The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-12
AGgIgULTUR

cut grass sods six inches deep an"
six inches square, i1vert them, anu
pIant the seeds in them and place III
cold frames. When ready to plant
out lift the sods and plant IN Tie
hills where the melons are to grow
This is much better than po'l'hs'
-CAuL1FLowER is the most dell
cate AMI delicious of the cabbage
family, and grows and heads best In
warm, damp weather, with the nights
cold. To keep the heals from sprout
ing or spreading draw the larger
leaves over them, and lay stone on /
top of them to keep them ID place
-ORcnARDIsYs endeayor to train
their fruit trees low, allowing their
branches to grow out about foot
above the ground, in a pyramidai
shape. The leaves shade the stock
from the heated rays Of the midsum-
mer sun. The bark is not so apt to
crack and get worny. II is easy to
pick the fruit. The tree is well bal
anced, and is not easily toppIed over
b. strong winds.
R. S. inqaires the value Of bran
NJ an egg producing feed for hens.-
/ have used it for over two years, and
can iud nothing to equal it, If used
as I Ito. | moisten with boiling wa
ter and add small quantity OF
grease of some description, and feed
warm all they can eat once Gay.
If | lind it loosens them, l add q
spoonful of powdered charcoal to ev
cry quart of bran. BE careful an"
do MT wet it too much, and be sure
and have your water boiling. Chick
en- Herder in County Gentleman.
The possibility of utilizing the
abandoned coast lands of South Car
DINA by the culture of tea was the
subject of discussion at recent
meeting of the executive committee
of the State Agricultural Society,"
The result was the adoption of res
olution requesting the Agricultural
Bureau of the State TO call the atten'
ton of the United States Agricu!tu
raj Commissioner to the advantages
of the coast lands in tue neighbor
hood of Charleston for tea growing
and Congress be pelitioned to estab
lish an experimental tea farm nea
Charleston.
The total sugar crop OF the
world, which includes beet-root, cane
and maple sugar, is about 5,oOo,oo'
tons annually. In 1889 this figure
was exceeded, but there is dehci
this year, which must have an i'm
portant bearing on the market. L
must be stated, however, that the ex
ports from the ports of Maceio, Ara
caju, Parable and the northern Ri
Granle is not known, but varie
from 10000 to $4,000 tons. A yer.
striking fact is that the East Indie
produce / 100000 tons, or double th
crop of Cuba, and almost equal t
that of the whole European beet roo
production. A surface of $4,000
acres is given up to sugar cultivation
and the average production per'acr
is about 81 cwts.
MUSTANG and other varieties {
the wild grape, about the yard
premises, can be maize quite yalu
bic by grating the tame varieti'
into their roots. BY this means
strong, vigorous vine may be obtal
ed in n short time. Where it is tr'
one cannot always find wild vii
lust where it is wanted or in the O
der desired, certainty of goo
healthy vine is assured. Mr. +.
A. Buckets, of Salaio, informs
that he has recently grated in the
wild vines quite extensively for t
farmers on Little River. We trust
may prove a satisfactory investme
to them and the example be ger
rally followed. We shall probab
have occasion to speak of this m;
ter again. Exchange.
RESTORING IMPOVERISHED LAM
1t is evident to every think
mind, that the only hope of remul
rative agriculture in the Southe
States, is in the restoration of tli
impoverished lands, by the appll
ton of clover, peas aud the gras
the grazing OF such blooded stt
as possess within themselves, in
eminent degree, the convert
quickly converting food into file
bone, milk, wool, mutton, etc. w