St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-08

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the remainder of the season. This year
about the first of August, one of my
tires came off on the big wagon, and
broke two feIloes. To repair that whee
cost me $1.1O. AS soon as I got tina
wheel home from the shop, I painted
every wheel of three wagons and the ole
buggy with gas tar-hubs. spokes ane
felloes. They soon dried, and the pain
was as hard as japan, and shone like
black paint with varnish, Ne more loose
tires or spekes siuce.-[ Prairie Farmer
| Mr.. Schulz, of Little Falls, N. Y.
estimates that the land in pasturage anc
hay requisite for the support of COW il
three acres; and this is the estimate fol
moderately good diary farms in Eng
land. In Belgium ten acres of land sup
port two COWS, one heller, and one year
ling or calf; but when the calves are
sold off young, and cows in full milk are
only kept, the proportion is two COWS to
seven and one-half acres. Colman esti
mates three acres of pasture as requisite
for a COW in Berkshire county, Mass.
while in some towns two acres of pastur-
age are sufficient. Mr.. harrington, in
the report of the American Dairyman's
Association, thinks that on The average
four acres a,e required per cow, for sums
mer and winter keep; while x. A. Will
lard thinks that in Herkimer county,
N. Y, one and one half to two acres of
pasture per COW will answer, and in some
exceptional cases one acre.-lScientihc
| Farmer.
For ounce and plum trees salt is all
that is required to keep them in a
healthy vigor. In crops like barley,
! oats, wheat, clover, and all the grasses,
there is an apparent value i'll its use the
first season not as much the second,
because salt is an absorbent of ammonia,
and while it takes it from the soil and
atmosphere, it also chemically returns
it to the roots of the crops, so long as
moisture remains in the ground. It
continues to act SO long as there is mois-
ture within one foot of the base of the
roots; and its action in dry time tends
to keep the crop fresh and growing,
whereas it dries up where no salt has
been spread. The quantity to the acre
will depend much upon the condition of
the land. If it has been previously we'll
MANFRED with barnyard manure, in past
years, then two hundred and sixty
pounds to the acre, spread on at time of
seeding, and narrowed in lightly, will be
sufficient; if the land has had no manure
for years past, the quantity will need to
be increased-sometimss to eight bushels
to the acre. Salt have also found good
in the vegetable garden and on small
fruits.-[Ohio Farmer.
No breed of poultry is handsome un
less they are well cared for. Ifjudicious
care be exercised at first, there is little
danger of the gapes. Indeed, the writer
is of the belief that the gapes is disease
that all chicks go through with, and is
seldom observable unless the worms, in
their passage from the lungs meet with
some impeachment that occasions stop
page in their progress, which causes suf-
fering, and almost always results in
death. In strength and health the
worms pass out one by one and the bird
does not suffer much. A sudden cold
causes q stoppage, and the worms accu-
mulate, and become entangled and
knotted in the windpipe. The chick
suffers from difficult and labored breath
ing; indeed, it requires every effort to
keep the breath from ceasing. Respira-
ton becomes more and more labored
every day, until death puts an end to
the suffering. The bird wastes gradu-
ally, and becomes thin and emanciated
to an almost incredible degree. Over
and long continued fatigue will also de-
crease the strength of the birds, and the
important item is to keep up the strength
and growing condition. Strong feed and
reasonable exercise will accomplish
much.-[C. B., in Country Gentleman.
To grow crop of turnips the ground
needs to be only moderately rich, but it
must be very fine. You cannot do too
much in the way of rolling, narrowing,
and dragging: and the more compact the
soil is the better, SO you have two inches
of fine, mellow soil for the turnip to
start in. I have grown q good crop by
burning off wheat stubble, and cultivat-
ing and narrowing the surface until mel
low, and / prefer this to ploughing the
land. Ihave never tried superphosphate
or bone dust for turnips, but ] should
think that these manures would be ex-
actly suited to The crop, and ! expect to
try them this year. In pulverizing land
for turnips and to cover the seed, there
is nothing SO good as Hank drag it
grinds up the clods and leaves mellow
surface, and in covering the seed it
presses the earth on it SO as to terminate
readily. It requires great care to SOW
turnip seeds just right; nearly everyone
puts it on too thick. Some mix with
ashes or du-t, but ! can SOW better clear.
only nee The fhumh and fnrafnnar an1