St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

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Is WHAT Stock NEEDs--A writer
Y Tie Farm and Fircside remarks: 9Th
- requirements CT success in stock feedip
Is tor p!cft ere well-bre stock, clear
j. warm Quaricr%, pare water, sufticien
{ salt, stall for each, having rope an
chain fastening instead OF stapchionS
g gentle exerci.e daily, when the weathe
r is too stormy, sufficient sweet clover hay
] cured in the cock, to supply their wants
2 and & unitofm supply OF finely grounc
corn meal. Whatever method Of iced
. icg may be adopted, the question il
. which the progressive, practical tarmeI
is the most interested is, How can
produce the most tender, juicy beef il
tAe shortest time, at the least possible
ezpen&e?'"
To RELIEVE CHoKED COWs.-Tht
procee ings OF the Elmi.a Faamers
Quo, officially reported i'll the Hus
bandman, contains .he following My
way is to open the mouth OF the chokeo
animal and insert g cleVis wide enough
to keep the jaws distended, and give
space for the passage OF a boys hand.
hold the c!evls in place, while my boy
passes his hand through and picks ont
the apple or other obstruction. Any
bov whose hand is small enough to tass
without crowding, can easily remove
the trouble with entire sa etT. | have
tried to do itmyself, but my hand is too
large. There is no d stiiculty or danger
if the cleviS is firmly held in position
! Another member said that al easy way
to bring relief is to Cause the chOked
animal to jump over high bars, as high
as may be LEAF ed with considerable ex
ertion. 1t never fails to eject the Of
fencing subetance, Or cause it 10 pass
downward He had tried it many times
and always with success.
| NEATNEss ON THE FARM-Neat.
ness OF appearance enhances the value OF
artic es which one may have for sale
This is especially true upon the farm,
and we will venture to say that the
farmer who attends to the exterior of
things in general, such as clean stables
and animals, clean yards and buildings,
and fences in good repair, will obtain five
to ten per cent. more for the products of
his farm than one who neglects such SIM
pie matters. Ifanyone doubts he effect
Of external appearance upon values in
market or elsewhere, let him try sending
butter to market in All old weather.
beaten firkin, no matter how good the
butter or clean the vessel may be inside.
| this does not satisfy, try come stained
or dirty eggs or hali-plucked poultry.
Producing good article is one thing
and selling it to advantage is quite
another, and the good salesman generally
makes the most money of the two. The
importance o. fair exterior can hardly |
be oyer-estimatej. This principle is
potent in any branch OF trade ami in
every grade OF society; therefore it is too
important to be overlooked or passed
unheeded.
SAVE THE TURKEY FEATHERs.-
S as0nab!e advice with regard to taking
care OF turkey feathers is given by Robt.
Skene, of Louisville, KY, which, as
there is demand for the feathers for |
making brushes and busters, is called to
the attention Of those who have heretofore
allowed them to 60 to waste. In saving
the feathers of turkeys, it is recon-
mended that they be taken in bags like
geese feathers, those from the body, wing
and tail being kept separate, and each
kind packed in box by itself. For tail
and wing feathers the boxes should be
lite wider than the feather is long and
the feathers laid in the boxes straight. Y
care being observed that the sides and
ends do not curl up, as this spoiIs them
for making busters and thereby impairs
the sale of them In selecting the wing
feathers leave out the third joint, or that
part commonly used as fan, as the
feathers on that part of the wing are
useless in the manufacture eff busters.
Body feathers should be kept as straight
as possible and also packed in boxes
Keep all feathers perfectly dry, as wet
feathers are unsaleable; for this reason
turkeys should be dry picked.
ROTATION WITH CLovER-The fol-
lowing is the experience of a leading
eastern agricuIturist: I never grew
clover for the sole purpose OF blowing
under. It has always been necessary to
save it for hogs. My practice has been
to seed heavily with clover and timothy.
80 that if one failed the other would
occupy the ground. never NOV but
once in the year and never pasture the
first year Il the land is intended for
meadow and tillage, no stock is ever
allowed to pasture it. One great cause
If failure is pssturing the first yesr and
taking off the second crop on poor land
specially pasturipg with cattle after
1aying. Another cause is allowing the
'od to grow too low" In improving land
With clover, the rule must be to break
Up and seed down as often as possible,
It should not in any case exceed two
7ears in grass, and if possible only one,
md only two crops of grain must be |