Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-11-13
FARM NOTES.

DRYrxG ToBAcCo. coi"fS are
desirable and are produced by RAPID
vino. In curing tobacco endea'or I'd
if dry slowly, taking care, however,
,t !. does rot yOle-burn.
WoRus N HoRsrs-To destroy pm.
rms in horses. give all injection OF
|, and water two or three days III sue
.ssion. then administer Il ball consist
. Of an ounce Of aloas and one drachin
calomel.-.N y Ucrofd.
Exercise FOR Fowls. A new way OF
FINISHING hens that are confined III "a
nall space with all abundance Of eXcr-
$50 !. recommended by an exchange. y
;ncr Of meat is suspended by string,
~ =, high that the fowls viii have to
1okc GOOD Jump to reach it. We sup
,nsc other kinds of food might he thus
laced and no hen would he without
hc incentive to take the necessary eXer-
Use while eating her daily food.
ASSERTING FN-Ir-ircat injury has
,ron done by the careless way Ill which
ome growers put up their fruit. 1t pays
II the end to give close attention t. as
sorting. and those who mark their grades
lols Sly and PIT their names on their
packages will soon obtain the highest
prices. 1t may require years for fruit
raiser to establish reputation, but when
this is accomplished he will always OBJ
tain really sales and be able to command
good prices.
SALT TO POULTRY clip the fol-
lowing useful hints: Hens often have a
habit Of biting and pulling at their feath-
crs. and grce,aly eating them until their
bodies are bear This practice it is be-
lieved, il occasioned 10y want Of salt, rs
when sailed food is gwen them, they
make no attempt to continue the hal.it
Salt pork chopped fine and fed twice a
week, has been adopted with success.
while others put n teaspooniul of sal;
with two quarts of meal or shorts moist
cned, well mixed, and feed it about twice
every week. Fowls, Ike human beings,
to be healthy, must have certain allow.
ance of salt.
Coal FOR PMSr.-Suel Foster, Of
Muscatine, writes the Iowa Homestead
us follows: 'Lct me again recommend
this article for old wheels, new wheels,
wagon wheels, buggy wheels, wheel bar
rows, etc. l have used it several wears
and know it is tho best paint ever used.
This year my buggy needed painting
some of the spokes ratified, sad some OF
the woodwork about the bed ratified o
little, and when my man was tarring the
wheels of the big wagon, the two-horse
spring wagon and the One-horse spring
wagon, he gave the buggy coat all ovel
running gear, shafts, dash board In.
side and out, all over. and now the old
rattle-trap looks and runs like n new
buggy, runs ms silent as a midnight hour
and shines rs black as black Jet glass
bead. Try it; it saves half the cost Of
setting tires; that is, they will not need
setting half a. often"
SAVING SEED CoRN.-We frequently
have the vitality of our corn killed by
early frosts, and consequently get poor
stand OF corn the next season. The pre-
vcntive is, rs soon us there 10 danger of
frost to go into the cornfeld and select
the ripest and fairest ears, and plenty of
them. Save only ears that have small
cobs and deep kernels. Either braid it
mp by few husks left Oh each ear. or
make scaffold in the loft of some build
ing, where a good circulation of air can
he had. & scaffold can be made by nail.
ing sticks from rafter to rafter. and then
laying small poles on. When the corn is
first put up, do not lay it too thick, ms
the cob may not dry out, and it NAV
heat and spoil. Spread out thin.-C0u,i-
try Gentleman.
MAKING CLAY Soil FERrrLE.-In the
Maine Farmer is related the experienced
Of Jonathan Weston in making clay soil
-oductive. He says his soil was "a
:, t;s hard clay; now it is a clay loan and
,;nL,, 'od crops. After blowing the
3. poorest acre in nv field.
'I';I, 'tn4 II after having, 1 told n
1 ubi so @ that when they had
Wy ana french hon. I'D be their bus;-