The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-06-01
Farm and Garden.

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strong enough to raise 1t.
Peas and beans contain nearly
double the hesh-fOrmine matters
that are fonnd in wheat, corn, oats
or barley, but far less starchy and
heat-giving matters or fat.
A tiower-pot wrapped in wet
cloth and placed over a plate OF
butter will keep the contents Of
the plate as hard and firm as 1t
they were set on ice; and milk will
not sour if the can containing it be
wrapped in wet cloth.
An exchange says the best way
to keep hams through the summer
is to put them in thick paper sacks,
such rs millers use to put -four in,
made of thick Manila paper, first
wrapping the ham in several thick
nesses of paper of any kind (using
brown paper next to the meat IN
order to keep the moisture from
striking through; tie up tightly,
first twisting the top around well,
and then hang up anywhere. The
fly will not find its way into the
ham. The paper is strong enough
to bear the weight of the ham.
Fine tomatoes are raised by the
French in this manner As soon
a cluster Of flowers is visible they
top the stem down to the clusters,
which soon push strongly and pro-
duce another cluster of flowers
each. When these are visible the
branch 10 which they belong is
also topped down to tlieir level,
and this is done Eve times sueces-
sively. BY this means the plants
become stout dwarf bushes not
above eighteen inches high. In
order to prevent their falling over
sticks or strings are stretched hori-
zontally along the rows so as to
keep them erect. In addition to
this, all iaterals whatever are nip
ped off. In this way the ripe sap
is directed into the fruit, which ac-
buire a beauty, size and excellence
unattainable by other means.
In our cornfelds are often large
numbers of slender stalks bearing
no ears, or very small ears. These
stalks have tassels; and they scat
ter pollen and are very apt to scat
ter some on the best stalks, on the
very ears which we shall select for
seed. The different kernels on
the same ear may have twenty or
moe different male parents. Now,
theory and analogy, at least, tell
us, if We wish to improve our corn
to the greatest extent, we Jnust pay
some attention to the pollen used.
A much better way would be to
plant piece of corn by itself on
good soil, and treat it well, giving
the stalks plenty of room. Before
shedding pollen, cut out entirely
or else remove the tassels OF all
the poorest stalks. In this way,
we not only select seed from good
females, but also from those fertil-
lied by good males.
If any man thinks it won't pay
to make manure to feed his lands,
let him try it once, and he viii
soon laugh at his present folly.
But for manure the people of New
England would have starved to
death half century ago. With i.
their country is growing all the
tire. Because we have a genial
climate and generous soil is no
reason why bad farming won't rem
der it uuproductiye in time; it has
done it and no man can deny it.
The question for us TO decide is
not how much of onr cotton crop
1t will take to support the farm,
but how much of the leven of ma
nure and labor We mast put into
our lands in order to make them
self supporting, thereby leaving
the cotton crop entirely surplus.
and therefore. entirely cash to jim
gle as We please. - Planter aud
Grange.
always plant sunaowers about
your drains and kitchen windows.
They will thrive where scarce any
other vegetable will live. You
never knew a case of fever or any
kind of malaria in house that
has sunhowers growing about 1t.
An old, gray-beaded physician once
made the above remark to a Young