The Opelousas courier., 1883-10-06
,rHE FARM AND HOME.
~, and Garden Notes.

a TrmV11 anu
r dry weather the cucumber beds
!, bearing should be watered'
e..,d the chicken feed and see if
d Do not have fewer cases of gapes'
/ farmer says that a little red pep
mixed with plaster or fine coal
lssss will keep off striped bugs.
DIT clover early and as close to the
,reund as the stones will allow, if you
s.0,ld have a vigorous second growth
81 4 good crop of seed.
The leaves from early cabbages may
ga to cows and chickens. They
.hould be given to COWS directly after
milking, about a peck at a time.
Il Is said that coal tar smeared
sbout rat holes so that the rats cannot
s..s without getting it on their fur
s., very soon cause them to desert
WSN y - .-
replace.
n old sod will rot more quickly if
nlowed shallow, provided the work is
rsll done. In the bottom of a deep
farrow, especially in early spring, the
nd is too cold to decompose rapidly.
Anew Jersey peach grower says he
eares nothing for the yellows. Give
,he peach trees a good dose of potash
ii over the ground where the roots
,efsed. and wash the bodies each spring
With I've, and the yellows can not only
il prevented, but cured.
correspondent of the New Eng
hind Farmer thinks that a liberal
dressing of phosphoric acid, potash and
lime will prevent the ravages of black
knot in plum and cherry trees, saying
his disease is unknown where land is
new and rich in mineral elements.
III
The quantity of milk that a cow
qiyes depends much upon the mode,
time and regularity of milking. Cows
Id best that have one regular mixer,
and The time of milking should be
carefully attended to, and not be SUBJ
eted to variation from day to day.
plow and cultivate frequently. Don't
he stingy with the plow and cultiva-
tOr. When this sort of work is done
atein the evening or at night, the soil
gets the benefit of the dew, and dew
holds valuable fertilizing agents that
become absorbed when the soil is pre-
pared to receive it.
TO obtain the largest yield of pick.
les they have to be picked as soon as
they are OF proper size, and none
should be allowed to go to seed. Ii
seedis to be saved, a few vines from
which no pickles are to be picked
should be reserved for this purpose. A
single vine produces only one or two
seed cucumbers.
II is usually quite as well to have
COWS calye in the fall, particularly
EN1&#"r
where milk and butter are more impor
tant than the calf. With ensilage feed
Ing, winter will prove the best time fol
butter-making, and the silo system
will probably be so slow in coming
into general use that the price of but
ter may be high for many years t.
come. The worst season of all to hay'
a cow calye is in late spring or early
sumner. The first flow of milk ther
comes at a time when it is least valu
able, and costs more trouble and labo'
to- make into butter.
In planning a system of farm drain
age it is not generally best to com
lnence in the Wettest places, becaus'
these require most labor and yield tn
smallest proportionate return. Tn
work Of thoroughly renovating one
acre Of marsh will often requir
enough labor and tile to make dry fv
q ten acres of upland that is just
little too wet for profitable cultiva
tion. 10 make any work go farthest
Y should be put where least is needed
which would leave the most Difficult
places for the last to be reclaimed.