The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-11-19
HERE AND THERE.

Why can not learn to shoe my own
horses? asks correspondent. You can;
and it will not require much time for
an Intelligent man to beat many of our
horse shoers out of sight.
What is the difference between an
Alliance cotton trust and a sugar trust
or lard trust or money trust? All of
them squeeze the fellows who are not
in the mbine.-Murfreesb News
Those farmers who allow animal
bones to lie about the premises are
neither tidy nor wise. If they can not
be broken up they should be buried near
grape vines or fruit trees, the roots of
which will gradully appropriate them
for food.
Not far from seventy-fve million
tons OF corn fodder are produced in tho
United States annually. Only frac-
ton is harvested, even less saved, and
considerably less is utilized by the ami
mails, owing to the faulty way in which
it is fed.
-Chauncey M. Depew said at the
New York State Fair: Fifty years ago
there was but one agricultural paper
and no school, now there are two hum
dred papers and fifty schools No farm.
er who is not better educated than his
father can get on" Boys, crack that
mutt
Last year the poultry product of this
country amounted to $500, 600, 900; the
wool industry only represented $780,.
100000; the cotton crop about the same;
the hay crop 100000, 900; the potato
crop $50, 900, 900; and the oats crop S17O. !.
600, 900.
According to Boussingault, sheep
manure is nearly three times as valu.
able as ordinary barnyard manure. The
exact figures are 800 for sheep to los for
barnyard manure. This is powerful
argument for keeping sheep on rocky
farms.
Always feed hard grains when it can
bedone. Ground grain is excellent when
it is desired to give the hens variety.
and 1T IS then necessary to moisten it,
but as rule, the better way to feed
grain is to give it whole as the gizzard
will reduce it to an impalpabl powder.
TO keep horse in good condition
constant care is to be exercised in keen
ing the skin clean and free from scruf
and dust. If the pores of the skin are
closed large quantity of waste matter
is retained, which in effect is as UNI
healthful as if the lowels were closed
and the system in this way were re-
tanned and absorbed.
Prime, of Chicago, says the winter
wheat is now generally everywhere up
and in some Western States from four
to six inches high. 1t presents an OK
celent appearance, strong, healthy and
vigorous. and ought to go into winter
quarters in excellent shape. The pros.
poets are for an acreage fully as large,
if not larger, than the acreage of 1889
and 1890.
No man is rich enough to breed
from poor stock of any kind. Breed
from the best. What do we breed horses
for, anyhow? Is it not to make money,
Then make this matter study. Most
farmers raise horses to sell. 1t is to
your interest to raise such as the mar.
ket demands. not only for the home mar
ket but for the growing export trade.
Within the last thirty years the
devoted to corn in the United
States has increased from IA, 600, 600 TO
rs, o00, 900, and the amount produced
from 500, 900, 900 to 1000, 600. 900 of BUSH
els, while wheat in the same period has
expanded its area from 1l,OGo, 900 to 49,
O0O,0 600 of acres, and the amount pro-
duced from 1000, 600 to 500, 600, 600 of
bushels.
AT trifiing cost every mare on the
farm can give colt annually, and stop
The drain which now impoyerishes our
State. The numerous colt shows held
in Georgia annually are hopeful signs.
A score or so of fine home-bred colts
gathered at the county seat, contesting
or q prize, is the best of evidence that
hat county is on the right line,