The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-10
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

SOFA, Sucn as tney use In making DreaO,
dissolved in water, and used as wash,
will sometimes remove the warts, gays
farmer. Another says strong wash
of alum water is a cure.
STALE bread moistened with sweet
milk is recommended very highly as
good feed for young chickens the first
few days. When a week old they may
be fed on cracked grain scalded. When
old enough to swallow grain give them
plenty of it.
NEVER try to get very heavy days
work out of team. Moderate and
steady going is what counts in long
race, and the farmers race is long one.
1t takes but a few hours, or even a few
minutes, to so tax a horse that he is out
of fix for months.
PROF. LAwEs says that native weeds
thrive well enough on home produced
food; but when such a luxury as nitrate
of soda, or any other efficient CONNER
cial fertilizer is placed within their
reach, they will fight with the grain
crops for portion of the repast, and,if
permitted, will take the lions share.
SOIfthAS WdUCI-d SOlublOu vi sui
phate of iron-5 pounds 10 40 gallons
of water-is recommended as valuable
for tomato plants at three applications
during the season of growth. 1t is re-
ported as increasing fruitfulness and
earliness, and prolonging the season. 1t
is also said to be beneficial to roses and
other Towering plants.
THE average yield of wheat per acre
is 81 bushels in Russia, IL in the United
and 29a in Great Britain. In the United
States the average yield might easily be
doubled, but the cheapness of the land,
the use of machinery, and the cost of
fertilizers, make it cheaper to cultivate
larger areas rather than to work for
large averages.
ATTENTION to little things about the
farm, as in any other business, is what
increases the profits. Plenty of eggs,
few chickens, few calves, a colt or
two help out wonderfully. If some of
the perquisites arising are given to the
children for the care bestowed, they
will cheerfully help in the garden. and
thus another important item is added to
the well being of the family.
CHICKEN CHOLERA.-The following
will cure this disease every time: Take
a quart pan of meal, put into it ta-
blespoonfuls of short tobacco; table
spoonsfuls of cayenne pepper, and plen-
tY of water to mix thoroughly; put it in
dishes around where the chicken can eat
whenever they wish. Give, also, plenty
of pure water. tried the above 4 years
in Illinois, and never failed to cure all.
In the West, chicken cholera is caused
by worms found lodged in the gizzard.
Tobacco kills them every time.-Coun-
try Gentleman.
THE demand by Western New York
fruit growers for coal-tar as an insecti-
eide is such as to increase the price and
cause a scarcity. We place quart in
a small kettle, drop rag in it and ap-
ply the match, moving it from tree to
tree on short rod. The tar requires
stirring at intervals. A dense cloud o.
smoke rises and scents the air fol
long distance, dislodgipg the
curculio and other insects. The
smoking should be repeated twice
each week, or after every storm
We destroy the tent caterpillar by burn
ing. A 10th is wired to the end of ,
long, light pole, immersed in kerosen'
oil, fired, and passed rapidly from on
tent to another.-Nes0 York Tribune.
The 17-year cicada, or, miscalled
at gear locust" should, according t
my calculations, appear in numbers a
: the present time in most parts of West
! ern Missouri, beginning south, abou
q johnson and Saline Counties, and e1
9 tending in a northwest direction, to Law
: renee, and above, in Kansas; south t
q Arkansas, and west an unknown di'
= tance into Kansas. Also, there seem
4 to be detachmento of it in Central Ohit
o In 1876, great numbers of the pup
!, were found 18 inches beneath the su
4 face in clay soils where oaks were grow
ing, at Leavenworth, Kansas. In Ord'
% to perfect our knowledge of the rang
~ of the % odd broods which l have r
# corded as appearing in different parts
:, - the country, 1 should be greatly please
4 to receive from your readers inform
a ton of the appearance OF this interes
"a ing insect the present year.-Prof. G.
Riley.
AMONG the experiments with tt
d grapevine at Amherst Agricultural &C
n lege, girdling has produced some 7
Of markable results, both in the quanti
s. of the fruit and the period of the devt
a opment. The vines were girdled abo
III the first week in August, when the fir
a acid of the Concord grape had reach
be its highest state, and the grape sug
ly had begun to increase. Experimer
p were made with whole vines and wi
of branches. Two incisions were ma
of through the bark and cambium laye
E. from one-quarter to one-eighth OF
It. inch in width, and the substance
ly tween removed. The fruit on the grid
n. vines matured fully two weeks in
n, vance of the ungirdled vines. Pr
n Goessman picked fully matured fr
lie. from girdled vine at his residence t
ch ly three weeks in advance of fruit
IN, ungirdled branches of the same VII
IS. The vines that were girdled year 8
ng were in fine condition this season, 8
an although in most instances fully hea
i'm over, the girdling seemed to produce
90, co mn ofFoot an tho fr.y1it aa tho first vp