The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-01
AMONG the I'ARAIEES
FARM NOTES.
Beans and Peas As Food.

Beans and Peas rs Food.
The white bean, known by vAl:.
Gus names, as the navy bean, the Al
my bean, and sometimes rs the Yam.
krc bean, is most excellent too' and
said to contain more nutriment tina"
any other, and at less expense. Many
kinds both peas and beans, are n''>'
excellent, cooked or dry, and There
would be a great difference in the
living and health enjoyed if many
more were used. Country people
need 4 greater variety of food, and
they have only to plant and cn''i-
vate to have plenty. Plant an ar!r
or two less cotton than YOU think YOU
can manage, and have Il good garden
and truck patch. Try it, just for tie
coming year, and youth always keep
the custom up hereafter.
Root Crops.
The American Farmer urges FARM
crS not to neglect the root crops, aud
predicts that the time is not far dis
tant when their production will tr.
come as general as that of corn itself.
We have long held and often said
that no farmer is even now doing
justice to himself, or his duty to the
mute beasts committed to his care,
who npyccts to grow at least mod
crate supply of some kind of roots.
The quantity that can be raised to
make amends for any deficiency i'll
their nutri,ive properties, and their
health giving and health maintain
ing influence should determine their
productions. Whatever kinds are
cultivated they can only be grown by
deep cultivation and thorough manur-
ing With these prerequisite, any
variety may be, in ordinary seasons,
counted upon as certain OF giving
good yields rs most of our crops.
Investigations by Prof. Marklyn
and Mr.. Cooper, would seem: to place
rye before wheat in the scale of nu-
triton. They pronounce it one-th'rd
richer than wheat. Rye is especially
,ich in gluten. This corresponds with
the generally received ideas of farm
crs. In Pennsylvania rye has long
been considered one of the most valu-
able cereals rs food for horses, and
in Europe it is held in high estima-
ton for bead. 1t winters easily and
tl,ivcs on comparatively poor SOIL
Prairie Farmer.
Weeds need constantly to he look
I'd after and taken by tho foretop.
Remember that every weed that is
allowed to go to seed this year, will
be replaced by hundreds and thou
sands next year. zone years seed
iny' of weeds is said to produce
'1iftccn years of weddings" and it is
not far from tho truth.
The "dcclinc of Brahmas' will DO
productive of great benefit, if it force
upon our judges tho point that color
in such a breed rs the Brahma is COM
paratively a minor point, aud that at
any rate size and form arc much more
important. --Fancicrs' Gazette.
Some Of the best hay which VIC
have found in tho market this year
has been that made from Ncpaul bar
lev, the yield of which on some tule
farms exceeds three tons to the acre.
The greatest hay producing district
this year will include the reclaimed
lands, and even lands partially re-
claimed, the owners Of which have
no complaints to make about drouth,
northcrs, or heated terms. San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
A Derry correspondent Of tho News.
f Letter writes as follows: "Don't kill
. the crows, even though they raise Il
little COIN on their own-hook. A
farmer in our town shot ono last
t week, and found his crop literally
) hacked with potatoc beetles. These
8 arc mcanrr bipc'ls than crows" We
G arc informed that u Londonderry
c farmer ia this year successfully fight
0 ing the bugs with q little army t"
|. Guinea hens, and there are some wh'
}. claim that ducks will earn an homes
If living destroying tho bugs. Miro
Il and Farmer.
W Melons should be cut before the.
# arc maturcd and placed in a cool spo
q to ,ipcn, because owing t" uncqua
= distribution of the suns rays owe
~ melons, the whole Of the fruit doc
ic not ripcn simultaneously, the uppe
rs part becoming fit for eating, willis
10 that next to the foot stalk remain
u intolcrabIy bitter, S" that Ny p'ac'''
# them in a situation where the temper
IL AZURE is cquahlc, they ripcn gradual
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