The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-04-21

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welI and give them plenty Of room i
4 ghc ground.
Sheep desire and are benefited b,
fresh fills and new pastures ant
4 should not be kept long in the sam
field nor pastured in large ilocks
Every kind word you speak to al
animal and every kind act you show
II, is in the direction Of making it ;
more profitable animal. 1t is an cas-!
way to increase your profits.
The sunflowcr makes fine winter
\ poultry fcrd They should be planted
IN rich, moist soil about three fec
apart aud well cultivated. The nam.
moth Russian branching and single
headed are boilr choice kinds.
It'll well known that meat varies in
individual animals in flavor and in
tenderness The development of the
art of breeding and of the intelligence
and of the tastes of men has arrived al
8. that stage of growth that demands
" the selection of breeding stock with
reference to point suggested. The
qualities mentioned, like every other
animal characteristic, are hereditary
and may be forced in family.-[J.
w. Sanborn.
An Eastern journal says that zone of
the important reasons for dehorning
cattle is to retain the service of bulls
y, TO greater age than would otherwise
a be safe. Valuable animals have often
b thus to be turned off to the butcher, or
the worse alternative be take and more
valuable human lives be sacrificed to
allow these useless appendices to be
retained. Time was, perhaps, when
the horns OF domestic cattle were i'm
portant 10 them as defenses against
dangerous enemies. Now they only
serve as dangers to their Keepers"
The COW must not have to travel a
long distance for water. If she does
she will go without it until she gets
very thirsty and feverish and then
drink until she is painfully uncomfor-
table. Both conditions are unfavora-
BILE for milk secretion. Shade is al
most as important in summer as shell
ter from cold in winter. See that the
COW has plenty of feed and clean water
while in pasture, SO that she can fill
her stomach in short time and then
lie down in the shade, chew her cud.
enjoy herself and make milk.
Henry Stewart says that "the little
wrinkled Merino sheep is very poor
mutton sheep, and is almost unstable
for its carcass, and being small its
fleece is light. The combing wool
sheep are large bodied animals and
yield good mutton the Delaine sheep
or mefino of of the French class and
are q good size and their mutton is
h quality to the very best. So
appears beyond question that
farger sheep are more profitable
:. II. Prex1e smaller kinds, and are to be
elected I'D for use on farms where a
tees of lSock is kept to consume food
OIL" and grown by farmers, the waste in
to the boso large extent of ordinary
to him 4 sOps."
's4q IN tnplete and correct methods have
y inya' &Sept of the results of the ram
In III 70 n. Sc, Sand, as well as of the
- Shorthorn cattle sales, and the COM
parative statement is given: The enor-
nous sum of 1882 pounds sterling
and if all the sales were embraced, it
would 10 doubt be considerably in
creased-realized in one season for
rams in Scotland should impress upon
the sheep owners the extent and i'm
.,-. portance of their calling. Those who
are more interested in cattle may bet
ter grasp the magnitude of this sum
byplacing il alongside the total amount
realized at sales of Shorthorn cattle
this year. We find that Messrs. John
Thornton g. Co., who make complete
return of auction sales of Shorthorns
all over the kingdom, bring the total for
1890 to 64,670 pounds, 4 shillings ster-
lng-nearly 5000 pounds sterling
short of the sum which went to the
pockets of the Scotch ram breeders.
When fruit is left to nature it fares
under the hardest conditions, and ma
ture, always careful to perpetuate
races, concentrates her efforts on the
seed. Thus nurserymen find that
seeds of uncultivated native apples
are fuller, plumper and make more
vigorous stocks than seeds from bet
ter fruit. This suggests whether by
careful cultivation long-continued
seedless fruits may be obtained. The