The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-17

market on grain, the question should
not be how much do they eatf No
matter how much they eat the farmer
viii get his money back II the food is
digestiblc and digested.
70 prepare sheep skins, make a
paste with fresh lime and water,
thicker than whitewash, and spread it
over the flesh side of the skin, and
then fold 1t together 30 as to leave the
wool ont. Ina day or two, or more,
It. will be ready to pull; tryit by ex-
smining. Sometimes fresh wood
ashes arc added to the lime in making
the paste, and some persons use wood
ashes wholly. This is the old method.
|-lCountry Gentlemen.
A late issue of the Farming World,
published at Edinburgh, Scotland,
contains an interesting article on the
subject Of Scotch ram sales in 1890,
from which we make some extracts as
follows: "Sheep breeding has always
formed an important part in the agri-
culture of Scotland. And every
ruling circumstance seems to point to
an increase in this branch of farming.
The Government agricultural returns,
just to hand, tells Us that the nuraher
Of sheep north Of the border has in
creased from 6,951, 40, in 1889, to
1851, 451, in lS9ozavery substantial
advance in years time. But while
1t Is satisfactory to find the numbers
having an upward tendency, the most
gratifying feature is found in the gen.
orally increased value of tho animals
Individually"
Australia furnishes a market for
probably three times as many Merino
rams as are yearly sold in the United
States, and for these better prices are
paid there than can be obtained in
this country. Some Roadway has
been made In the direction of bringing
Colonial buyers to an appreciation and
acceptance Of the American standard
for Merino sheep and efforts in this
behalf need not be abated. Mean
while there Is business opening too
good to be lost along the line OF accom-
odsting buyers with such animals as
hey now demand, and this may be
followed without in any wise COM
promising the attitude of breeders in
this country Of modifying what they
have 90 long held to be the typical
Merino standard.-JRree5ss sS7~tte.
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Specialists may make the other
breeds pay, but the everyday farmers,
the great masses, want the shorthorn,
the grand cows of which have beaten
tho whole of the other breeders at the
psil--did it in 1884 at one Of the most
famous shows in England--and their
incompatible steers have taken more
prizes than those Of any other breed,
always selling for the top of the mar
ket prices. The farmer can take a
young heifer from good milk-strain
family, and get as great a quantity
and as good quality Of milk as he
can from any other milk-breed, and
yet have the advantage that when he
has done breeding and milking her he
can fstten her for beef and get the
first cost back and such beef he will
set-none of your tough, leathery
steaks that requires a grindstone for
the knife at each slice, but good, rich,
marbled, juicy steaks, that being
tasted once it makes you hungry even
to think about them. In no othar an
imal can you obtain in so rich de-
gree the beef and milk qualities, for
the simple reason that no other breed
has been so long or SO carefully bred
for these two points, Theos. David.
1t takes all kinds of people to make
a world, and it would take all kinds of
live stock to suit them, and a great
many people will not be satisfied I'M
til new breeds are invented for their
own special purpose. Some people
can only be satisfied with one kind,
other people with other kinds, as there
is difference in tastes, in conditions
and in purposes. All these have to be
met, and the country is large, the lives
Of the people more diversified, and
there 10 certainly room for all.
There 10 even room for scrubs. AS
We ride through the country we see on
every side evidences that this and that
man will only be satisfied with scrub
stock. All his. instincts, belongings,
and surroundings are of the scrub
ORDER and he must have scrub horses
and cattle to round ont HIS necessities.