St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-25

rump. We want the ham wide On
top and broad from flank to rear, and
deep and full. We should remember
that feed very largely makes the shoul-
der, but the ham must be bred. The
next essential is the feet and legs. The
fore legs should be wide in the arm,
well-tapered and set square under the
pig and wide apart; the foot should be
short In pasture joint, and stand up
well on toes; the hind legs should be
wide In stitie and straight, the foot
short in pasture joint and set well up
on toes. The next is the head, neck
jowl. The head should be short, the
face in Berkshires we'll dished,
widest between the eyes, iowl
full and neat neck, short and
wide and full ON top. The other
points are non-essentials, and if
the pig is extra good in all the points
indicated it will make good hog if it
does lack some in the points not men,
toned. would want the pig reason
ably we'll marked, with a good coat of
soft hair, as a coarse-haired pig will
! not feed well, but / would especially
warn young breeders against being led
off by the color craze. Some young
breeders are SO struck with the
color craze that they can not
see any merit in any pig that does
not have the six white points. The
committee of expert judges that made
the standard and score card thought
the color and tail of SO little import
ance that they only gave color two
points and the tail one point.
Cattle Husbandry - Selecting FeedIns
Steers
The essential points in selecting
feeding steers are: First, to secure an
imals of good feeding quality, and
| second, to secure steers which, In addi-
tion to quality, also have the approved
beef form. The endless variation which
one finds in these two features, between
the Texas ranger and the sharp backed,
slab-sided. dairy-bred steer on the one
hand, and the high grade, pure-bred
model of the beef type, such as may be
found at the stock shows, on the other
hand, only experienced stockmen and
feeders can be expected to put Just
estimate, in money value, on each par.
ticular shade in quality. In most cases,
the man who lacks experience will pay
too high a price for his feeders. He
should bear in mind that under aver
age conditions it costs at least
as much, and generally more, to
lay on q hundred pounds gain
than that gain will sell for in
the market. The feeders profit, then,
must come from the increased value of
the beef the steer carries when it is
purchased and put in the feed lot
Thus if he can buy steers weighing
l,OU pounds for az cents a pound, put
on 300 pounds of gain and sell those
steers, now weighing 1900 pounds,
for ~ cents pound, the feeder will
make money, not because the gain has
cost less than AZ cents q pound, for in
| average cases the gain will have cost
him more than that, but because he
has raised the value of the 1000 pounds
he started with one cent pound. In
seasons like the present, when the de-
mand for feeders is large, because Of
the low price for corn, and their price
consequently high, it behooves the
feeder to select with care, in order to
get animals that will not only thrive
| well, but sell we'll on the market af-
ter they are efattened-Prairie Farmer.
! Potato Scab-How to Prevent.
i The Kentucky agricultural expert.
ment station has lately published a
bulletin mo. 72), one division of which
gives the results of experiments of two
seasons in the use or corrosive SUBJ
Innate for potato scab. The results
show that the treatment was very eff
fective in preventing the scab, and, as
the method is simple and not expen-
sive, those who have had the trouble
might give it a trial on at least por-
tion of the crop yet to be planted.
The following Conclusions" will give
the necessary information regarding
how to handle the substances:
''Soaking seed potatoes for an hour
in solution of AZ ounces of corrosive
sublimate in 80 gallons Is an effective
treatment for the funs us disease known
as Scab.
stronger solutions used for the
same length of time may injure the
seed.
| Stronger solutions (seven to eight
ounces OF sublimate in 80 Ogallons of wa.
ter, may be used with as good effect as
weaker ones, provided the seed remains
in them for only a short time (one-hali
hour, or possibly less).
when bought of druggists corrosive
sublimate costs about a dollar pound.
One of the foremost dealers in chemical
supplies in the country gives list
price of IS cents per pound.
Corrosive subnmate is u deadly poi.
son, and both the solutions and the
soaked potatoes must be kept where
stock can not reach themn