority of cases horses
do not need breaking. Now and again
stubborn, self-willed brute will be
found that needs breaking, but the
great majority only require training.
l have often thought there should
be some test of a mans ability to
handle or drive horse before being
allowed to use one.
There is no more pitiable sight than
to zee noble, intelligent horse at the
mercy of hot headed and tyranical
man. The horse we'll knows when in
the hands of an inexperienced or stupid
driver or rider, and becomes impatient
and aprrehensive. To train a horse
successfully, the trainer should have
a kind but firm disposition and at
least an average share of patience and
common sense. A horses training
should begin the day it Is foaled. It
should be handled and caressed in it's
youth, and in ninety-nine cases out of
one hundred no breaking will be re-
quired.
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