The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-11

cOstS so HtJle TO gratlfy tnelr taste.
We believe this is a good rule to fol-
low in caring for herd of dairy COWS !;
give them everything they want, pro-
vided it does not injure them and the
expense is not too great.
In following this rule we give our
COWS salt the year round and while we
do not know that it does any good,
we do know that the more contented
the cow the surer the profit.
THE BERKSHIRE HOG.
New breeds come into fashion and
go out quite as suddenly, but the
Berkshire is today what it was twenty
years ago, the standard by which all
other breeds are judged. 1t has more
good points and fewer bad ones than
any other breed yet invented. In its
purity it cannot be excelled as gen
eral utility hog and crossed with in
ferior breeds it grades them up in a
wonderful and profitable manner. /
do not propose to write an eulogy on
the Berkshire but to give description
of the animal SO that it may he known
in crowd Of competitors. Its lead
ing characteristics may be summed
up as long, low, level and lusty.
Its color is black with four white
feet, white blaze or spot on the face
and a white tip to the tail.
Small spots of white on other parts
of the body do not impute impurity
but are to be discouraged.
Face short, fine and we'll dished
and the nose wide, good breadth be-
tween the eyes, ears small, thin, soft
and erect, jowl full, neckN short and
thick, shoulders short from neck to
middling, deep from back down, back
broad and straight or little arched,
ribs long and well sprung, body round,
hips good length from point of hip to
rump, hams thick, round and deep,
tail fine and small and set high up,
legs short, straight, strong and set
wide apart, size medium, extremes
should be avoided; bone and hair fine
and skin pliable. Such is the model
Berkshire hog.
THE COTTON MARKET.
The tendency is still downward.
receipts are still far in advance OF
same time last year, leading specu-
lators and others to the erroneous con-
clusion that the crop will be over an
average.
The error will be discovered before
November l. Travis county's crops
will be much over au average
of surrounding counties and
yet be far short OF last year. From
no section of the cotton belt do we
hear that the crop will reach over an
average, and in most cases it is re-
ported very short. After the specu-
lators have got their game played out,
the price of cotton will after all be
determined by the old fashioned law
of supply and demand.
The business of the cotton gambler
is to buy as low and sell as high as
possible. When cotton, is rushed on
the market early, as is the case this
year, the supply is so much greater
than the immediate requirements of
the spinners that the price is left to
the mercy of the spectators, and we
know the result. When the bulk of
the crop has been marketed and found
to be short of the false estimates now
being circulated then will the staple
60 up with a bound and the speculator
will make haste to unload.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for
farmers to take hint from this and
do little specializing on their own
account?
AS l remarked short time ago, it
is safe rule to sell as soon after gin
ming as possible, but this rule. like
every other, is subject to an exception
and that believe is furnished right
now. l am strongly of opinion that
when midling cotton goes below cents
it will pay-this year-to hold for q
rise. Already the Alliance yard has a
vast amount of cotton on storage
owned by some of the shrewdest
farmers, who never sell their hens on
a rainy day.
| The yard offers every facility and
security against loss at very moderate
charge, and farmers intending to hole
their cotton could not do better than
hand it over to Mr.. Cranberry.
coLoRING MILK.
From time immemorial it has beer
the custom to color butter and cheese
to suit an acquired taste and fashion
amongst consumers, and the practice
has had the sanction and approval o
those most interested.
| According to the London HOspita
a medical journal of high standing
the coloring of milk has become al
established practice in large cities ant
seaside resorts. The coloring is done
with anatto, a vegetable matter ex-
tracted from the fruit of the anattC
plant.
The substance is a semi-solid aque
GUS matter. The solution used i,
generally alcoholic and alkaline anG
exhales foetid and disgusting odor
A few drops of the solution are added
to water and mixed with the milk.
1t gives the milk richer color anc
aids the milk vendor in his sales
Used in small quantities it is not be
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