The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-15
How to Make Southern Farms and
Plantations Pay.
"A Good Plan for Renovating Poor
Land-Cures for Hog Cholera
and Horse Catarrh.
Profitable Poultry Raising Miscellaneous
Farm Notes.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD PEA.

Southern field pea la good In the green or
dried state az = vegetable or as o soup. The
vines, when green, afford excellent forage for
oil stock: when cut and dried Is hay is rel
ished by sheep and young stock. When the
peas are suffered to ripen, 1t is great pas
ture for hogs before they are put up 10 pens
10 have their 1esh hardened with corn. To
have the best Southern hams, which are
w0rld-renowned, tho hogs should be kept On
grass during tho year with but little grain or
glOp; have few weeks run on pes-leld
when most or the peas are ripe, Or run Ia
the woods when there Ia plenty OF mast, and
then fed n few days with corn. But the
greater value uf the COW or Southern pta ID it's
great use and adaptability To green manur-
Ing. We re3uperAted many poor acres by the
use OF peas atone. Peas are HOdsend 70
the poor farmer on poor land. Ihey Will
grow where nothing except poverty grass,
will grow. They Will give his family good
wholesome vegetable summer and winter.
will fatten his hogs aid enrich bis soil Mt one
and the same time. SO we say now, for the
nundredth time and more. plant Southern
field peas, either In drills or hills, FOR forage,
seed, or as u manurial crop. or SOW broadcast
among the corn when you cultivate the corn
the last time before laylnR the crop by.
Plaster is a good fertilizer for this crop. As q
crop for market they pay better than wheat
or other grain crops On the same land On
good land we'll prepared they will yield an
average OF forty or fifty bushels, and sell for
from seventy five cents to vi per bushel. In
very poor land they Will give more bushsls Of
seed than any grain crop, aud Yield more
forage or pruvender than any cultivated
grass known.
LEGS.
No part of the horse IL OF greater import
Arce than the ley; AMI the experienced horse
man will begin his examination, preliminary
ksN nhuaa tua u ma M
monces his composition. He wants " De
sure that the horse has four good sound legs
before he buys him. for he knows that niue
times out Of ten here Ia whore horse first
falls. The turf ho az that IL always troubled
with "a leg 10 d nuisance. Curbs, spavins,
rlngbonps, weakened or spraiued tendons,
s'buoked" knees. and stiffened joints are some
ct the troubles tfIHt HfftrCt tile tt,Hs ct the
horse. and greatly impair his usefulness.
The Indications Of u good log are hrmness.
hardness and smOothnsss TO the touch. show
inG an entire absence OF adlpOse tissue; large
well-defined joints, entirely free from ab-
normal appendaRea, firm, but elastic, cords;
. short pastern, short from knee and hook to
pastern joint. The shape Of the bone should
be bread and ast, aud the ley should stand
eQuarely and FIRMLY under the horse. the toes
turning neither In nor out. Inc bone ShOuld
be OF good size just below the knee, and Hat;
but large-sizad cannon-b bones. with strong,
clean back sinews AMI suspensory liXament,
are OF great Importance. "Cubby hooks,
s'cow hooks" bowed lexa, ""carit knees" and
s'over on the knees are indications that are
always unfAvorabie.
Ali these poipts are to be examined mainly
when the horse 10 not In motion; and when
fully satisfied Ia these particulars, 1t IL very
essential to see that, having four good legs,
the horse has the ability TO use them proper
ly; that he steps with irm, free ana elastic
tread that the legs aud feet do not get In the
way Of each other when he is In motion, but
move freely, without interference, and yet
without any padding or stradulinK motion.
Stiffness Of the joints will be more readily de-
tected by cau sing tho horse to step back
wards, and by seeing him In motion when
first taken from the stall. before he has been
warmed up.
FLAyORs or EGGS, MILK MEAT, ETC.
Eggs, like milk, owe much Of their flavor
to the food from whence they come as well as
70 tho places In which they come. a French
philosopher, indeed, proposes to give flavor
to food flesh by feeding 1t with Il svored foods.
The philosophy Ia sound, and butter is pecu-
1iarly susceptible to 1t. No one can be too
careful to keep butter from all dlsa9reeable
odors. The finest h.vors are only obtained
by employing the sensitive affinity Of butter
I'd absorb them, aud then removing the butter
from the extracted perfume by processes
which we need not now describe. MY own
knowledge enables me to fndorse the conclu-
sion OF the London journal Of Horttcutture
and Southern writer, that the bad flavor Of
eggs IL the result Of: 1. The food on which
Tia fowls are fed; or, O. The substance on
which (and the atmosphere In whichl the eggs
Are laid. 1t IL said this may be easily tested
BY shutting u9 LAYING ash ana sy w dnvs
the eggs will taste Of the food" But II may
be tested with various kinds OF food OF posi-
tive taste or odor. Again, as to the effect OF
the substances on which the egg Is laid. 1t is
explained that "the shell, when the egg is
iirst laid, is comparatively soft and impress
and only hard after contact with
the atmosphere" Aud then comes the ad-
mOnition and moral OF the matter. Let
your birds be wholesomely fed on plain food
and your nests be made with clean straw.
Hay nests have tendency to make eggs
taste. Follow nature and you will have
nothing to complain Of"
IRISH POTATOES.
Burbank's Seedling-White flesh. fine
grain; medium early; large; eyes not
very productive. II
WashinEton-Origin unknown; long and
rather thin; eyes shallow; iiesh-coior;
very productive; rtpens after Early Rose.
81. Patricia cross between Garnet. Chill
md Early Rose; whitet skin; few and shai.
ow eyes; medium early. This was offered
ast sprin for the first time.
Late Snowtiake-A spront from the Early
Snowflake and more productive.
Manhattan-Llke Compton's Surprise,
though more regular; skin dark purple, with
white splashes; origin unknown; flesh
Hunerlor-A cross between BrownelPs
Beauty and White Peachhlow; very produce
i've; dark skin; eyes small medium early.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES psrentaHe az superior
Ma few. not prominent; skin dark; hesh !
White; second eafiiy; productive.
Improved Peachblow-Ofoss oct ween Jer-
wv Frachbow and Excelsior; said to be as
rood In quality as the Peachblow and more !
productive.
Ruby-Parentage Early Rose and White
,eachhlow. Flesh white. fine grained and OF
rood flavor: natures with the Early Rose, and
1 said to be equally productive; red skin.
AlDha--This IL no doubt the earliest potato
d cultivation; parenta9e Early Rose and
'ebac; white skin, slightly red about the
yes.
Carly Rose; eyes few aud fiat; skin white;
lesh white; fue keeper.
Brownells Baauty-Eyes lew ana small;
lesh white; very productive.
Extra Early v-rmont-One OF the earliest
i potatoes. Mr. Bliss mentions one OF these
aised by Mr.. Mcleod that weighed three
louudS tWelys Ouuces.