The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-05-18
Farm Notes.

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A New England farmer hired
man who proved very expensive
help, as, in a months time, he
dried up the cows nearly third
simply by kicking and seolding.
The man who lets his sheep wan
der about the pastures without see
ing that they are all alive and well
at least once in every two days Is
pretty sure to pay heavily for his
shiftlessness. "A better way rs to
get them up every night, especially
ii they are dropping LAMPS.
In breeding turkeys the male
bird should be changed every year.
The ~ilver Greys or Narragansetts
are more quiet and homelike than
the Bronze turkeys. Fed well, they
seldom commit depredations. The
bronzes are irrepressible Turkeys
are extravagantly fond of buck
wheat.
An exchange very truly says that
nothing is gained by putting seed
into the ground before it is warm
enough to start the sprouts at
once; but no farmer will lach for
work to do while he is waiting for
that time to come. Getting the
ground ready is the man work;
planting it is a small item.
Joseph Pfupstein, of Sterling,
| Illinois, has curious device III his
barnyard for sailing stock. 1t Is
AN elevated circllar platform, In
the center of which is fastened Il
round box holding Il peek of salt.
The box has a conicle shaped bot
tom, resting on a pivot, which, re-
wolves as the cows lick Tor the salt,
as it slowly works out.
DIR. Dana fC uDd the fertilizing
power of cows urine, II soaked
up 10y loan, to be twice that of her
solid deposits. The urine OF COW,
well composted for one year, will
sufficiently manure an acre and a
quarter OF ground. Yet the ma
ljority of small farmers utterly
waste this most precious of ali ma
nures and all hen-droppings
Make your farm SO valuable by
constant improvement, skilfnl "ui-
ture, good fruit, ornamental shrub
berry and pleasant surroundings.
that no money will tempt you to
leave it. 1t should be the settled
purpose of every young man to put
down his stakes for iite, to make "a
permanent home winch he will
never wish to part with TIL he is
called to the better land,
A gentleman of Iowa asks for a
cure for ''big jaw" in cattle, and T.
correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Enquirer answers: l would say to
HIM, sell or butcher; and the soon
er the better. | nave had several
cattle to have it, and have never
found anything TO help them. The
knot will begin to grow very rap
idly III the course OF few months,
and the animal viii decline and
certainly die.
A writer in the Lancaster Farm
er says: 81 have been improving
my corn by selecting the first ears
chat get ripe, aud this is my sew
en.h year since | began this prac-
tee, always planting the largest
and best-developed ears. For the
last seven years have rejected the
tips and butts of the ears, shelllng
of aM grains that are not well de-
veloped. To-day | have as good,
sound, well developed ears rs any
man can raise, and filled to the
very tip, so much SO that there Is
no room for another grain. | have
also made my coru much earlier by
gathering the first ears that get
ripe. The reason why L reject the
lup grams Is this: They are not so
well developed and will not come
up SO strong aud make SO rank "a
growth"
! Every balky horse, unless it in-
herits the habit (which is very sci
dom }, is a living witness against
some owner or driver. The diff
Guilty is not physical but II mora,
one, and IN most cases is acquired
by the animals being overloaded.
A horse GENERALLY has pretty def
ute idea of how much it ought to
draw, and If tins amount rs ex
coed d, baking is the very natural