The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-01-05
Farm Notes.


the object. is to breed from full
blood males. Always use such and
the pure blood will rapidly gain the
|ascendapcy.-Utiea Republican.
A Maine farmes says his expert
ence has convinced him that ten
coed grade Merino sheep can he kept
on the same feed that would sustain
one COW. and are more profitable.
To keep eggs, put to four quarts
of air slaked lime two tablespoon
fuis cream tartar, two ot salt, ana
four quarts cold water. Put fresh
eggs INTO Il stone jar and pour this
mixture over them. This will pre-
serve nine dozen, and if fresh when
put down, they will remain good for
many months. If the water settles
away So as to leave the upper layer
uncovered, add more water. Cover
close and put in cool place.
TO prevent horses from being teas
ed by flies. procure two at tire hand
lfulls of walnut leaves, on which
pour two OF three quarts of cold wa
ter. Let il infusc one might, and the
next morning pour the whole into Il
kettle and boil it for Il quarter 0f an
hour. When cold it Is tit for use.
Moisten sponge with 1t, and before
the horse goes ont of the stable, let
those parts width are most iI1itable
be smeared over with the liquor
Pennyroyal prepared in the same
way is equally good.
Josh Billings, or some one else. has
said that no man Will ever get to
heaven riding sore backed horse.
But for all this | observe Il good
many such horses, go where will.
There is cheap, simple and eff
cient way to cure sore backs, and
old sores of any kind. Take white
oak bark, peel the ross or outside off.
add water and boil down till it is
perfectly black. When cook add 20
of alum. Wash the affected part
two al three times e day until is is
cured.-A. u. Lang.
The Southern Farmer says that to
get good start is less than half the
battle. 1t is true enough that "blOod
will tell" and i'll hogs more quickly
and mauifestly than in any other
animal, but blood is not all that is
necessaryto raise fine animals. 1t
is as necessary to have good feed
and plenty OF it, as good blood.
Whoever, then, undertakes to raise
line hogs must fence Off and SOW in
clover Il few acres of good land, also
a few acres in peas, and nothing will
be found cheaper and more whole
some for hog food than chufas and
potatoes. These things, in addition
to corn, will make as fine hogs and
as cheap meat as can be grown.
There never was Il time when ag.
ricultural papers were better sup
ported than al present. The old
prejudice against ''boOk and paper
farming" has given place to the COM
men sense conviction that cOBipari-
son of theories and experience are
as valuable i'm home and domestic
matters as in everything else. The
old farmer who would try to enforce
methods and practices in reference
to blowing. harvesting, planting and
thresbing which prevailed when he
was boy would be laughed ut for
his simplicity. 1t is beginning, at
least, to be understood that the more
learned, logical, scientific and plo-
gressive the farmer may be. the bet
ter he eau enjoy his profession aud
succeed IN it.
The farmer who calculated to make
his living by farming cannot afford
/ to lose IL knowledge of the best
methods in practice, and he can
not hope to learn these methods by
his own experience, even if that cx-
perience he Il lich one. He cannot
afford To lose the money which he
certainly will by selling his produce
biindly, without knowing the condi-
tons of the market and the things
which effect its rise and fall. Ii he
is successful withoat taking paper.
it is because he gets his information
from those who do. Any farmer who
may have taken Il paper for even u
short period can recall the number
less ways in which he may have
taken advantage of hints and facts
noted in the Val ious departments and
turned them to his profit. r. Press.