The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-04-14
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ces, Is prog esSiNc--' h"' "0N' ~
during the last gcneration--and the
farmer, who adheres to the old style
implements and the ancient methods
of cultivation. will fnd himself OH
the "back seat" both III prosI Gritty,
intelligence and influence. lmprovcd
tools are positively cheaper than Old
style implements, thoagh theII
prices mayyseem somewhat exprbi-.
tant,-- Exchange.
BERMUDA grass is without doubt
the grass for the South. For pas
ture land it is u cqnaIed, stock OF
all kinds leaving otItcr kinds and
nibb.ing This close to the ground
1t M kes sweet, nutritious hay,
easily cured and highly rclished.
Oar horses and COWS will leave the
best Northern and Western product
for their native Bermuda. An acre
of WI fertile Il land will produce
from three TO SIX tons annually. and
we have known this Latter yield to be
exceeded.
There should he no idle hours,
at this time Of the year, upon the
farm. The farmers lat or is low 10
, child's play, but is earnest and unre-
miLt;ng. Every nerve SHOULD be
strained to first properly | repare The
soil and then To plant seed which,
properly diversified, will surely yield
rich reward in due season. Judg-
ment and skill are as necessary 10
complete success in agricultural ope
rations as in any other and the read
ing and thinking farmer is nearly al.
ways successful one.
THE working stock should he
literally fed at this season of tie
year, if they are expected TO ito q
square days work. No half starved
animal can do Sufficient service. =
The same rule will apply to work
men. Give them Il IiheraI allow9nrc
and they will work fnithfuIly-stint
them in quantity or issue full re-
. lions of Inferior quality aad discon
tent is at ouce i..augura' ell. A hun
CRY man will shiik or slight every
possible !ah0r-a well fed one work,
willingly, and is interested in the
welfare of his employer. -
- FEEDING CorroN SEED. = p lessor
NJ w. Phillips, of the University Of
Mississippi, writes as follows to III"
Chicago Live Stock Journal: "Thc
Professor Of Greek n this University
called my attention, two DAYS since,
10 his cows. They will make better
beef than | can bay in market at ten
cents. These cows, two in milk and
two dry, with young stock, have been
fed on nothing bat cotton seed / one
hundred and fifty bushels; cost fifteen
dollars since lst October last. No
hay. "Have had n little bran, but
very liLlle," were his words. | have
been in Mississippi fifty years, and
the rule has been, cattle stand to II
seed pen, or on bank OF seed, Bnd
eat until content. Always a great
cry rs to cotton seed butter being
white and sticky. Some insist lint
is in the butter. | lived on n farm
in Kinds County, twelve miles eesI
of VIckoburg, FIR thirty three years
and my milch cows were fed seet
daily for sixur eight months. Ihat
n regular sugar boiler, set in brick
/ also had boiler with plank sides
and ends, such as you describe, with
sheet iron bottom set in furnace ana
tlue. used bran from sifLings Of
corn meal, with turnip parings, cab
bage plants and stalks, and sweet 20
tato parings from negro cook house
and | made rs good butler rs so,
have ordinarily. And my wife hac
her surplus butter engaged The yea
round at twenty-five cents. Solol
Robinson, formerly residing at LAX,
9. H., Maryland, | think was will
me in January, many years ago, AM
expressed surprise at my cotton see
butter. The bran and scraps were
small matter considering the quaint
ty of food. had fifteen to thirty o
Holc C"h". ne SVe" WAS toohc'
until lady could crush it helweel
her thumb and sforefnser; thus TIL
tough rind (huIl) was soft enough
TO be digestihle. | do not think an,
one of my neighhors cooked his seed
One professor here, a native, Away
cooks his, and say his COWS pick NJ
enough roushn SIS about the woods
Snow on the ground all last week
and his cows, as | write, are fiji