The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-01-31

II All the Year ROUND / n
GATHERING AND PLANTING Bones.
The value of bones as fertilizer, y
in ,heir,yarious forms, is we'll known.
The cost, some thirty to forty dol
lar. a ton, is the chief objection to
their use bp the average farmer. 1t
is not SO generally understood that
whole bones, as they are gathered
from the refuse Of families in the
ttroet and yards Of our villages, are
quite as available, and within reach
OF many thrifty farmers who have
business every week in the neigh.
boring towns. They are especially
valuable for planting around fruit
trees and vines. They can be put In
trenches within reach ofthe roots OF
trees already planted, with great ad~
vantage in the wood and fruit Of the
trees. They are rich in ammonia, ~
we'll as phosphoric acid, and will
chow their effects In the increased
yield Of fruit for over twenty years
or more. They have no standard
value, and can generally be purchas-
oil of the boys, who are glad to get
thirty i've or forty cents a barrel for
them. Sometimes bonzana can be
struck at the slaughter house offhe
village butcher, where the refuse oil
slaughtered animals, mixed with ab,
sorbents, makes q powerful fertili'
ger. This is much more valuable
manure than that of the barnyard.- -
The buried bones gradually softe1
under the influences of the soil, o
heat and frost, until the fine plan
rootlets penetrate the substance o
the bones, and absorb the nourish
{ ment. Ifyou take mp a grape vim
that has been planted over q bed Q
bones, after a few years, you wi
find the bones firmly grasped BY tn
3 roots, and in a decaying condition
From one three bushels may safeI
be planted under every pear and 81
pie tree and grape vine.-E America
Agricultural.
81 SCIENCE IN BEEEDrsG.--By jud
cious selections of males and 1
), males, breeders have been able
develop almost any desired chara
teristic in domestic animals. All
the various types Of domestic an
mails are the effect of selections
7 males or females which possessed
marked degree the characteristic
desired to be propagated. In mar
families Of cattle, sheep and 9th
animals, these selections have be-
made from one strain OF blood, wit
out sufficient regard to ccnstitutio
Old males or females are bred sole
on account OF superior points;
CARELESS of we'll established law
nature, that 'like begets like" a
that an animal pact the prime of Ii
or after it begins to lose it's youth
vigor is more apt to transmit TO
progeny bad qualities than good
The bad effects Of inbreeding are {
more to the fact that ill.assor
matches are made on account OF
difference in ages than to any OF
one cause, and the theory that
breeding produces bad effects,
based on the results arising Fl
such a course Of reasoning. W
Tslike bsgets like" il oil things
equal, the inequality or diferenc
age Of either parent may more I
counteract any superior points In
other, and if from over age or OIL
canse there are defects in either
rent, they are more likely to be sr'
mitted than are good qualities.
tendency to breed back the one c
mon parent stock is universal, I
10 men and animals, and to proc
any superior points Of excellsnc
either it 10 necessary to select yo'
vigorous males and females poss
ing the desired qualities. The
ting of an OLD parent (either NAL