The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-18
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Eome Useful Hints Upon Various
Subjects.
Small Industries on the Farm How
TO Ring Pigs Fungus Growths
and Other Matters.

INC line comparative ptBnb VI HtAt hhh Sb'"''
farms Ia question which will not stay settled
Iii few cases the subdivision of labor and
economy OF syatem tell favofably on returns !,
generally however, the want Of capital, In
capacity for systematic effort, OF little was es
and leakaues make ambitious undertaking
comparatively Improbable. One advanta gre
u In the small farm system Ia the neeesea ry
app,ppriation Of every source of income, the
utilization Of every capacity FOR production.
and the employment of the labor Of every
member Of the rural family. The French
AFFORD good illustration of this idea
No fragment of time, no product OF
growth, no ray of sunshine or drop OF rain
ID permitted TO be lost. The care OF the
Hikwofm and the keeping Of poultry are
/ among these minor industries that afford EN-
b nloympnt to the extremes of youth and age,
rho comparative profit OF email and large
i l,asks OF chickens only illustrates IN an ex-
auuerated fashion the difficulty 10 get
Hing profit out of big farms. One In
thouaand will conduct poultry operations
prpntably on q large ecale by observing with
nxtrpme care the conditions that made email
/ Cock profitable. II the birds are allowed free
range without crowdlng, pure air and water,
animal. which small ftck ubtains In its
voluntary circuit nt the farm, they will De
3 healthy and profitable. But 1t la extremely
difficult to fulfill oil these conditions New
York Tribune
HOW no RING p1sss.
Al this peaeop OF the year hogs root the
i ground up badly for the roots Of grapes,
worlnu, eto. No pasture can be kept Ia good
condition with a lot OF hogs running In IT. un-
ipsn rings are put IN their noees. 1t is not
much OF o Job to do the II one UNDERESTIMATE 1t,
A correspondent OF the Ohio Humer gets the
pigs into a cloae pen--the ul,aer the better, as
you have n better chance to catch them. Take
u piece of half-inch cotton rope elk or seven
feet long, and make clip noose on one end,
Step UP to the left eide OF the hog and hold the
y nttnp well opened. In your right hand, then
4 DROP Il down until the bottom Ut the moose Ia
i even with the hoge mouth: now draw II back
h ae you would bit for horse. aud aa soon ma
YOU have 1t we'll In the mouth close the noose,
+ keeping yaur place by the hogs aide until the
nooee Ia drawn tight. Az soon IA THE In done
Il tie the rope to poat or anything convenient.
E that ia strong enough. The hog Will pull back
strongly as econ 40 fastened, and 30 will be
held steady while you work,
II Now that the hog Id caught, the next thing
4 IL to put Id Che rings, Use heavy ringe. such
4 IA are used by timers for tin pans. Take
4 your place In front Of the animal, and with
ahoemaker's punch make two holes half an
f Inch apart. one each eide or the CENTRE being
i careful 10 Get them far enough back TO give
the rings q good hold, and at the same time
Z not 30 deep Ms to touch the bone, "a IL will
make the noae sore. Next put IN your rings
and oluse them ON With s couple OF plneers now
the hoR'a nose, with the pincera, and at the
came time unite the rope from the post, and
your hog will be rung aud loose without in
Jury.
A writer on fungus growths says their cost
"A n
|fsEheyA blight his fruit trees from the seed:
they blight hts grain crops more or less every
year; they blight his fruit from blossom to
tta end, pursuing IL with 2 Determined hate;
they mildew his beans and peas; they impair
his corn and potatoes: they poison his hogs
and disease his cattle: they destroy hia loved
ones often With ineluious disease; and then
rot out his, store-houses, his dwellings,, and
even fastening upon hlmaef chains at laat. IA
| &c ground on which to ripen their aporea for
deadly work on others, No peat is 80 deadly,
none 80 insidlous In its workings, none 30
matchmaking us everywhere and under
SELVES, their very obscurity gives them the
best opportunity for doing us INJURY Prai-
RE Farmer.
SMALL FRUITS,
No garden Ia go small that an assortment
OF small fruit cannot be grown In 10, and only
those who have been thoughtful and planted
the vine or tree In its little spot among the
stands how much can be obtained from a
small patch of ground, Because large things
| cannot be done and extensive preparations
made for these things, the many do not enjoy
them. A small spot of ground will produce
u large yield OF Strawberries. They open the
season OF fruit and last about month pro-
0@cing daily supply and hantshtng sickness
| from the family. Then IL y few raspberry
buehes have been provided Ia the out-ot.the-
way places In the garden, that delicious fruit
fellows fast upon the heels of It's forernnner,
the strawberry, lasting not quite so long, but
u1iine the interval until the blackberres are
ready these 70 be followed with grapes in
great variety, thus giving season of small
n great saving In providing the table, besides
making it better.-l Factory and Farm.
TEosINrE.
As the farming communities are always
fnore or less interested In gro vths that prom
sc abountiful supply Of green fodder, word
Mput teosinte, which some OF the seedmen
Ave introduced into the market, may not be
4miss. Its advocates claim that teostnte sur
passes either corn or sorghum as a soilinH or
colder plant. 1t somewhat resembles Indian
CORN In aspect and habits OF growth. but the
leaves are much larger and broader, and the
stalks are filled with sweeter sap. In it's per-
feotion 1t produces large number OF shoots
which yield an abundance of foliage.
Seed OF teosinite have been sent from the
Royal Gardens at Kew, England, to various
British colonies. Including the Bananas, and
West Indies and Australia. According to
London exchanges favorable reports have
neen made concerning 1t, Australia reporting
las withstanding the severest drouths. Te-
,ssnte affords an Interesting plant for exper-
tnent at the extreme South, where It will be
perennial, though IL Is not advised to make
tie trial on q large scale. At the North, II
Sn In hot-beds during the spring and trans
Splanted to the open ground In May, teosinte
will afford a decorative plant for large gar
iens,--lSt. Louis Rural World.
SHEEP TICKS.
Ticks on sheep are a very troublesome
hffair, and how to get rid OF them Is the oues-
Zion. After the old sheep are shorn they will
hll or nearly all OF them take refuge on the
lambs. and II allowed to stay they propagate
10 such an extent that they become very
Troublesome. have seen them so thick as
% cause great deterioration in condition.
4 Ind no doubt death. When they get SO thick
4 Uhey are very difficult to dislodge. | asked a
4 uceessful wool grower the other day how to
1 let rid of them when the fleece is long, He
i aid Ii was very difficult. Giving SULPHUR"