The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-23
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TUE amount of flesh forming
food is greater in oats and oatmeal
than in any other grain, being about
l6 per cent, and the amount OF la''y
snb.,aoce is double that contained
in wheat. Poultry Monthly
CoLoHIzGSo fowls in separate
ANAL aocks in the manner they are
KEEP, in villages and small towns IS
practicable. Any number dlTideo
into small lots with separate houses
ard rms will be productive and pro
ftable. if brains, means and tho
ro,ol, practical knowledge of poultry
culture be employed at all times
Il Poultry Monthly.
OVER Four BALES TO THE ACRE
J. c. f., of Rome, Georgia, writing
to the Editor of Cotton, New York.
under date of May q, 1880, says;
"Your Aberdeen (Mississippi) cor
respondent, who describes at length
the process by which planter OF the
town obtained two bales TO the acre.
has probably never heard OF the
achievement Of Mr.. T. G. Warbler,
Of Washington County, Georgia, III
1878. He obtained, | believe, the
heaviest yield of cotton on record
lie was competing for premium oil
fered by the Georgia State AgricuI
tnral Society, and gathered from an
acre 6,89l pounds of seed cotton
yielding 2,096 pounds lint, or little
over four bales of 500 pounds each
The rows were checked of three fec
each way, and one stalk was lett II
each hill. This distance gave hiu
a 900 stalks to the acre, and, a!lo"
ing 100 boIls to the pound, lie mus
have had 140 bolls TO the stalk In or
der to procure G,S9l pounds of see
cotton. Mr.. David Dickson, of Han
cock County, Georgia, reported i
1867 a,sixleen acre field which aver
aged 2,700 pounds of seed cotton t.
The acre. He estimated that POI
ton Of his sixteen acres yielded a
the rate of 5000 pounds to the acre
SUccEssFCL ENTERPRISE --Eestc
Manor, the farm of John B. Davis,
twenty five miles from Richmond
Virginia. 1t contains 1000 acres
the Pamunkey river, of which 20
are cleared. A few years ago thi
farm was poor and unproductlv'
IT, is now rich, giving empioymer
to hundreds aud feeding tens
thousands Of people in various part
Of the globe. During the last seaso
500 acres we're in tomatoes, 100
peas, so in asparagus, % in bIaci
berries, 60 in clover, and sever
hundred in peach and other fru
trees. Upon this farm the own
has large canning establishment
There is no similar enterprise OF til
magnitude in the world, and it is ii
creation Of Mr.. Davis own geniu
lie has built whole village abo
him, as residences for the people
his employ, in which there is inclo
cd hotel, a church and o station
the Richmond, York River aud Che
apeake Railroad. His canned goo
have been sent all over this con
nent, and have been introduced In
Europe. He grows his own fru
and vegetables on land specia
adapted to their healthy develt
ment. They are gathered careful
and at exact maturity. Nothing
ripe, oyer-riI Q, unsound or tainted
used. The specialties are tomato
green peas, peaches, sugar corn, c
tivated blackberries, asparagus 9
mixed pickles. - Exchange.
BR1NGING STocK South We
pleased to know that the desire
improve our live stock is extend
to every nook and corner of
South. This improvement will fc
the basis of real prosperity, and
expect TO see The good work go
till scrub stock of I'LL kinds shall
only in the memory of the cole
inhabtant."
But just here we wish to sour
riote of warning. 1t is much
fashion to send North and West
thoroughbred stock. In very m
cases it is necessary TO do so.
remember that no kind of stock
be brought South in the Spring
Summer without certain loss, esq
ally if full grown animals are
chased. Only in the Fall aud '
ter months should valuable 81
be imported, and it should be
young as the nature of the case