The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-11-13
AGRICuLTlURAIf Ri ii NOTES. 8

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,EiT ANOTHER, enemy to wheat tzgrowing is
reported in the shape of weed some
4 what resembling cookie. gllInsome parts
/ Hf the East i, has become, so abundant
as TO cause serious alarm, especially So
, fdn North Carolina, swhefe1it 91ling up
!, So sailmultane9HslyeWith the grain, and near
/ ~ smothers it. The people have given
i it the name OF g Dutch cockle.nS( s1i
,Ejd IT is the opinioniof Rrof.A. RrGfete,
Il expressed at the recent meeting OF the
chronological @Club Eat Saratoga, that
1 the damage dime by the employment Of
Parls=ggreen is greater than that done by.
T the potatolbug This conclusion Prof.
Glpte has reached after acareful study
OF the effects of Paris-green agricultur-
ally employed. He fflas found eases lof
7 the poisoning, by this agent. Of horses,
cattle, sheep poultry, and even human
beings. 'adit'Fffa" f1ht ao'io3 bfc 2aI
!, BAcoS sAND / BEEF. n Col. q Curtis, in
I the Anew York ,laibsVaes advocates that
q farmers use bacon in place of pork, and
i, insteadof Selling Their spork at Sa per
hundred and using the money to buy
3 beef at 1O5and II cents per pound he
] chooses: to make his pork into; bacon
and make ait, the, staple family meat.
IliWe ell gr6wff 70 ffPPi Pigs 1t SIX months IRE nice
! for bacon, and it .',nay be cured in the
same way as hams. It is, always ready
dfof use, and 'is d treat for any meal. -
40, NOVEL THUMB-PoTs.-L. w. F.
L LeaSenworth, Kans., writes to the New
~ or;kA Z ines ave often read of thumb
tpots for plants. Now, an egg-shell is a
very ,ineXpensive one, and answers its
l1burpose well; break one end a little
4 larger than You do the other, sniakihg
simply a, small hole,,g then fiji with
4 earth, and if you wish to put plants in
4 them, set i1issa boxkthe height of the
shell H. fill the spaces with, earth j. the
| plants start splendidly, and can be
takeiie out and silahaled very easily.g As
I the shell is much lighter than. pots, they
are more desirable for Shipping; fill the
spaces iiwith 81 mess,liof any light sub
stance used for that purpose. e.raiz zaly,f
~ Hoy, TO WATER HoRsEs.-In cold
,jweatheer giivet. one pAilfdp alta TIME three
tines a day. .Ihissis enough unlessgop
are working them regularly; then give
laiIeiif a 'ittleo niUfe,a o bat not I'd lexeeed
-four pailfuls adays1sIn7 warm weather
'ENhen they are brought in, first sponge
Tout the mouth and nostrils wellex4th
l9lSrtefaoA ftafaafege qngiags they
\ will wait for it to be done. Then give
4 theiiiab t0 e8ceea pailful'apieee, and
i after feefingsgWs gnase aneEeI eaEleI pajful be- be
! fore you, commence work. Don't let
tlienfs awfthotttn lo{g enough to make
i them; want more thar, this. If allowed
IA thirsty horse, when warm, will drink
Etoo. fiideh!sP A common S12aqaaH pain il
thessize referred to aboxea3i. .dsagsy
II Coop CULTIVATION. PAYs;IA good
soil rarely fails, even IN a. poor season,,
of retiirhingsa paying income for the
labor. expended upon it in the, cultiva-
ttioiii Of any crop adapted to'ft. ;Theidea
tbat,the;nmnber of acres ,ir cropsl il1ii
Gates the farmers. income must be aban-
tdoned, ana tie number VI III bushels per
aereemust be locked for instead. 8Thega
us ssinlI Esss P5sit PS6d lin in ;E goging " giEy tiy
thanIin plowiag twenty five to grow the
same amount, and trusting to good sea-
/ sohs fo3rr 'fair-crops wilF NOT be atkoughe
lof hy thet improved lfarmeEpoA rich
'fweu cultivated soil, will usually, make
ytifan rethr4is aiifi what we,ealF bad OF tins
favorable 'seasUnssslW What the farmer on
Pal poor soil would call good season, sell
!, don sconfes . Y,at1e,1 .FarMt,o ts0 {. 9sl
/ SEiN0CABBkaRss. 5. N olds farnler
Eonee informed us that he1Snee tried aln
to pfove' the advantage e6f
Keeping. the sril well stirreds pmnng his
fcabbages: He, and his hired man q We're were
,Ieng gaaged IN sa'o contest whith. Should have
| the obest eropsls He IhdedIflis spnes u
'fweek all summer, and yet the hired
sI,rllan ans : cabbagegg grew Best, for 'whieh
| lie could not saenoalnt, asdha neYeIisaY
fdentailF lie found out The Secret. 'oThe
man se4 everyG morning atl,4 O'CLOCK,
r and did the hoeing before sunrise, when
Il no one saw him. He hd5d them, not
I once. week, butlsix times ans GthepNeeks
Rd bianr sa#sRs ehs eSp Mar9 eH
tivator dawn BY, ahpHe can be, readily
4 ana 1T at 1ittfe e8st " labor totstfy
Gesat1eaauns3di dogm ss 10 ,sTGIiob 81
Y THE. most frequent cause of rottinsgy ttln g. Of
Il potatoes in pits or cellars is putting
thenr away before theysare athorohghly
dry, and well Eipened. The safest way
to manage them is to cover them from
/ the sun while digging as theG Heating is
I INJURIOUS dThentwhen well dried in the
Il field, REMOVE them to a dry, airy barn
fieef and iseaftef them ON a straw beif u
I few inches thick and air them thorough
s n. F Il tie Ra''dissas doors are s aopened }or
/ tRisam phrpoaesl ltksa rtubers -'Innst
4 be kept from the Light bYa covering q
d straw: When it is dangerous to Keep
them Longer ialthis way they 'itnagbe
ss sa b;ss sa & s|es 4esfslb sna Kept Il 9sB
spaces made in them. PotatdesdthiIi
I cqred viii pot sprqptt rMsasdilX rs Ylnttiis Yllttii the
tllspring arrives.@Rhrdt Nea6 HbfEef.
bsf9GREi. fKtNfse 6ftFKtfr TRHEssin
Ordinarily sfeesnsAat aEs Large alaeg .saayglb l7
) Ito produce a crop of fruit should Dc
, very gfitfy pruned.iH Hitwo branches
interferes pneiof themi should bsyre-
moved SO as to give the, other sufficient
|, room 10 So, tt6jso,. Ibtaaehes that are iii
med fssmpEerbsafing, or other csnses
should be. cut off. But if a. wei