The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-07
AGRICULTURE.
Farm Notes for the Month Of March
Poultry, Sheep, Hog and Horses-The
Orchard in Bpring-The Best
Manures for every Crop.
SHEEP NOTES.


SHEEP NOTES.
Take good care OF the young lambs. When
you find one just dropped, weak and cold. do
not stand upon your dignity and think II be-
meath your notice. Have II taken to warm
room, give 1t d bath of warm water, about as
warm as you would have for bath for your
own feet, and then rub 1t dry with warm dry
clothes; give two or three spoonfuls OF warm
milk and In an hours time you will have
strong vigorous lamb which will follow Its
mother anywhere. ..
II your sheep have catarrh In the head, do
mot torture them by boring holes In their nos
ytrils or injecting strong drugs as recommend
cd by some. The remedy ID simple. Take
equal parts OF pulverized rosiD, flowers Of
sulphur and salt. Cover the bottom Of their
feed troughs with It; the sticky nature Of
the rOsin, combined with the moisture of the
salt makes the sulphur adhere to their noses,
and tho fumes Of the sulphur cure the
catArrh.
Where It IL desirable to pasture sheep or
hogs In orchards, or where rabbits make de-
precautions, the bark Of young trees may be
successfully protected by washing the trees
Ia sprlng, and again In midsummer Tor sheep,
and In late autumn for rabbits, with soap
suds and carbolic acid or a solution OF coal
Tar and whltewash.
SheAring should never commence till all
danger OF frost is over, say late In April to
the middle 81 May. TO prepare your wool
for market see that 1t Is slightly, no tags, avoid
burB. grass burs especially, each fleece to
itself, carefully tied and not tightly stamped.
No sacks should weigh over. 800 pounds
Coarse woods will bear without Injury balinR,
graded woods will not.
For grub on sheep make strong ten
Of any kind Of tobacco by boiling It. As soon
o. II ID cool enough to use turn the sheep on
teacupful Of It into the Sleeps nostrils. Hold
Il on It's back short time and the work Ia
done.
Never have over 1000 sheep In one flock, 800
Provide shelter against severe northers and
cold rains.
Let pens and sheds be kept clean.
Salt freely and regularly.
Keep no old animals on hand. Sell to the
butcher all SUCH.
Bring your wool to market In slightly con-
dltion; this will always pay.
THE POULTRY YARD.
A correspondent inquiries of the symptoms
cause and cure for roup. This disease or fowls
Ia very disagreeable disease In all respects.
y Y produced by having too sd many fowls Ia
the weather, lousy birds, etc. Birds late In
moulting are often affected with It, being very
susceptible to the changes. Its first indica-
tons are, difficulty In breathing, very often
eive breath; running discharge ut the nOstrils,
swelling Of the eyes and head; the head be-
comes very feverish-often a rattlinH In the
throat. Sometimes there Is loss Of appe-
lite and sometimes not. Often the affected
bird will become blind. In mild cases wash
the head and mouth out with warm vinegar
or soda water; keep IN dry, warm place;
feed soft food seasoned with stimulants.
Isolate all cases from other fowls. as by
drinking from the same dish the disease is
contagious. In severe cases the only effective
cure is the Ratchet.
A correspondent informs us that while ON q
visit In the fall to friend, he was surprised
to see the number OF eggs he daily obtained.
He had but sixteen hens. and the product per
diem averaged thirteen eggs. He was In the
habit or giving on every alternate day tea.
spoonful and quarter OF cayenne pepper.
mixed with soft food, and took care that each
hen obtained her share. The experiment OF
omltting the pepper was tried. when It was
found that the number Of eggs was reduced
each trial from five to ak daily. Our CORE
spondent believes that the moderate use OF
this sttmulant not only increases the number
Of eggs, but efiectualiy wards Of diseases to
which chickens are subiect.-lDixte Farmer.
In February and March seven to nine eggs
are plenty to set under hen; later. nine to
thirteen may be tried. or duck eggs, seven
to nine are enough; goose, three to five; tur-
key, five to seven. In this climate, Asiatlc
are the only eggs it will pay to set very early;
the smaller varieties will not generally hatch
or do we'll II set before April. Bantams
Ducks and geese do not lay until spring
opens; they grow quick, and will mature X
Matched late. Turkeys commence to lay In
April; they can be Matched late, Tor winter
does not check their growth. AZ the eighth
transparent when held before . strong light;
II fertile, It Is dark and Opaque.
Sunflower seed makes valuable food for
fowls during the fall and winter, aud as q
general rule they devonr 1t with avidity. It
gives the plumage q fine gloss. and on this
account is much used by fanciers when feed
ing exhibition birds. know OF no other food.
except hemp seed, and that ls too expensive,
that Ia equal to suntlower seed for CLOSING
the pluma9e OF fowls. The plants will grow
almost anywhere; In the fence corners, on the
outer edges OF the cornfelds.
There Is nothing that fowls will devour
more greedily than raw bone when 1t is
bones can be had for a few dollars.
Sneezing with fowls comes from cold AZ
fecting the air-passages OF the head, and II
neglected will result Ia Group. A warm. dry
place should be provided for them
Don't be afraid OF feeding your laying hens
during cold weather; more hens suffer from
under feeding than over feeding. It takes
good deal Of food to keep up animal heat, and
provide the material for eggs.
Guinea fowls will keep all bugs and insects
Of every description on garden vines. They
will not scratch like other fowls, or harm the
most delicate plants.
HOGS. a"#mE
Parsnips, carrots, Swedish turnips, and
especially mangel wurzel, will all fatten pigs.
These roots ought not to he given Ia raw
state, but always cooked and mixed with
beans, peas, Indian corn or barley, all Of
which must be ground into meal. When pigs
are fed on such cooked food as we have stated,
the pork acquires peculiarly rich flavor,
and Is r.',ch esteemed. especially for family
A brood SOW Is perhaps at her best as
producer, In the number and quantity Of her
pigs, as we'll as In the secretion Of milk,
when she Is from two to three years old.
powers OF generation usually grow weaker,
and she Is much less liable to save the pigs
that may be dropped. Under ordinary cir