The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-01-12
Farm Notes.

ton of different soils to orchard cui-
tivation. says he has found that TIM
Der lands gently rolling, are best Tor
frnits. Where timber lands cannot
be had for orchards, then rolling
fern lands should be selected.
One way for the farmer to make
tlse agricultural columns OF perma-
nent value to himself is to prepare
scrap book. into which may be
transferred those bits of experience,
statement of facts, and suggestive
paragraphs which seem to meet his
own peculiar wants. Oh. Courier.
An agricultural journal says =
"There are men who have bred cat
tie nearly all their lives who hold
that heifers may be bred without
detriment earlier than is the common
practice 1t then quotes from an
other journal to say: ~ We ike To
have our heifers from twenty-four to
thirty months old when they drop
their first calves, for much earlier
than this is apt to dwarf them in
stature as well as in other desirable
qualities, while, if left longer than
that the owner loses much time that
Is unnecessary Now then they are
scratching around to find the man
who believes heifers may diop their
calves at less than two years old
with profit Prairie Farmer.
Is there any natural or necessary
antagonism between culture OF the
mind and culture of the soilf One
would think so, to observe the stub
| bornness with which some farmers
resist all efforts to improve the social
life and manners of their households
and neighbOrs. There is among the
! farmers an immense amonDt OF COM
mon sense, Of native mother wit,
siarpened by observation and deep
ened by reflection, and they have IA
clear headedness and sound-heart-
edness that come from healthfui liv-
rug and close connection with Ma
ture. But good many of them are
very much afraid OF what are called
| the retinemcnts of society and the
amenities Of social life. But we are
glad TO see that the stupid, hard,
tread mill, ox-like life Ut the farm,
(which for the past generation has
been shrivelling up the souls OF men
and sending their wives to the in
sane asylum, OF kinder refuge in
the gravel, is giving way to eniight-
eDed progress in many sections, and
farmers are beginning to seize upon
all helps that promise to improve
their social condition. There are
farmers clubs, debating societies,
neighoorhood meetings for. sociality
and comparison of experiences, briei
winter vacations in the cities, and
even a revival of the Old-fasllioned
apple bees are adding to the social
life and refinement of farming COM
mumities.--iGoiden Ruie.
sheep Culture.
The prominent facts connected
with sheep husbandry: the ease ano
economy and certainty with which
profitable returps are secured; thu
facility with which the business can
be accommodated to surrounding
circumstances by the employment o
different varieties of sheep, aDc
varying their numbers according Il
taste or necessity; the chcapnes'
with which wool is transported t.
market; the certainty of finding pnr
chasers for both wool and mutton il
every neighborhoOd; the pre-emi
nence OF sneep as fertilizers of Tn,
land upon which they range ant
rest their value in destroy ing weeds
and underground OF timber pastures
their docility, and the consequent
economy with which they are re
strained to any desired locality til.
lwhvlesomeness OF mutton as food, ~
web as its comparative economy ant
availability to the farmer these
and other characteristics, commend
sheep husbandry for its many mate
rial advantages.
| The Elasticity of the sheep, the
readiness with which its physica
peculiarities may be modified, until
iieeces are iound equal To the exact
ing and advancing demands of fash.
ION and invention--whiie the coll
tour and detail of carcass responds
to the exactions of the breeder and
the epieure-mark it as the most in
teresting of domestic animals.
The certainty with which sheep
culture paves the way for the intro
duction of manufactures, which, il
their turn, bring together additional
consumers, and consequently n bet
ter market fol the varied products
of the farm and garden, commend.
them to the pontical economist be-
fore all other animals.
But, despite these facts, and theiI
iteration and Federation, communi-
ties are found in which no apparent
attention is given to sheep-culture
In other localities, where few at.
tnptnt n "A u..rN.rf.,H an nilc spnfI.