The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-01

troublesome ID the field, very old ard
ait tic same time very good remedy is
to entrap them IN lioles made ncarsfIie
plants, or hills, II in the cernfield An
old rake handle tapered al the end SO
as 10 make a smooth hole Ave or six
inches deep, 81 more, viii answer gery;
well for this purpose. In the morning
the worms that have taken refuge in
these holes may be crushed by thrust
ing the rake handle into them again,
and the trap is set for the next night
1t is always well in planting to make
provision for the loss OF stalk or two
by cut worms or other causes, as it is
easicrto thin ont than to replant
CARE OF SHEEP. Take good care Of
the Young lambs. When you md enc
just dropped, weak and cold, do not
stand upon your dignity and think it
beneath your notice, and SO let it die.
Have it taken to warm room, give il
bath of warm water, about as warm
as yotEwonld have = bath for your own
feet, and then rub it dry with warm,
dry cloths; give two or three speonfuls
of warm milk, and in an hours time
yon viii have a strong vigorous lamb,
which win follow its mother anywhere.
If your sheep have catarrh in the
head, do not torture them By boring
holes in the nostrils, OF injecting strong |
drugs, as recommended BIZ some. The
remedy is simple: Take equal parts of |
spnlverizcd rosin, flowers of sulphur and |
salt. Cover the bottom of their feed
troughs with it; the sticky nature of |
the rosin, combined with the moisture
of the salt, makes the sulphur adhere
to their noses, and the fumes Of the
sulphur cure the catarrh. While ] +
claim this as my own specific for the
catarrh, it is free 10 all. --Colman's
Rural World.
CurnsG SEED no SINGLE EYEs.-I
must give my experience IN favor of
cutting to singleleyes, having practiced
it for a number Of ycaFs, and I know
whereof ! speak. Two years ago had
Early Rose yield at tile rate Of 4ss II
bushels per acre by cutting to single
eyes, planted in a moist sandy loan,
three inches deep and not hilled up. 1
Last year / got two La Plume Triumph
potatoes from Mr.. TilIingast, with a !
package of other seeds, and cut them
TO single eyes. There were only twenty
two eyes in the two. 4 planted them
In hills, three feet apart, single eye in
a hillsand obtained very large bushel !.
of large potatoes. In several instances
| found three tubers as long and broad
as my hand and about two inches thick,
all fastened to one stem, coming from s
one eye. The potatoes were excellent s.
better than the Early Rose---whiter
and moro mealy grown side by side.--l
Country Gentleman.
EARLY STaAwBEaRrEs.- The first ar
riyal'of Strawberries from Florida, was Y Y
about the first week in January, and D
since then the market has been well
supplied. We have kept the run Of
the fruit that has been offered, and
have been surprised to find that the
variety reaching market in the best con VI
iition, is the Charles Downing, a berry,
generally regarded as too soft for trans
porfation to great distances. The fruit
rom Florida makes the greater part of y ps
he Journey by steamer in reffigera- "
or, and, rs a general thing, arrives in !
excellent condition. While some va "
ieties, like the Wilson, become dark
olored and dull, after they have been
licked for q day or two, the Charles
Downing remains as bright and lively a. "A
color, as If just from the yines---a :
most valuable quality in d market fruit.
md especially in one for shipping. wo
american Agricultnrist
SUES. Engsish gardeners place Gu
andfuls Of bran at intervals of eight
T ten feet along the border of garden (
'aiks. The slugs are attracted 10 the
ran, and IN the morning each little u,
cap Is found covered with them. The ii
round i then gone over again, this
lne The operator providing himself
ita = dast-pan and small broom and
= empty bucket, and II is an easy
latter 10 sweep ap the little heaps and
mpty them, slngs and al, into the n
ncket- Ia this way many hundreds
ave been taken in q single walk, and NJ
9 little salt and water be placed on
10 bottom of tho bucket She sluos ~
3nllnQ IN contact with II a~a ,l..,ss,4 ~