The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-07-03
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

TREES tranSplantoO III tH0 sprung OA-
ten push cut few green leaves, bat
make no growth; others will have the
bark continue green, but make no at
tempt at growth. All such should be
pruned, that is to say, the branches
should be shortened. Sometimes as
much as one-half the last years growth
may be put away. 1t is wonderful how
soon the trees will make growth after
this. All transplanted trees find benefit
in being pruned; but it is necessity in
the cases contemplated.-Philadelph
Press.
If it can be avoided never purchase q
tree that has had its spurs or lateral
shoots cut off smooth with the trunk of
the tree, for nature has furnished these
to shade the trunk of the tree, until its
top branches are out enough to accom-.
plish the same purpose. The lateral
shoots may be cut back within a few
inches of the body of the tree, but al
ways left long enough to throw out
leaves enough to protect the tree from
the hot sun. Thousands of trees are
lost every year by leaving the trunks of
the trees exposed to the hot sun of our
PloUmGn. .,..
INSTEAD of the various lawn. grass
mixtures, we believe in the use of SIM
pie edtop seed, together with q very
little white clover; and when it is ap-
piled. Gin the quiet hours of the day that it
may fall evenly, two Or three years
should suffice to grow a thick velvety
turf. Weeds are the great enemies of
good turf, and every lawn should be
kept as free from these pests as flow
er-garden. The employment of good
artificial fertilizers greatly helps to Sc
cure permanent freedom from weeds,
since foul weed-seeds can not very we'll
Turk in them. -Scribner' Monthly.
Ny husband killed a hog weighing
about $50 pounds last July, late in the
afternoon, and, after hanging about 4
an hour, cut in pieces small enough to
handle easily, and, having a kettle of
boiling brine ready on the fire, put the
meat in until scalded so as to look white,
and long enough to cook the blood.
The pieces were then placed on large
table, and salt sprinkled thickly over it
while hot. Next morning he hung it
up over q good smoke and in days we
had the sweetest of bacon. This recipe
is extensively used here in warm wealth
National Farmer.
Do not let any fruit tree bear too
young; better pick off all the blossoms
for two years. and have a vigorous tree
that will gladden. your eyes long i'e-
time with its fair golden fruit, than to
let that half dozen stay on the first year
just to see a sample Of the fruit, aud
then languish for years after an I'M
profitable deadhead. If cranberry
growers were as careful as strawberry
cultivators in removing all blossoms
and runners the first year, / doubt not
but many boys now almost worthless
would show more profitable exhibit
Exchange.
SOME potato tubers, when planted
whole, produce an immense cluster of
stalks, an overabundant supply of su-
perduous roots, and a corresponding
quantity of small potatoes. That some
potatoes from fair to good character
will be produced from small tubers we
will not dispute. But the average crop
will vary from small to medium. Choose
the healthiest and most symmetrical of
your potatoes for seed, varying in size
from medium to large. Cut these, allow
ing each cutting two, three or four pro-
ductive eyes. A good rule to follow
would be to quarter good-sized pota-
to into four cuttings.-Cincinnati Com.
To avoid sore shoulders on your
horse, battle them with strong salt
water each night after removing the
harness. If you commence two weeks
before spring blowing, all the better.
An infallible preventive, an excellent
cure: BY cutting slit lengthwise of
The collar, where the names fit, and re-
moving the stuffing, you may soften the
collar where it gals the shoulder with
out injuring the collar. In buying
collar be careful to select one that is of
The same solidity in all parts and on
both sides. The best collar-pad is made
oy stuffing an old coat-sleeve with hay,
having as little hay as possible under
he hames.--Prdctical Farmer.
ANY dairyman may very easily DEM
,nstrate for himself that the amount of
either milk or cream is 70 criterion by
which to Judge of the dairy value of the
cow. By the practical test of manu-
butter it is found that the
cream as we'll as milk from different
lows will vary to an almost unlimited
extent. The greatest mixer I ever
owned was worthless as a butter COW.
Although her milk produced consider
lble cream, the yield of butter in pro-
portion was small, and the butter was
10 oily that it became rancid in a few
lays. My conclusions are that the cas-.
est and only reliable way to test the
merits of dairy COW is simply to set
Ter milk, and without any regard to
quantity Of milk or cream, to ascertain
he amount and quality of the butter
Produced. In this way, with compare
lively little trouble, we can know all |
hat is of any practical value in regard
0 the merits of dairy cows and the
!ifferent feeds given them.-Maine
farmer.
A Brave Little Girl.