The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-02-06
HUSBANDMAN HINTS
Value Of Breeds Intended for Pro-
ducing Meat.
Cattle. Poultry, Milk, Horses, straw,
Hay, Fruits and Vineyards
Discussed.

-.S TNa a @ N erTt,
Cattle. Poultry, Milk. Horses, straw,
Hay, Fruits aud Vineyards
Discussed.
AT this time the early lambs should
receive the greatest attention, as they
7 now being dropped, and if kept in
full growth pay large profits. In some
markets sales are made as early as Feb
ruary and March, lambs of forty pounds
each being bought by proprietors of
costly hotels md restaurants; but they
are scarce at such times, and it does not
pay to sell them If they are of choice
breeds, as they will be worth more
later on. The early lamb is the one
that makes the most rapid progress in
growth, and not the one that is OF q GER
tain age. Lambs of the SHROPSHIRE or
Oxford breeds will weigh about twelve
pounds at birth, and when three months
old can be made to weigh se%venty-hve
pounds with but little difficulty. In
an experiment made in Illinois with
twin lambs the male reached 1Ol pounds
when 100 days old, and the female 81
pounds, which shows what is at least
possible though not often attained.
There is no rule for feeding all stock
alike. The breed that is to produce
after its kind must be fed with a view
to enable 1t to perform its part. To
feed for fat when growth is desired, or
to feed for growth when production is
sought, demands skill and a due regard
to the quality and quantity OF foods,
BUTT is the duty of the farmer to nm
derstand all such matters and to edu-
cato himself to q knowledge of the
characteristics of tho breeds and tho
quality OF the foods necessary to aid
him in accomplishing his objects.
A breed intended for producing meat,
whether in theshape Of beef, pork, NUT
ton or lamb, should be selected for that
purpose exclusively. Breeds are now
separated and classified according to
their merits and special characteristics
for the accomplishment of certain OBJ
Jects, and success with any breed is Sc
cured only When that breed Is made to
do duty in its particular line. When
the early lamb is made an object of
profit the breed should be one that ex-
cells in the size and rapidity of its
growth from birth. All other con-
iderations, such as wool pro-
d%uction, adaptability to forage, etc,
should be overlooked in order to give
the breed every privilege to excel in its
special capacity hence to get the lambs
in market early they must be fed and
bred for that purpose, as a few weeks
delay may lessen tho profits ene-half.
The same rule applies to other classes
OF stock, To secure the best results
II must breed for them, for the breed
is the foundation upon which the enter
prise is built.
Overlooking is detrimental to com
plete digestion and is a waste OF food.
While heavy feeding IA tho universal
recommendation is a large yield is to be
secured, yet it would be we'll - pause
and consider the fact that the overs. of
an animal may be oyertaxed and its di-
gestion impaired. Regularity OF feed
ing and the allowance of q suficiency
should be observed, but nothing can be
gained by going beyond tho limit of the
capacity Of the animal. 1t is safe to
claim that disease is moro frequently
the result OF overlooking than from any
other cause.
Clover hay is the standard food ..or
cows In winter, owing to its nutritious
qualities compared with many other
foods, but there is no reason why it
should be fed to the exclusion OF corn
fodder and other coarse foods that may
be utilized with tho clover. A ration
OF straw sometimes affords IN agreeable
change of diet to an animal that has
been given nothing but grain and
clover. 1t is cheaper to give a mixed
food at all times, variety being appreci-
ated by all classes of stock.
Peach trees probably made more
growth of wood last year than may be
desirable, and are therefore more liable
to injury from severe cold. The extra
wood should not be cut away until the
beginning of spring. or until tie frost
and cold has finished the damage. Keep
tho ground around the tender fruit trees
tinulched if there is liability of an early
flow of say, as is sometimes the case
where certain trees are favorably
located.
A cellar should DO dry at all seasons.
II the chimney starts from the cellar
floor. a fire place should lie made in the
cellar. SO as to keep a wood fire burning
occasionally, which serves not only to
dry the cellar, but also to ventilate it
thoroughly. AT the same time a cellar
should not be warmer than SO degrees
above zero, nor colder than 40 degrees.
A Texas stock raiser recommends
roasted cotton seed as a great improve
inent on cotton seed as O fed tostock.
Though the yield of milk is not in
creased, the flavor of the butter pro-
duced therefrom Is much better and the
color more uniform. He recommends IL
very highly to those interested in feed
ing cotton seed in any form.
The air may DO made to enrich tn.
soil, and add nitrogen thereto. by grow
ing clover and blowing under green
manurial crops. Land that has been
left in-fallow has been known the in
crease in fertility by the heterogeneous
matter carried down to the soil by tho
rains, which derive ammonia and nitric
acid from tho atmosphere.
South Carolina has had more poultry
shows and larger exhibits Of fowls this
winter than any other state in the
union. Yet, only three years ago she
was far behind the average place in tho
poultry industry. Georgia and Louisi-
ana are close to her. with New York
and New England following.
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Throw the sweepings of the hay loft
and tho chatf fram the wheat in the
poultry house. SO as to induce the hens
to scratch and work in the litter. When
given an opportunity to exercise, by
scratching, the hens will lay more eggs
than when kept i'll q state of inactivity.
Butter and sugar take nothing of
value from tho soil. They are cabon-
aceous materials and como from tho mir,
the plants taking the carbon from the
free carbonic acid Of the atmosphere,
which is converted into many materials
grown or used on the farm.
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