The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-01-15
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

fUn throat olstemper, CRATE fine a
small, green, wild turnip; or if dry,
give heaping spoonful, mixed with
also.
A FEW drops of ammonia added to a
gallon OF water and applied once a
week to all pots of flowers will do much
good and keep the pots and earth from
souring.
SOME one who has experimental in
the matter says that handful of bran
scattered in each hill of potatoes when
planting will increase the yield one
third. -
A DAIRYMAN says: Never keep a poor
COW the second year. No man can af-
ford to keep a cow that will not make
from POO to .220 pounds of butter or its
equivalent every year.
For potatoes and tomatoes take one
wheelborrow load Of earth where the
vine is to stand and fillin with half coal
ashes and half SOIL. The yield will, be
nearly doubled thereby.
SOAK oats in tepid water before feed
ing them to horses. Old horses with.
bad teeth can then masticate the grain
sufficiently, and greedy young animals
will not swallow it whole.
A SOFT, firm, velvety skin is nearly
always found on good COW, and a
thick, hard hide on poor one. A soft,
firm skin denotes rich milk, while a
soft, velvety skin indicates quantity of
milk. IN xksSsss@ x<s
FARMERS do not fail so much from
want of knowledge as they do from
want of action. If their knowledge is
not applied to labor, prompted by ener-
gy and perseverance, it win accomplish
nothing.
The following rule in plowing is rec
ommended: Never turn up over one
or two inches of unfertile subsoil in one
season; and, when SO turned up, the
land should receive a dressing Of ma
nure.''
The yearly dairy product of New
York is III, ,373,361 pounds of butter
and 98,725,172 pounds of cheese. Of
this total, thirty-three counties make
annually 83,478,73U pounds of butter,
and 95, ,9SS, ,92O pounds of cheese.
ONE Of the plainea Indications of un.-
ing to waste, or unemployed. When
this is seen there is no need of looking
beyond the stables and yards to find out
the condition of the farm, or to Judge of
the success Of its owner. -
+ IIr Is ! great mistake TO keep cattle
stabbed all winter and then turn them
out in springs exposing them to cold
storms of wind and rain. Stock, es-
pecially dairy stock, and all animals
giving milk, should be carefully pro-
tected in the spring until the days and
nights are warm. s, So
THE cheapest food in America is corn
bread properly made. It is also very
healthful and invigorating. It is the
main dependence Of the very poor. It
requires but a trife over a pound of it
per day to keep the human system in
health and vigor, and this pound costs
only about one cent.
"A CORRESPONDENT of the Plouobn,aa,,
writing from Watertown, Mass, states
that he has been very successful in eur
ing warts on the teats of cows by amply
bathing with water in which beans have
been boiled. Have any of our readers
had similar success in the use of this
simple remedyP ,...z,.
T TWELVE quarts of milk day is quite
common for Kerry cows-the smallest
of British breeds-but several cases are
on record where they have given when
flush, during a period Of several weeks,
as much as astwenty-two quarts, of quail
ity, the London LiUe Stock JostrGal says,
"inferior only to that Of the jersey"
Mr.. Isaac C. PIERCE, Rochester, N.
Y, reports steady Improvement in the
quality of apples from an orchard in
which he has kept hogs for several years.
| He does not think crop rotation always
necessary; has raised garden corn on
the same plot for successive seasons, and
I'the past year the yield was at the rate Of
$50 bushels of ears per acre.
l. AT MILKING TIME.-At milking time
we do not want so much talking and
running around the vpound ;, or yard,
| We want all those who are not milking
to either stay away or to set quietly and
sensibly. We do not want the cattle chased
all around the yard with q stalk or
heavy stick, until they are 'stired enough
to stand still now, are you?" but by be.
ing uniformly kind we want each COW to
know that we come to relieve her OF
her milk, which we intend to do quietly
and quickly. We want her to under
stand we are her best friend and never
intent on injuring her in any way. By
having only quiet, experienced mixers
you will, reader, be surprised at the
great difference in the daily yield oi
milk. 1t is scarcely necessary to eau
ton cleanliness at milking time, for all
should know its great importance; but
we must speak of moistening the cows
teats to make the milking easier. This
may be the case, but when this is per.
sisted in the teats are apt to harden and
crack. The best plan is to sponge them
off, just before milking, with pure wa.
l ter warm in winter, cool in summer
and, when they have dried. off, to do the
fnlilking, and the teats will always be
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