The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-13

plication to the business, We may nc
cept their writings and works a. evidence
Of what may be done South with lik,
; application. Second: Many Of til,
crops grown BY them will succeed here
and we certainly think their mode o
culture will apply here a. well Is wit,
them and our lands yield twice a. much
rs ;h"y 10 at present. With a it'll,
thought on on: part. We may profit b.,
their experiments. Il is only by en-
ample we learn.
Our farmers will admit that under the
present system Of till'ge a bale Of cotton
per acre, even upon our richest lands is 9
fair average yield, and are satisfied with
it. In this very particular We desire to
see improvements If ten acres of land
can he made to produce twenty or more
bales, (and We assert that it can,) IL it
not waste Of time, capital and labor to
work twenty acres which produce no
more, ard require double the amount Of
force TO cultivate
In Geargia, where lands are not nat
nrally near 80 fertile as those of tho Red
River valley, cotton planting has ad-
vanced to science, and from two and .
half to four bales of cotton have been
prodnce'l from one acre. If this be done
in Georgia, why not in Louisiana I Will
not some of our planters try iti And
in trying it we would suggest they keep
correct account Ofthe manner of break.
ing up. planting and cultivation, which
We will publish, in order that our farmer
friends may benefit by their experience.
We see from intercourse with our farm
ers that they have no we'll defined sys.
tenn Of corn cultivation, and to the end
that they may, educate themselves in
that science we will publish the views of
any farmer who will write US on the sub
jees. Let US hear from the successful
corn planters!
A miller, of Halliday, Illinois, who
has lost many hogs by cholera, states that
dry bran, slightly sailed. is . good rem.
edy for it. 1.-THE hogs refuse to eat it,
starve them until they do. Another
farmer claims that if hogs arc given
what salt they need in clean pasture,
it will have the desired OBJECT.
Every family finds more or less bones
accommodating. Burn them with your
wood, and the ashes TINS enriched is one
Of the most valuable Of fertilizers. Money
cohnot buy any article which 90 enriches
your soil. Bones thus consumed will
quadruple the value of wood ashes,
which in themselves arc the best of coil
eDrichers.
Sleeps pelts can be tawed and not
tanned. Tawing is done by scrspiug tho |
flesh side Of tho pelt clean from oil Aesh
or fat. then sprinkling it with = mixture
of finely powdered alum aud salt 10 equal
parts. Two skins are then laid With the |
flesh sides together, or . single ono dou.
bled lengthwise aud tOlled up for q |
week or ten days; then opened, scraped |
and washed and rubbed dry with piece |
Of chalk, and worked and pulled until |
the skin is soft.
Gu the subject of keeping eggs the fol.
lowi, 9 has been contributed to = country
paper II would say the eggs could be
kept the year round. Pack them in .
box with oats lends DOWN., and nail .
cover on nicely when full then take
another box fonr inches larger each way,
put about two inches of plaster in To
bottom Of this box and 6ll all around
and on the top with plaster, then put
cover on this box and put away in cool
place. Turn the box each alternate day."
FALL FLOWING.
The better the preparation ofthc ground
the better the crop. The high average
yield Of the English farms is no doubt
largely due to the thorough preparation
Of the ground before seeding. Our cN-
mate 10 superior to that Of England for
wheat growing yet yield Of sixty.four
bushels per acre is not at oil infrequeDt
among farmers there, while here forty
bushels per acre Is on unusual yied. Two
blowing, several harrowings, and in
many cases, rolling and crushing, aud
the excellent preparation of tho soil BY
previous root crop, must have much
better effect upon the soil than one plow-
ing. very poorly done, because Of the
hardness and .iryness of our soil in mid.
summer. and very imperf ct narrowing.
It might lie we'll for Us to lay out more
labor on our wheat crop, aud 90 prepare
The ground better, and raise our average
from twelve to at least twenty bushels
per acre. The difference in tho amount
'f wheat at harvest would pay tor q
yootl deal Of extra work in glowing, etc.,
md yet leave profit; besides tho soil
would not forget the generous treatment
IN one year nor two. st. Louis Ex.
CARE OF PASTURES.
Very many pastures in tho West, e..
pecially new and thinly seeded ones, be.
,ome overgrown late in the summer with
weeds that have found . Judgement. or
ire left BY stock. They are not only uu.
lightly, bit if allowed to remain they
continually reseed the land. When
,hese occur, mower, better reaper,
'honld be ron over tho land before they
'ecome too hard, and the whole taken .
If when dried and burned. Weeds ore
found where tho land has been
'eedcd to timothy and clover, tho only
'asturo We are sorry to say in many
'srts OF th" West. The reason Of this
IL that the fields are seeded for
moving and subsequently used for pas.
nre. Many farmers arc gradually ret.
ing permanent pastures thickly seeded
With . variety Of grsases. Now 10 the
lime for seeding to oil but red clover,
md this legume shonld DO used sparing-
= in pastures. If the young pasture IL
lightly mulched the first winter either ct
hd time ofsowing OF Immediately after
freezes up 20 much hotter for tho grass,
md if cnt over the first season for hay,
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