The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-01-17
HERE AND THERE.

HEHe AND THERE.
What is the difference between an
Alliance cotton trust and sugar trust,
or lard trust or money tru &? All OF
them squeeze the fellows who are not
in the combine. -Murfreesboro News.
Those farmers who allow animal
bones to lie about tho 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 gradulIy appropriate them
for food.
Not far from seventy-five million
tons OF corn fodder are produced in the
United States annually. Only a 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 NJ. Dcpcw 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
err who is not better educated than his
father can get on" Boys. crack that
nutI
Last year the poultry product of this
country amounted to $500, 900. 600; the
wool industry only represented $500, :
000 900; the cotton crop about the same;
the hay crop $500. 900, 0O0 the potato
crop $50. 600, 900; and the oats crop Sl7o,-
900. 900
According to Boussingault, sheep
manure is nearly three times as valu-
able as ordinary barnyard manure. The
exact figures are 500 for sheep to 106 for
barnyard manure. This is powerful
argument for keeping sheep on rocky
farms
Always feed hard grains when it can
be done. Ground grain is excellent when
it is desired to give the hens variety,
and it Is then necessary to moisten it.
but as rule, the better way to feed
grain is to give it whole. as the gixzard
will reduce it to an impalpable powder.
ITO keep horse in good condition
constant care is to be exercised in keep
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 I'M
healthful as If the towels 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 ex-
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,
IL 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 il not to make money!
Then make this matter study. Most
farmers raise horses to sell. It 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
acreage devoted to corn in the United
States has increased from IA. 600. 600 to
20, 00O. 900. and the amount prod uced
from 500. 900. 600 to 2, 600. 900. 600 Of BUSH
els, while wheat in the same period has
expanded its area from II, 0O0 600 to as,-
0O0. 900 of acres, and the amount pro-
duced from 100, coo, 600 to 500. 0oo. 600 OF
bushels
AT . trifling cost every mare on tho
farm can give = colt annually. and stop
the drain which now impoverishes our
State. The numerous colt shows held
in Georgia annually are hopeful signs
A score or 90 Of fne home-bred colts
gathered ct the county seat contesting
for prize. Is the best Of evidence that
thet eQppty Il On The right Ira