The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-05-21

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of various fruits, but have gained an
experience of great value to myself and
others who may wish to avail them
selves of it.
The limited space at my command
forbids me enumerating the failures;
suffice it to say their name is legion.
find the red astrachan, Ben Davis,
wine sap, Bence's summer and name
less apple, all do we'll with Inc. In
pears, the only ones out OF more than
twenty tested, that grow, are the LIE
| Conte and Kieffer; and they flourish IN
manner that must be seen 10 be be
lieved. They also bear early. Trees
planted on Gath December, 1856,
are bearing fruit this year. One
Of my kieffer trees has forty one large
pears on it. The fruit is large and at
tractive looking, and though not equal
in quality to some other varieties, it is
popular on the fruit stand and bears
shipment better than any other. The
LIE Conte is equally if no more vigor
GUS and prolific, aud its fruit is read
lily sold at good prices. The trees are
of upright growth, and could be plant
ed l1x12 or 15xl5.
When 7 or years old and thence on
for lifetime, every tree with reason
able treatment should yield from one
to three or four bushels of pears.
leave the figuring of income to others
as also the value per bushel, confident
that the result will beat cotton too
bad to talk about"
OF course anyone planting a pear
orchard mus reckon upon waiting six
or seven years for return, but during
that time the land can be growing po-
tatoes, cotton, corn or any hoed crop
with advantage to the trees.
There is wealth in such farming.
Let farmers suitably located try my
advice and prepare to set out at least
an acre of LIE Conte and Keller pears
this fall and their children will call
them blessed.
The colt crop is now almost harvest.
ed, but unlike other crops, its value
depends entirely on its future treat
ment. In no department of farm
management is there more wilful neg
lect and waste than in the handling OF
young colts. The owner of a good
mare will often be at great trouble and
considerable expense to breed her to
some fine horse and wait anxiously for
he produce, but having got it, will
give it or it's dam no attention what
ever; with the natural result of a
stunned worthless plug, where he
might have had valuable horse.
Every neighborhood can supply in,
stances in proof of this statement.
Such gross mismanagement can only
end in loss and disappointment. A
popularity of the case is that the owner
CT the colt invariably attributes the
inferiority of his colt to bad luck
and never to his own neglect.
The development of the colt should
begin eleven months before il is foaled
and its training the day it is born. The
character of the colt is greatly affected
by the treatment its dam receives
during the perio of CESSATION.
A badly nourished or overworked
mare can never produce we'll devel
oped and vigorous colt and the neg
| lect it receives before birth can never
! be compensated for by after good
treatment, This is the first in colt
management. After the colt has
come. its dam should be specially well
treated, She should have plenty oil
good grass and if necessary other TODD
10 keep her in good flesh and a full
flow of milk, Young colts make a
heavy draft on the vitality of the
dam, Their small stomachs don't
hold much at time, but are being
constantly replenished, AS soon as
the colt begins to eat it should share
an extra diet with it's mother,
! Corn is poor, or rather bad, feed
| fAr n lot ind hna of ~
shelled should be fed literally, with
good hay or we'll cured fodder.
have found the spiked muzzle the best
way to wean colt, Should it be nee
essary to work the mare during suck
ling the colt should. if possible, be al
lowed to run at her foot and be given
frequent opportunity for refreshment
If separated from each other both will
fret; the colt will not get nourishment
when needed and the dam being fe-
vered with fretting and an overplus oil
milk, the latter will be injurious tC
her offspring.
The future gentleness and useful
ness of the horse depends on its treat
ment while young. 1t should there,
fore be handled and caressed from the
day of it's birth.
1t should not be made pet of, bu
so handled that it looks upon the hu
man animal as a friend, and have NJ
fear of any object or thing when tha
friend is near When approached il
the pasture it should always be spoken
to and caressed.
A handful of oats or corn will seldom
fail to cement a friendship with the
most nervous colt. When handled
gently from the start no breaking is
ever necessary, as the horse only re-
quires to know the wish of his master
| to do it.
SHEEP.
Sheep are perhaps the most profita.
BILE of all live stock kept on the farm,
but their value is not fully appre
ciated by the farmer, or it would soon
be the exception to find farm with
them. 1t takes very little money to
start flock and they can be easily
and cheaply graded up and improved
as mutton and wool producers They
afford a palatable and nutritious food
at less cost and trouble than beef or
pork while their fleece is as saleable