Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-05-30
HOME AND FARM.


An exchange advises girls to marry
men Of culture-agnculture-
Why not Try the leaves Of the umbrella
china Tree Is q preventive Of weeyils in
com.
= or shout 5000, 900 farms in France,
more than 4 100000 are less than SIX acres
in extent
= The sickness and loss of sight in hor-
ses kept IN city stables, are largely due 10
The escape OF ammonia from the manure
One cold rain viii produce more dis
orders, caiarrh and cough in flock of
sheep than whole winter Of after care will
cure.
Southern Georgia is afflicted with a
new cattle disease, which commences with
4 swelling fthe limhs, and this gradually
extends over the whole body.
= Bire ointment and kerosene, mixed
Unequal proportions and applied to ibet
steads. is an unfailine bug remedy; and =
coat Of whi,eV'ash in the same for The walls
ofa log house
= Scaiy legs in fowls are caused by a
parasitic mite which burrows under The
Skin OF the shank and feet. They may be
destroyed BY applying a mix.ure of lard
and kerosene oil
Sandy loans are best adapted 10 grain
growing, as general rule. while grass.
either IS meafow or pasture fiourishes
well on c ayey soils. This should b. reear-
ded IN making selections.
= Winter is the time for the limbs and
muscles to rest and for the activity Of the
brain and intellect energies. II the farmer
neglect these, heis foreihng his best OPP
portunities and Interests
- The best farmers are those who pay
the greatest attention to cultivation; who
investigate new processes, and take adyan-
sage Of what IS good. 10 other words who
keep up with the progress ofihe times.
= Now look 10 ali the farm tools and
machines, and il they need repairs attend
10 il At cnce- It's much better 10 do work
IN season than be Obliged 10 do Il at a
time when labor IS required in other direc-
sic-s..
= Farmers in the eastern par1 Of Pen
syivania. find Ii very profitable to raise
their own trout. and have large quantities
TO spare for market The stout pond on a
farm Is becoming as important as an or
7chard.
= Do not attempt TO keep too many
fowls together. One hundred in 2 single
ya1S viii not produce half the eggs they
Will Is divided into four parts Il viii cost
no more for feed, hut i viii be 4 little more
trouble 10 attend 10 them.
- Three or four ounces Of oil can be ex-
tracted from 100 pounds Of wheat. Cas-
haYe three times Is much oil, and from In
dian corn six to eight pounds Of eli can be
extracted from hundred pounds Of the
grain. Rice gives only race Of oil
- The farmer who comes to town TO sit
down On 4 beer lssg IL 4 saloon while tell
ing pitiful story about short crop OF
wheat, while last years INST on the upper
part Of his riowshare shows what shallow
pioxi7g he did, and while I two hundred
and 6iiy dollar reaper stands exposed 70
al kinds Of weather on the open prairie
near ten acre patch Of gram nearly cap
tnred BY weeds, IS a poor specimen toJudge
countTys agricultural value by
- In lis direct money value, and IN all
lis collatsral and indireci benefits. grass is
worth more to the world ssian all the cereal
crops combined. lis direct IS nothing in
comparison to lis indirecf value ii the IN
ilucnce II has in preserving the fertility of
our farms by its msnural wealth IN all its
forms. No man can thrive on farm mo
farmers can be self-suppo where grass
IS wholly neglected. or advantage IS not
taken Of stock raised on other grass farms.
The old Belgian proverb is trsae--'' No
gas. no catlle; no cattle, no manure; no
manure. no crops