The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-25
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

A BREEDER of poultry says; a ser
spring | procure Il quantity Of cedr
boughs and scatter them plentiful h
and around the hen-house. This Is Al
that is necessary, as the odor Of celu
keeps away the lice -
For wind-galls, use padded hand
age, with astringent lotions, applied two
hours day at first, adding two hours
every day after until it is kept N
continually, is the usual remedy. Res
from work is helpful to cure.
A GERMAN publication says earboR
acid and water will drive ants away from
any grounds 800 parts of water 10 one
of carbolic acid. Mix in tub and sir
repeatedly for "a hours, taking of lk
scum that rises to the top.
AGOOD whitewashing, with fresh lime,
at this season of the year, will destrw
the vefmin found in almost every hen
merry, which will be great relief 10 tie
poultry. A foul hennery is persec,t
ton to poultry and keeps them from
laying. A few cents worth Of lime
and a few minutes of time viii do te
work effectually. %
DEPTH TO Sow WHEAT. A great
deal has been said first and last as totk
depth at which to sow wheat, remarks
the Prairie Farmer. Experiments have
shown that upon ordinarily compact and
moist soil, wheat terminates most
promptly and produces the stronges
plant when sown at a depth not exceed
ing one inch from thence up to six inches
it came more and more feebly.
p TENDENCY OF THE HIGH BREEDING
OF FOwLs.-So things are coming 10
this pass, says a writer in the Londou
Gardeners Chronicle, that we are likely
soon to have in England beautiful birds,
s'teo good to be eaten," kept like race
horses, not for their utility, but TO gain
prizes-while our markets will be sup.
piled with birds of no breed at all. Fa
if, as / suspect, exhibitions tend to ro-
duce pampered, tender birds Whose ssgs
and chickens can not be depended on u
a bad winter like our last, those who
rear fowls for market will gradually
cease to buy their eggs, and will eonteut
themselves with harder, commonf
birds; and the fine birds, Of superior
size and excellence, which were to hsse
been introduced into every farm-yam
and cottage-garden when exhibitions
had drawn attention to them, viii ua
find their way to our tables. .,
LIME FOR POULTRY.-There arc
hundred ways proposed to obtain illF
for egg shells, bones, etc., for our mem.
Some of these are of the most etrlo@
kind. One would suppose that llilK
was one of the rare substances IN ms
world. Burnt oyster or clam shells
burnt bones, even egg shells themselves
are recommended. Teaching hen Y
eat her own eggs is best done BY throw
ing the shells to herr How many iols
in the country have oyster or ela,a
shells? Then again, grayel-nsu
teeth-is not,sas often supplied Y
ought to be. A late writer actually iev
ommends pound bits Of glass, or queen
ware as being better than gravel. iies
strange to see people going so tar QUA W.
the line of common sense! NOW, W'a
Of these very difficult things to accom-,
plish for the health Of onr feath0i1
bipeds are easily done by making : mm
tar of small gravel and lime, in the msn'
ner of stone masons, and when the m0s
tar becomes hard, breaking It up s'as
with an AK. Keep this little piecs
I" necessity always before the nsJ
and burn all egg shells, and tne Iva vi /
and physical character Of the mems IT. ~ (
their husbands will be in the ascehu'"
Gentleman
LAME HORSES. Although the nnss
is one of the most powerful, anl. ..s,s
and sensible Of all our domestic an''n1 ~
yet, in a certain sense, it Is Tar Iroi n, n
NO a hardy one. In this respec. w.. ~
horse is not equal to the rough-aha-'asIb.s.
Die usage which the mule or even ~
u can bear without exhibiting maj Mnh i
Signs of the severe discipline TO WIZ s'ar
mas been subjected. The horse = ~. 4
lelicate animal, and if pounced W. NJ
. passion while encountered WIZ -
and possibly with q lo 'sa,s u 4
1eavy for easy movement, ne s ah",eut
ire that efforts to escape pun'ftk
yill result i'm such an over-tenslolp =
as to produce lameness. h y n
,ruel men are not fit to take care " mi
.nimal having the spirit, Tenderness an ss e
susceptibility pertaining 70 ~. is' .r r
We're such men less Frequently assnk.
With the management Of stable sa s' IN,
here would be fewer limping ana ~, ,ab
worthless horses on our p 3
&c thoroaghfares. The creates, care d }
5 true, can not prevent aco ..;on the
lorses, but with proper atle .aa exesp-
Ialting ones would constitute .n ia Of
ion, and not the rule, as Is no"