Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-07-02
FARM .fND HOME.


than The Early Rose. II is earlier, ana
does not run To small tubers.
t<GrrwoRMs. Flower beds and lawns |
NAV ba protected from anglewOrms by
dressing Of salt now and heavy appli- |
cation Of lime in the early spring
KRErIHd GRAPES Bunches of grapes
were kept three months 10y al Australian
grower by dipping the ends of the stems
in wax and packing in kilndried ground
bark.
VruMIS.-Verrnin, saws an authority,
thrive best where places are kept dry,
nnd washing or sprinkling pigeon-cotes
daily is an ,nfallible means Of destroying
all parasites.
R,nRlrs. Axle grease and lard, well
mixed in equal proportions, and rubbed
on young trees, will protect them from
rabbits. Very little need be used, rs
only the scent is necessary.
CoRSsrALKs-Mr George Conner, Of
Burlington, Iowa, considers ton of
cornstalks worth more than ton Of hay
for COWS. He feeds to each mich COW
ono bushcl Of finely c,lt stalks, two quarts
of bran and two quarts f cob-meal mixed
and wet with water, both morning and
evening.
WARM Foop FOR hENs.-The value Of
warm meal for hens cannot he over
estimated. The cost need he little or
nothing. Vegetable pariurS and Kitchen
refuse of all kinds, boiled soft and thick
ened with bran, is all that is necessary.
Do nu; give more at time than thew
will cat clean. Try il, and see if You do
not get more eggs.
PACKAGE FOR BUrrER.-Can we not,
asks the Lirs Stock Journal, invent a
simple and casily-constructed package
for butter, which may be scaled airtiSht
md easily opened? Glass is, probably,
the best material from when to make II.
o. it is light and strong, permits no soak
age and imbibes no 'aints. Such a pack
age can lie incased in wood to protect
it. There must surely be some easy way
Of making a self-sealing glass package
for butter, when they are SO extensively
used for fruit. Three-fourths of the
bad butter in market is spoiled after
packing.
PLowINd Last year a farmer plowel
forty acres in the fall and in tho spring
started to pillow it again, when an old
resident remarked that he was having
his labor for nothing, as spring wheat
did Just as well on fall blowing without
blowing again. As lie had plowed deep
and well he thought he would try it,
and, after narrowing the whole. he
rowed his grain. The twice plowed lan,
WAS the first to show the grain, and on
il throughout the wheat WAS deeper
color, thicker and taller. and the dividing
line perceptiblc. Our informan. has n.
doubt that the twice plowed land Welded
five bushels more TO the acre than the
once powed. This was ample remunera
tlbIl IpT tile tAtih PioWAiE. ihChNSi'i' W
our friend will he an advocate of thor.
ough cultivation Oft-stirred ground
absorbs and retains more moisture, I've
side offering less obstruction to the pen
etration of the roots to great depths,
one great condition of continued growth
through the drought. -New York Her.
aid.
CALvEs.-A writer of much expert
enco in rearing calves says: 1--WE try
10 have orr calves fed on skinned milk
only, after they are 6 weeks old, but
sometimes the change from fresh milk
at this early age leads to securing. and
the time has to he extended. After tina,
time We give them only skinned milk
until they can be gradually brought to
full hay diet. If calf needs extra
feeding to bring it to thrifty condition
We give it about a pint of oats day
previously soaked in water. We avoit
bran with calves for fear Of loosenina
their bowels too much, and We avot
corn meal for fear Of inducing a ten
dency to take on fat in the carcass. We
even avoid giving the most nutritious
hay. and this for two reasons first, tc
prevent fattening, and, second, in order
that the calf, in satisfying his appetite
shall consume large bulk of food and
so develop the capacity of his digestive
apparatus and create permanent desire
for large feeding that will continue
when the richer feeding of maturity he
comes necessary. As a rule, We hord
that the young Jersey should he
"growthv," deep-fanked and loose
iointed, and should have generally the
characteristics which farmers know a,
"rangy."
ADVANTAGE OF OUACK SODA New
Jersey farmer, writing to the country
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