Show shipping grau grass cattle grass cattle as aa a rule do not ehlo well writes F r D coburn in nebraska farmer on the pasture they look well and many a buyer has been deceived by the appearance of a drove of steers in a grass field with full bite to ship such cattle bittle Is a hard bard task and Is invariably disappointing but it has haa to be done where convenient it Is a good pl plan a to place such cattle in a pen and feed them hay bay tor for a day or two the secret of shipping all classes of cattle Is to place them on the cars tull full of feed but with as little moisture as possible it if you ship a steer full of 0 water he be is apt to have loose bow ela and show up in the yards badly properly handled cattle should arrive in the sale pens dry behind and ready tor for a good fill of water not but in good condition to water freely many of our shippers think that by salting their cattle or by feeding them oats or by other scheming they can fool the buyers this Is nonsense the buyers are just as sharp as the owners and while many of them say nothing you often see them ride into a pen and out again without the courtesy of a bid on this account dozens of times we have seen this happen it always acts against the shipper to use unnatural means to eastern buyers it is a matter of great importance that that cattle should be in good condition when purchased so as to stand burthel shipment when cattle drink too free ly they are apt to founder and brealy down in this condition the dressed beet beef men can use them but it stops competition and as a natural consequence cattle often go below their value when in this condition women as poultry raisers Kai sers women woman as a rule are among our most successful poultry raisers ral sers this Is from the tact fact that they are by nature born mothers mother and possessed of the needful qualities that enable them to give the tha careful patient attention to detail which is the key to success in this business there are a great number of women that make a very respectable living at poultry raising there are many discontented fretful girls among our farmers daughters made so generally from a longing tor for amusement and pin money to such we would like to name poultry raising as a pursuit that will afford an infinite amount of healthy harmless amusement and quite a good sum of at pin money so desired by the ambitious farmers daughter try it and you will no longer have a desire tor for the city life with its hollow emptiness utter vainglory and contaminating tamina ting influences destroying both health and soul southern farm setting turkey ilens hens when setting a turkey hen put tobacco stems at bottom ot of nest dust the riest nest and hen well with insect powder pouring some lice exterminator on top of coop on the outside but do not put it on tho the nest as it may kill the germ of the egg and render it infertile often change roost ing place A turkey left to herself never roosts boosts two n nights with her young in precisely the same place almost everything I 1 have said of boults Is equally true in the management of chicks give them a good grass grasa range but not too high grass do not let them get wet and you will likely ralsa raise a large flock of turkeys it if hatched batched from rom vigorous stock ex this promises to be a great year for or strawberries |