The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-26
AGRICULTURAL NOTEs.

GGvERNbR DREW of Florida, New
Hampshire NAV, owns 10000 acres OF
land. He employs Il sutting and saw
ing logs 400 men, who live III meat cot
tages built by himself, for Which, ne
charges no rent. He is now construct
ing tramway eight miles long into the
forest for the purpose of hauling logs to
his mill. His lumber is shipped to New
York City. III.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Indiana
Farnaer, from Labette, Kansas, Hses the
following Continuance to prevent cows
from sucking themselves: "Cows may
be ctired of sucking themselves by the
use of two sticks long enough to reach
from the btitts of the horns to the back
of the shoulders. Cus notehes in both
ends of the sticks, and seGr-s enc end
of each to the base of your cows Horns.
Then PISS rope around her body just
back of her foto legs. Fasten the other
ends of the sticks to It's rope by means
Of knots about midway Of each side. l
will pay for all the milk the COW gets
when the above directions are followed. :"
MUCH cloverseed is wasted by sowing
too early and also by scattering it upon
the surface without covering. All seeds
should be covered, although under very
favorable circumstances they would
sprout and grow, even If not covered.
II you harrow your wheat, that should
be done as soon as the ground is dry,
then SOW the clover imm sdiately after
the harrow, the gradual 1eveling down
Of the little burrows made by tie har-
row teeth will cover the seed. When
cloverseed is sown ON the surface too
early warm fain will sprout it, then a
frosty night will destroy the young root.
lets which have not yet penetrated into
the ground, and the seed is wasted.
CURE For THE GAPEs-I have tried
many things to cure the gapes in young
chicks, but know of none so efectual as
lime Place the chick or chicks in a
barrel, or something easily covered
with bag, so that the dust of the lime
can not escape, but do not smother the
chicks with too thick bag. Dust your
chicks well, and leave them confined
about 5 or 10 minutes. One applica-
ton is sufficient. When you take the
chicks out, blow the dust out of their
eyes, that it may not injure their sight.
About two single handfuls of lime are
sufficient to dust the chicks when con-
fined in an ordinary flour barrel. The
lime makes the chicks sneeze very hard,
and thus expels the cause of the gapes.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
SALT POISONOUS TO POULTRY.-Un-
der the above heading a correspondent
writes to the Country Gentleman as fol-
lows: 81 have experimental with salt
in feeding poultry, and have come to
the conclusion that the notion that salt
ed food is poisonous to them is mere
nonsense. l have fed it in every form
salt soup from boiled ham, or salt
beef, in which mixed cornmeal and
other food, and allowed the poultry to
eat all they pleased. l have mixed salt
many times (always once weekly with
cornmeal, middlings, ETC., for old and
young alike, which they eat voracious-
ly, and, instead of any of them being
sick or dying, they are much the better
for it, and am convinced from expert
ence that they need such food, Just as
do nearly all other animals. make the
food fully as strong of salt as we do our
own food generally" To which the
Chicago Iribune's agricultural editor
adds: "Our own experience has been
that salt, even in small quantities mixed
with their food, is poisonous to turkeys
and ducks; and we should recommend
all to be very careful of its use.'
RooT-GRAFTING.-Rootg grating, in
contradistinction to stock grating, is
simply grating upon portion of the
root instead of the stock, and may be
performed by any of the methods en-
ployed in grating. 1t is usually per-
formed by whip or tongue-grafting,
since this gives a larger surface of con,
tact than simple cleft grating. Tongue
grating is performed as follows: A sec
ton of root, Seeding of the previous
year, three or four inches in length, pre-.
viously cut square at each end, is Sc
lected. With a thin, sharp blade a
diagonal cut is made across the root,
severing slice, say three quarters of an
inch long, and extending more than half
way across the stock at the square end.
A slit is then made directly up the stock
somewhat more than half as long as the
diagonal cut, thus forming tongue.
The graft containing three buds is then
cut strictly the reverse of this, or 80 it
will nicely meet the diagonal cut, with
a thin, wedge-shaped cut to be pressed
in the slit, care being taken that the in
ner bark of the root and the graft meet
nicely. The whole is then wrapped
with cloth cut into suitable strips, and
covered with grafting-wax, and kept
just warm enough so that it will press
nicely to the graft and root, and adhere
to hold all in place. Except for the
sake of doing the work yourself, it will
hardly pay you to do your own root
grating, since this work is now done in
The most perfect manner at commercial
nurseries, and the root-grafts packed
and sold for less price than you could
possibly do it yourself.-Prairie Farm
,r.
RAISING WATERMELONs.-A Missis-
'ippi gardener adopts the following
practice in his successful cultivation of
vatermelons: His place was ordinary
pine and post-oak land, of moderate
ertility; and after plOWinp IL &C fi1sh ,,