Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-22


speaking OF this dread disease, which
Ia more common this year than for sew
eril yenrs past, that mysterious author
ity, Exchange" is credited with say
Ink: In some sections OF the country II
amounts almost TO IN epidemic. The re-
pots are particularly bad from tho two
lat gest hog.produciDg States. Illinois and
Iowa. Tho disease prevails In seventy
two counties of the latter State and In
iifty-four OF tho FORMER. Many farmers
have sold their droyes OF pigs 10 order 10
got something out OF them before tho
cholera reaches them, 80 that there il
likely TO DO a scarcity OF hogs IN n few
months hence M compared with the de-
mhnds Of feeding. This should cause
rise In the mnrlsct price were II not. for
tho great a9ugdanee Of corn, which 10
II has been generally held TINT hog
ch ,lern Ia superinduced by close. nlthy,
unvcntilnted quarters. by n henvy urt
of one kind of food, by want OF SUM
Client Hucculent or laxative food 70 pre-
has reached or nearly reached the stnte
"x sr r etc. IL has been believed that
by taking proper precautions 10 regard
20 these matters and by avoiding NJ
contact With diseased hogs nearly all
danger Of disease might be removed,
Undoubtedly those measures are most
detlrnble, but IL Ia fact that 10 many
ne ghborhoods the disease first appeared
among tho drovea OF those farmers VINO
gave their hogs fairly good care and who
hive Observed these conditions, In many
In, tanres II broke out among those who
had Ind no opportunity 10 come IN con.
tact with infected stock, and again u
would sometimes seem TO skip 2 neglect-
ed drove In favor Of well.cnrch.lor STOCK.
adv IA doubted by many though they
aJmit fhnt Il does no harm. A good
cnre has yet TO bs found. Meantime
limit tho, water supply,, giving or u S SnlS
up into several small onesi waten e s1r,.
no,s isolate and dIsinfcct. Hogs that
have becn pastured are less liable TO the
All, ease thni those that have been grain
ed This fact causes many people %
attribute tho violence OF the outprenk
this season to the diminished srass eiop'
Live stock Notes.
with the horse power at command on
IN, farm, II pays to feed q good part OF
tho grains after grinding. The cost or
ssansIdered after tho necessary machine
~ IA onco placed on tho fnrm. A little
nynerlence along this line In sure to
tcch any careful feeder some useful
lessons.
Give them The use OF such as you have
clover, rye, wheat or Bermudn-any and
ali will do them good. Ono farmer says
an mere OF clover VIII mako ns much
pork ns sn acre Of corn. Announcer says
bir rye pasture was worth ny un aere
hoa larger. stronger aud thrlftier littcrs
in iha fali inter the sowe had been pas
,u.ed. Growing pigs should have pas
lure, The grass and the exercise W get
ting II both build strength and bone;
fa.,d,ne steers at figures within the
h"nnSs 81 reason. One thing 10 becoming
notieeable. and that 10 that stenrs ~
dairy typo are very unpopular. Tney
don't scein 10 feed out Satisfactorily
h ha' ,ic aim OF keepers OF this class of
COWS to forcstall this objection by as
pooling Of such stscrs while calves ~
yells. ..t,-
able for masticating easlly, mas q y haan
XXI line by Professor Henry Of the Wis
cot,sin experiment station. Taking cows
of equal milking capacity. and iccninE
ons lot fodder cut Into pieces = nnia YET sa
uncut fodder, II WINS found that III
f,oinds on cnt fodder produced a. much
milk M 1.t3a pounds Of uncut fonaer.
Tiis h d very marked difference ~ re
auiis from the two methods 10 w., anu
ioet Il, reducing the fodder 10 be fed e
"a lie 10 the most available form. ~
II, i,ds to reason that the cows VIII get
more s,stenance from the fodder wncu
il Is properly cut up for them 10 sat VIVA
rase.
,cMoRY--siomo unknown person wa
aeen 10 set nre to thu Eras1 near tne ~
NJ out eight miles north Of Ensgry Ins