The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-02-02

anlmals.
A good method Of preserving hams
and keeping flies away, is first to
dip the ham in solution of sodium
acetate, then, after sewing up in
canvass, i'm thin milk of lime.
Sheep require plenty of fresh air.
Their warm coat protects them from
the cold, and if they have dry
ward they are better out of doors III
| fine weather than in close shed.
Corned mutton is extensively used
in foreign countries. There is no
good reason why it is not in general
use here. For cooking with vege-
tables there is no meat superior to
mutton.
At recent farmers meeting in
Massachusetts, speaker gave a reel
pc for making farming pay, as fol.
lows: "Haye but one business and
get up in the morning and see to it
yourself"
The object of the farmer should
he to raise from given extent OF
land the largest quantity of the most
valuable produce, at the least cost,
in the shOrtest period of time, and
with the least permanent injury to
the soil.
The only management besides
warmth and high feeding, by which
perpetual succession of eggs can
be obtained in winter, is by having
pullets and hens of different ages,
which, moulting at different periods,
do not all cease laying at the same
time.
Calves and yearlings, and cows
and oxen as well, when infested with
lice, should be freed at once By rub
bling the skin with mixture of
sweet oil and kerosene in equal
parts. During the winter young an
imals should be kept growing by
means of nutritious food, good shell
terand cleanliness.
1 Books and papers form as much a
part of a farmers working tools as
do the pillow and shovel and hoe.
The farmer who attempts to use the
latter without the assistance of the
former does an mp hill business
which nearly always ends in failure
and poverty; and he is sure To raise
a family of numsknlls.
Remember that bad salt will spoil
good butter. An Eastern butter
maker tests his salt by dissolving Il
little i'm a glass tumbler. II the brine
formed is clear and free from bitter
taste he prOnounces the salt good !;
if, on the other hand, it presents a
milky appearance, leaves any sedi-
ment or throws any scum to the sur
face, he rejects it.
The quickest way to improve yonr
pasture when short of manure IS to
top dress them, or to pasture sheep
for a season, as these animals will
/ exterminate such weeds and grasses
as cows will not eat. Ii the pasture
cannot be given up to sheep. pasture
as many sheep as cows, and it will
be found the pasture sustains them
as well as when pastured alone.
I Ploughing may often be done in
moderate weather. 1t the land is
drained, 1t matters little how wet
the surface may be, when plOughed
in fall or winter, as frost will pull
verize all the Jumps. 1t is usually,
however, poor policy to plough land
that is very wet, with the idea of
getting on. it earlier in the spring.
But for dry uplands or drained low
lands fall ploughing has its advan-
!, tages.
If a coat of paint is needed on the
house or other buildings, now is a
good time to have it done. Paint
will form harder aud more durable
surface when put on in cool weather
than in the heat of summer, and it
will not accumulate dirt and insects
as in hot dry weather. A coat of
wllitewash costs little, and is worth
a great deal to the man who cares
To be neat and tidy, besides the fact
of its contributing long way to the
health of the family.
j There is no business panning out
better these hard times than farm
ing. There is one good thing about
farming-a man can always raise
enough to eat, if he is of any ac-
count. He can raise his potatoes,
cabbagcs, onions, turnips, beets, etc.
He can grow strawberries, grapes,
apples and other fruits to satisfy the
wants of his family. He can have
poultry and eggs the year round.
He can produce his own pork and
make bacon and lard 70 last a year.
He can have veal, and mutton; and
beef. The people in the city, if they
have these articles, must earn the