The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-24
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TAKE CARE OF lE COLI
II is strange, bus : act, that SONS
farmers will pay a ia service fee to
secure colt by ne horse, and
sometimes coddle a. care for it like
fagorite child, dur the first few
months of its exisie q, while it has
the protection and Import of It's
mother, and utterly ,glect il at the
very tirue q needs hi ttention.
The colt needs ver little attention
when in charge OF good mother,
well fed, providing it has the run of a
good pasture. But when weaving
time comes it shouio be well cared
for. and upon the care it receives from
that time till it goes On to grass the
following spring, viii largely depend
its future usefulness aud value.
Il should be- RENE mbered that a
stoppage Of the milk diet is
great reduction in the food
supply and should be compen-
stated for 10y an extra allowance
0fnn5ritious solids Ii is pretty gen
orally allowed that well. cured hay
and shelled oa5s, with an occasional
bran mash, is aa good a ration as
could be supplied, but the average
Texas farmer handles title, if any, of
these supplies and thinks he has done
his whole duty by the colt when he
mas thrown few Dubbins of corn into
a box nailed 30 post on the lea side
of plank fence. He seems to believe
that exposure to al Weathers is the
chief element in a colts development.
Later on he finds "ine colt didn't
thrive through the Wl1tern and sus-
poets that it mus be troubled with
bots or some other Imaginary horse
ailment, but never tIaaos the effect to
the ause---starvation Hud neglect. If
hay, oats and bran cannot be fed to
the colt give il a good ration of shell
ter during inclement weather and
clustering northers. Sudden changes
of weather from heat to cold are as
trying to obe constitution of a horse as
to a human, and warm shelter is of
more Importance than high feeding
Every healthy colt loves corn
but as an exclusive diet it is very i'm |
proper food 1t will produce fat, but
not bone and muscle; he colts chief
requirement, Gheaf oats are equal to,
II not superior 10 any hay for a colt,
when the full ration cannot be sup
piled, and everyone aiming to raise a
colt next year should provide patch
of oats for that purpose Well cured
corn fodder or Sorghum will make
good substitute, and if generally fed
with d little corn, the colt will fully
repay the attention.
But above all provide at least an
over head shed, closed against our
terrible blasts from tie northwest.
The cost viii be more than repaid in
5he animals value in me winter, to {
say nothing oi the satisfaction of hav- {
ng done what was possible towards
he comfort OF man'G best servant, and
jhe creature nearest him in intelli-
renee in the animal creat zion.
THE TAMwORTlI PIG. {
There are fashions in stock raising {
ls well as in millinery. The most {
popular breeds Of To-day we're unknown {
n despised few years ago Thus
he Berkshire, the Poland China and
everal other easily fattened members
# the pOrcine race have in turn been !
considered champions. The demand !
vas for fat and tho farmers set about {
Producing it and has developed fat {
arriving machines that must be as 9
lear perfection rs we are likely to see. |
{ is not improbable that we may in &
eW years have q class Of hogs equally i
Profitable to the present favorites but 7
.oticeable for their lean rather than +
heir fat producing qualities. Excess a
i've fat hogs may be preferred by O
the trade" but are not wanted for Y
lone use. An animal that will make
apid growth and devei0pe carcass
IA which fat and lean are more equal
Y distributed should rival some of
ne present jumbos. ;,
Such an animal VII be found |
n the Tamworth pig The Tamworth G
5 q fine looking animal Of his species, !
specially whom young They are of d
chestnut color and covered with soft .
lair. They are long AID deep in the L
Dody. and longer in the head than the >
resent fashion demands. They are
,ood rustlers, good feeders and rapid
'roWers. They are Very docile and
he sows are generally prolific, good
Mothers. 1t is their habit to turn a 7,
arge proportion of their food into lean i
neat, and that is their leading point v
yer other competitors Their breeders d
lain that when well and properly c.
ed they will make $50 pounds in six il
months, 800 in nine months, apd 440 a
II one year OLD. Such growth should -
atisfy the most exacting feeder. The
breed is native OF England and is
low named after one Of the midland
owns. Some years ago | saw one at
me at the royal show that was labeled
rs weighing 9uod q9nd5 and looked L
very ounce Of it. $
PLANTING TREE SEEDS. a
The sooner tree seed are sown after :