Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-29

ORANGES to successful corn raising In
the corn belt. where this grain IL us
uaily cheap and plenty. Is the excessive
and continued feeding OF corn. Many
VIII give their animals all the corn
they can eat from the time they hie
pigs until they are ready for market.
Corn IL very heating, and. " fed In eS.
cess. Will 30 affcct the animals sya.en
as to make 1t easily susceptible to as
case germs. Several generations OF
auch treatment viii 30 dwndie and
dwarf them rs TO make hog raising
Improbable.
CUT BONE.
II IL now settled. beyond all doubt,
that no food IL moro productive OF good
results IN the poultry yards as cut
bone. The poultry raiser large or
small. who ncglects to provide his hens
at least once day with n feed of cut
bone. is standing in his own light. and
losing good eggs when they are worth
good money.
In the iirst place cut bone is cheaper
feed than amy OF the grains. ana In tho
second place II Increases the eggs pro-
duoed. In . manner equaled by. no
other food. In feeding. pei haps the best
results may be obtained by letting tho
| evening feed consist entirely of bone.
giving one ounce for each fowl, and
feeding grain In the morning. For
growing fowls the bone supplies near
| ~ fNNlN| tltlittnN llttutu III NV lNpls
and ! tlnd that they thrive on 1t.
| Bone cutters are now sold 40 reason
ably that every farm should have one,
rs certainly as II has an axe to chop
the stove wood. II Ia usually not ditll-
| cult 20 secure the green bones very
cheap. although | am told TINT In
some placca. butchers are taking nd
| vantage OF the Increasing demand to
| raise the price, but " every poultry
raiser viii take the trouble he can set
u aupply NJ no great expense, and VIII
| ilnd that the increased supply OF eggs
/ win more than repay both trouble and
cNpense.--Jnmcs II. carwine In Tx
change.
Your loud Growing rosteor has, OF
course, n mission In life, but In these
days OF the "New Woman" And we
| presume growing henaj, we are be-
| ginning to md out that he Ia not only
useless, but worse than useless, III egE
| production. Keep. him away from your
eggs. Not only viii they produce moro
eggs, but the eggs win be greatly sune-
| rior 70 those fortified, and VIII keep
indefinitely,
Al u meeting OF Canadian poultry
| rntherH last winter, one of the speakers.
prominent poultrymnn, anid that hs
had placed sterile egg under set
ting hen, ana LEFT It there three weeks.
He then submitted II to an egg expert
who pronounced II perfectly fresh. and
broke IL open and swallowed IL with
relish at one gulp. II would seem that
no further evidence IN needed OH the
| subject
Another thing In reference 10 the
male members OF the flock: II you are
not a fancy breeder. but want eggs and
lV"is lvf tnu market, II In well TO In
troduce new males Into the flock every
year. Internationally II Will pay you.
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ASPARAGUS.
There IL nothing more valuable 70 thu
gardener either for his own table or
for marketing than a good bed OF as
paragus. We give here some advice
on Its proper preparation from the
Wisconsin Agricultntaliat. us the work.
| can he done when the ordinary garden
Ing IL pretty well over We give hls
! method.
1t Is good idea to make and plant
an asparagus bed In tho fall. Then
other work In not so pressing as In
the aprinR and the farmer will be more
apt to giyo the time needed TO do it
properly. Bear In mind that II pays
TO do Il In this way. for an asparagus
bed well mndo viii last 80 years. Sc
lect hrst n warm sandy loan OF good
depth; q cold or moist soil " wholly
unit for asparagus. Manure thorough
| ~, applying II broadcast and plowinK
under, turning the soil to a depth OF
~ Inches, N possible. Open burrows
three and one-hnlf feet apart, running
the pillow backward and forward until
you have a straight trench about ~
inches deep and . inches wide. No mat
ter how rich you have made the soil. IL
Will be well to scatter liberal uunnti-
~ OF fine manure In the burrows before
setting the plants, Set tho plants 10
carefully rniHlng the crowns an inch
or two above the level OF the roots.
Cover with two or three inchea of fins
soil. packing II closely about tho roots
with the hand.
and drawing other soil into the
trenches until they are level with thu
surface. Then put on es much more
manure as you can. the more the bot
tor, and you will have your bed well
started.
NOTES.
Tho Farmers Call says two corpora
lions have started In oregon for tho
sale of horse meat. Large quantities
Of this meat are sold In tins AZ canned
beef
Never buy horse with big droop-
ing head. No horse can be better than
his head, and II that In out Of proper
tion II will show In tho performance
OF that horse. both ~ TO activity and
endurance.
Among the cows imported by Theo-
dorc ~Havemeyer are a number from
Normandy, France. Tho Normandy
cow yield 1000 to 5000 pounds OF
milk q year which produces about $50
pounds OF butter.
Now II the time TO begin work on
the garden. Deep blowing. to be well
piIlverizcd In stiff soils with the hhr-
row, IN the proper thing. Use stable
manure heavily before narrowing.
Remember that neither fruit trees.
borries grapes nor shrubbery will grow
unless you plant them. You can get
two dollars worth OF these and the
complete horticulture Of Texas for g.
Never buy horse that Is poorly
coupled behind. There 10 his driving
power. and II II 10 deficient there 10
no other part Of the animal sufficiently
strong to supply It.
From a short monograph published
recently by Herr wiiken, an Austrian
professor, we gather that two EnL iish
\ thoroughDrcds OF the Same color Will
transmit that color 20 their descendants
In $50 cases In 1000, When the sires
nre Of another color. that Of the mare
l =. ......tt., xsncuauroA 1.v the f.oat artfV.