The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-30

Drought 10 market, anu some OF ID6m are
very poor. Now Ia the time to fatten turkeys.
Every night and morning the turkey should
have full supply Of nutritious and fattening
food. Boiled potatoes mashed and mixed
with MEAL and moderately warm, LIZ very ax-
cellent feed both to promote growth and fat
ten. just now turkeys cannot procure In
scots y aat, and their place should be aupplied.
Butehsr's scraps Ia one or the cheapest and
most desirable forms Of food for poultry.
Grain SIN uld be given Mt least once q day
with soft and warm feed. Nothing ts better
than sound corn. In feeding only 80 much
corn should be thrown out as the turkeys will
eat ND clean.
To fatten chickens for the table they should
have sound and various food. warmth and
cleanliness. Give good clean water for them
To drink. In addition TO their regular diet Of
good corn, . cake Of ground oats or beans.
brown sugar. milk and mutton suet ia excel
lent. Let the cake lie until 1t Ia stale, then
crumbla It and give each chicken gll Of II
every morning and evening. No entire grain
should be given to fowls during the time they
are fat,ening In short they should have
plenty III nutritious food and In such y form
that their digestive mills shall find no diff
Guilty In grinding Il.
EXTENSIVE BEE FARM.
Near the village Of Beeton, Ontario, Cana
da, there Ia n bee farm which Ia probably one
of The most extensive and successful Things
of the kind in ths world It consists OF four
bee yards situated at the angles Of square
when embraces several square miles OF cpnn-
try The current year, 80 far, has proved n
owner, had at the and 81 July already secured
10000 pounds Of honey from GAO stocks OF
bees. The hives used are .oblonR pine wood
boxes, with q cubic capacity of 3240 Inches,
the inside measure being 15 by IL by Ia. The
proprietor expects Total yield for the year
of 10 900 pounds OF honey from hia TO- 900 900 lit
te workers., ia which case he would net be-
tween s70ooltnd $4,000 for the years product
without taking into account the sale OF
swarms or of queen bees.
GENERAL FARM NOTES.
Some scientific man has figured 1t out that
for every pound Of honey made by q hive OF
bees 2b00.0OO flowers are drawn upon. A
single colony ot 10000 bees has been known
to store twenty pounds of honey ID day.
Drains should DO cut while the ground Is
dry. II they have been marked Or laid out
previously. the work can be done now at half
The cost Of doing it when the ground Is full
of water. This season IL better than any
other for reolaiming swamp meadows.
An old poultry raiser who believes In milk
for fowls. says III IL meat and drink both
Some of the finest chickens | ever saw were
raised upon the free use OF milk with their
food. Hens lay M we'll OF better. when fur
ntshed with this than upon any known article
offered them"
successful iairyman feeds his cows night
and morning the year round, and In each iced
puts teasponful Of salt. He considers this
method or faltlng COWS preferable to the usual
one of giving animals salt once or twice IL
week. and thinks his method adds largely to
the amount Of milk given.
From MI parts OF the Northwest we have
reports Of great shinkage Of milk-enough TO
warrant the belief that from this cause there
will be u falling off of the cheese product Ut
fully 25 per cent as compared with last year,
while the universal change from cheese to
butter III Iowa will still further reduce the
amount. There will be an increase In the
amount Of butter produced this year over last
throughout the Northwest.
Those WHO have stock to fatten and to dis
pose Of In some way, should now feed them
wtll. III addition 10 good pasture, give them
few ears of corn each day. Very few peo-
ple will buy stock that is thin n flesh. Buy
ere want fat cattle. TAT sheep, fat hogs and
many sale will be spelled. Corn put into
stock will bring q much higher price than II
hauled to market and sold by the bushel.
Industry, enterprise, and Intelligent obser-
walton are what makes the good farmer.
Such man uses every means in bis power to
keep his land fertile by clean cultivation, 70
tation or crops. and the application OF such
manures as may be adapted to the special
wants Of the crop be cnttvates. He does
more: he reads the beat journals he can buy
having reference to their practicability Ia
agricultural art
some that 1t will not pay to keep longer just
as soon as stock reaches maturity they should
NV sold. Iti s daily loss to keep them longer.
They soon cat themselves up-that is. they
will soon consume their own value in food.
Hogs that are nine or ten months old should
be fattened and killed Cows that are getting
old should be disposed Of Two or three-ye year
Old steers should TIC sold. The oldest sheep
should be culled ont, we'll fed and sold as soon
IA got in order. Horses that are not needed
should be put In marketable shape and sent
to market. Get rid Of the poorest, and feel
the balance what they would have eaten.
Hold on to tho best and continue TO make
them better still.
Three classes of farmers deal out salt to
stock very sparingly: Those who come from
foreign countries where It IL scarce or where
the government collects II revenue on 1t. those
who were brought up near the seashore. where
the soil and ait always contain traces OF salt,
and those who think anything purchased
with money is too valuable to be fed 70 stock.
All Intelligent persons are aware OF the fact
that salt Is quite rs essential to the ell-heing
Of animals as water, and that 1t Is unwise TO
stint the supply of one aa the other. tits not
too much to say that stock of all kinds should
have n supply OF salt within reach at all
times. Giving them salt o.ice week IL not
sufficient. If only dealt out at the close OF
long intervals, they will eat too much and
suffer III consequence, while they will under
20 discomfort before they have an opportu-
nifty again to partake Of It.
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