The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
HERE AND THERE.

SOV.-OanaO1an Live STOCK journal.
HERE AND THERE.
Religion that will not improve g
mans domestic animals is not the right
sort for farmer.
Wood ashes is an almost universal
fertilizer, and yet it is substance tina,
is piled out back of the smoke-house
for years, to become a total loss.
No farm was ever properly stocked
with cattle alone, horses alone. or any
other sort alone. 1t can only be done
with a propcrly-adjustedv variety.
1t is we'll enough to breed heifers
but not SO with bulls, for they should
be well matured and vigorous for bes,
results.
There is no money in putting extra
weight on hogs to be marketed in the
immediate future. Additional fat only
means a lower price as things are
now.
Don't try to stimulate egg produc
ton with irritating condiments They
do more harm than good. Plenty OF
plain. wholesome food is what is
needed.
The poor mans cow is proverbially
a poor COW. but there is no reason why
it should be. 1t is just easy, and q
great deal more prof table to have a
good COW than a poor one.
"A bride recently invented for kick.
ers is useful. 1t has rings for the reins
attached just below the rosettes, or
where the check loops up, and pulling
raises the horses head higher and high
err so he can not kick.
Any part of the farm. or any sort
of stock which is not protitab le'is (. tax
on all the rest of the farm. 1t should
be the aim of every farmer to make /,
profit, be it ever SO little, from every
department.
Probably never before this year
were hogs turned into the wheat field
to harvest an abundant crop, and it is
to be hoped that this will never occur
again, if brought about by the low
price of that cereal.
should keep but one breed: or if more
than one breed is kept, the eggs should
be carefully assorted as to size and
color. All white eggs or all tinted
eggs sell better than streaked lots.
Looks go long ways
Much can be learned by observing
nature. A horse will never stand fac
ing wind in a pasture, but will al
ways turn his back. a horse heated
by driving can be foundered in Il few
minutes by standing facing the wind
or in a draught.
1t is to be hoped that the expert
ment stations will give us more slaugh-
ter tests of wheat-fed hogs. The low
price of wheat has opened a new field
for feeders. and the stations can hel p
settle some of the questions which
have arisen in connection with it.
If combined capital does not con-
slider it advisable to crush them out of
existence. the cot ton-seed oil mills now
n locality 1x-ha ~
ton is grown extensively will continue
to benefit the producer of cotton. while
prosperous themselves.
Many farmers breed horses to suit
their own Tc;,,GiceS, regardless OF any
market value, while those who make
horse breeding protita BILE breed for the
markets big, heavy draft horses or
mares make the finest farm teams and
the geldings sell at top prices.
1T is said to be SO dry in some parts
Of the country that farmers have to
soak their pigs in the river before they
will hold slop. While it is hardly that
dry. yet this may serve to keep in mind
the fact that pigs should have more
liberal rations of s1op or other feed
now that pastures are shortened by the
drought
Europeans are enormous consum-
ers of pork-when they can get it, as
they easily can in this country. The
European population of this country is
rapidly. The profit of rails
ng hogs depends largely upon the
number of consumers. These facts,
put together properly indicate that
1og raising will continue to be profit
Il BILE recreation for progressive farmers.
To raise good horses and keep them
ooking well and in good life we must
lot work the life out of them eS-
,ecially not load them too heavy.
That is what makes old horses out
If too many colts. Because they
ire willing and walk right off we for
ret and put on a heavy load. II we
would just stop aud think. our !suig-
aent would tell us it was wrong.