The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-24

IN clean water at all times. fe ..a3{ -
= FRESH EARTH FOR STABBED ANrnAIA-
!: "A gentleman OF MOrristown, New jersey
writes as follows: From an experience. cj
: many years, l am satisfied Of tho beneficial
= results from giving stabbed animals--horses,
. cattle, or swine-what fresh earth they viii
!. eat, say twice week, or oftaer, It pro.
notes and regulates their digestion, gives
!, tone to their appetites, prevents disease,
, keeps their coats in tine. cOnditi0n-pnor
!. noting their general health. usually Law
I IN good supply of thickly cut soda, and
throw some into their troughs twice week.
Let those who have doubts try the expert
ment, giving the same to part of their stock
anu withholding from tho rest for few
weeks, and their doubts win be removed.
All cattle in grazing occasionally pull up q
TUT OF grass, and eat it, roots, earth, and ALL
This certainly does no harm, and we are,
not surprised to learn that in the gentleman's
long experience he has found earth to
| supply want of the animal economy es-
sential to the highest state of health.
PuLLErs.-A pullet matched early in the
spring begins to lay ut the approach of win,
ter. and pullets Matched Late in the summer
begins to lay in the ensuing spring, and it
rs by saving certain proportion of pullets
from the early and late broods that You
make sure of winter eggs, few early
| Matched chickens for catching the highest
markets, and numerous flock of chickens
| In the warm months when rearing is less
precarious. The hen continues in her prime
for two, and, at most, three years-there-
fore save every year pullets equal to a
third OF your brood stock, selling off at a
trlfilng price the same number of aged hens.
or Offering them up in a stewed dish or a
well baked pie. However, I have no scruple
made, splendidly feathered q partlet,n for
four years, for the sake of her stock Manv
farmers grumble about their poultry, from
not paying more attention to such a simple
matter as their not looking over their brood
stock once year, drafting all the old
DANES known by the developed scales OF
their legs) and reserving from the market
basket the most promising young pullets
raised during the season.
BOILED PEAS FOR Mich Cows AND
H HOGS peas, says the correspondents
OF the Richmond (Va.) Farmer, as food for
mich cows, are far superior to anything
else have seen tried. Ny honest opinion
is, that two bushels of peas are far superior
to, or worth more to fatten hogs, or to in
crease the milk OF cows, than three bushels
perimenting, have found that hogs not
only fatten doubly as fast, but the improves
ment of their general condition was in like .
proportion. With respect to COWS he says
the effect was in ten days to double the I
yield ofmilk. My plan in using them was
to soak them in water twelve hours or
through the night, before boiling them By
this process their weight was doubled, and
consequently they required less boiling.
Beside this, found the soaked pea to he an
excellent substitute for green food. pro-
iuced by turnips, carrots and beets, in i'm
proving their appetite, general appearance,
md milking properties, but imparts none
Of the bad taste to the milk which is SO often
derived from the use of the green crops re-
erred to. 1t was moreover, found to ex-
liblt fattening qualities almost equal to the
,oiled pea. He concludes by saving he
'egards the soaked peas for food in winter
is decidedly superior to all root crops. and
ecommends that his brother farmers should
ose no time in testing its value in their own
process.
SMALL. FHuIrs.-For small places IL pien-
iful supply of Strawberries, r1,spberries,
gooseberrics, and currants
hould he provided, and the grapevine by
10 means forgotten. These seldom fail to
10 well. Straw berries do well on a rich.
Try, but deep soil On banks that are not
90 poor or dry, they seldom fail to do well
'hen on level soil. The blackberry also
,ill do on dry, rich bank. We mention
his as there are often such spots in small
ardcns which it is desirable to render use
nj. Strawberries scfdOm ti0 UelL In lo,c aret
round. Raspbcrrics and goosebcrries do
etter there. In planting raspbcrrics, they
lould be cut down nearly to the ground
hen planted. You lose the crop, of course
ut You get good strong canes for next year.
You leave the canes long enough to bear,
VIII riooapiy DC the only crop You VIII
yer get from them. -Ncrcr expect anything
, bear tile year after hansplanting. 1t is -
enerally at theexpensc of tie future health
the tree. Grapes that have become weak
ON age may be renewed by layering down
branch some feet just under the surface, -
nd then cut back, SO that one good eye
My be left at the surface of the soil. Any
hoice fruit may be grated ut this season,
II others less desirable. The scions should
e cut before the buds begin to swell, and
in bn \ Hnt
hould not be grated till the stock is Just
bout bursting into leaf. Those who have --
luch of this work to do begin earlier-we
peak principally to amateurs with but a