Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13
~RMA FOR FARMERS.
Care Of Stock, Rotation Of Crops, and
Other Farm Topics.

way, but still pursue the wrong one
They know full well that land can
not be improved by planting hoed
crops all the time. They know that
if they plant nearly all cotton there
will be no time for sowing small grain
an draising hay and making the farm
self supporting. All cotton is an ex-
acting crop and admits no rival. In
qGiries amongst formers indicate that
accent cotton will reduce the sowing
of small grain one-haif. compared
with last year. On the road from this
city to Cross Anchor there is very
little sign of sowing small grain. A
trip to Gaffney asst week reveaed the
fact that no wheat and oats had been
sown except in one OF two places.
These statements are made to stir the
farmers up to do their duty as they
know it.
lie MIX supply.
We are accustomed to think that no
milk is fit to drink except that we
get from COWS. A general idea pre-
walls that the milk of goats is unpal-
atable and not suited for table use.
That opinion is like many of the err
rors that we take on in early life and
they soon become ~prejudices as we
get older.
The Portuguese of the Azores de-
pend OF their goats for their supply
of milk, butter cheese and meat. The
goats of the Azores are a large breed
and equal to those of Switzerland Ii
the amount of milk production. This
is due to the fact that the climate Of
the Azores is the finest in the world.
There is an abundance of rich, sweet
grass to be had the year around. In
addition to this the goats are fed with
ccrn, potatoes, yams and other nou~-
ishing foods.
The flesh of these goats surpassses
in flavor the best spring lamb raised
in the United States.
A diet of goats milk, white corn
meal bread, butter, cheese, goats
meat, and the large variety of fruits
and vegetables makes the natives Of
the Azores the hardest race in the
world.
One of the most important claims
made for the goat is that it is free
from tuberculosis, and therefore there
is none of the risk involved from using
its milk that is apprehended from the
cow.
Care Of Horses i'm Winter.
When one looks at the old barns
and stables of the country it is evil
dent that horses have an abundance
OF air. These is no danger of s~uffocat-
ing them ever Ii warm weather. But
many farmers are building bette
barns, and they should provide both
light and air for their horses. 1t IS
cruel to shut a horse UP in a close
stall in which the owner could not see
to read without a lamp in the day.
time. 1t is inhuman during the sum-
season to fasten worB animals
up at night in close stalls where they
more than they do when pull
ing the pillow by day. The natural
place for the horse by day and night
is the open field. In his wild state
he adjusts himself to conditions and
ever in cold climates passes the win
ter in comfort. In these close barns
horses suffer for want of light. Placs
one in such a stall and give them an
e~ening where he can thrust his heal
and he will be sure to keep it out and
enjoy the light and air.
Former Secretary Wilson say for
90 years a herd of. horses has win
tered outdoors on his Iowa farm. He
puts the horses in at one-year old
coming to two. He built a shed for
them when he put them out at first,
but found they would not go into ii
no matter how severe the weather
was; they preferred to go into a
heavily timbered ravine where they
got all the shelter they seemed to
want. A colt is never taken out until
he is to be sold or broken for work.
The hair of the animals grows long
and thick and protects them. Unless
the snow Is too deep. horses paw the
range for the bluegrass, of which
there is always abundance in the pas
ture. It is well known that horses
and sheep will paw the snow to reacn