The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-23
Earn, and Garden Noteg.

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another is conducive to the health o.
/; the sheep.
{ Mix cha.coal with the food wher
J fattening turkeys. It corrects a idity
I Of the stomach and prevents indi
gestion.
After removing the harness, battle
the shoulders of working horses plenti'
fully with salt water. It is 10th g
preventive and a remedy for this
trouble.
, When you harvest cabbages do not
leave the stumps in the field or throw
them on the compost heap. Either
plan helps to perpetuate club root.
They should be burned.
Buttermilk, with a little meal added,
is excellent for fattening pigs. For
calves it should be mixed with oil
meal. 1t should not, however, be
given to very young calves.
AS soon as onions show signs of
maggot work pull the affected ones by
the roots and carry them from the field.
Chi lren can do this work and many
onions a thus be saved, as no worm
can then destroy more than a single
onion.
Seeds of native plants which do not
terminate till the following spring
should be planted in a soil made loose
with mod, or some similar substance.
Care should be taken that the soil
does not get "sour." The strippings
of cocoanuts are a favorite among
gardeners for mixing with ordinary
earth for such purpo es.
J. Seeds placed in alright cans, or in
bottles closed with glass shoppers, are
very liable to mold from the effect of
the moisture they give off. Cork stop
pers are preferable to glas. If seeis
are stored in large quantities they
should be placed in a warm. dry place,
or charcoal or other absorbing sub
stance put among them.
Parsnips are a good crop with which
to follow early potatoes or other vege-
tables. They may be transplanted
from seed rows at this season of the
year or a little later, and they will
grow to a fair size. They may be left
in the ground over winter and be mar
keted in the spring. 1t is thought that
freezing improves their quality.
Professor Cook, of Michigan, recon-
mends the destroying of al old birds
nests in apple crchar, S. as they are
good hiding-places for apple worms
and Other insects. He also advises
putting wire screens ON cellar win
dows TO prevent the escape of codling
moths, which hatch out in warm days
in fall and spring from apples stored in
the cellar.
A bottle of carbolic aci1 should be
kept in every farmhouse, not merely
as a d~isinfectant, but as a wash for
wounds and sores. For any purpose
they should be diluted with water. It's
power to de troy fungus growths
makes carbolic acids invaluable in
pruning orchards of pear, plum or
peach, where blight or other disease is
suspected. Thepruning shears should
be frequently dipped in carbolfc acid
water.
A correspondent of the Farmers
ReUisW has practiced during several
winters the plan Of keeping apples in
dry sand, poured into the filed barrels
after storing in the cellar, and finds it
a decided improvement" on any
lother eyer tried, the fruit remaining
till late spring "as crisp and appar-
emily as fresh as when first gathered"
He does likewise with potatoes, and
uses the sama sand year after year.
If peach growers will go through
their orchards every fall and examine
each tree closely they will find upon
many of them gum oozing from the
trunk neal the ground. BY brushing
away the gum a small white grub with
a black head will bs found drilling his
way through the bark. Kill all of
these pests and the trees viii not suffer
from borers. The early part of Octo-
Der is the best season for doing this
work.
Foul foot in cattle is caused by pas
turing on land SO wet that the huofs
sink into the soil. When it once gets
in a herd 1t is apt to become in
fictitious. and great trouble is often
found in getting rid of it. Powdered
vitriol applied after thoroughly cleans
ling the foot is the common remedy.
It is harsh, but effectuai. As boggy
land is usually reserved for pasturing
It is worth viii e to know that even
for this purpose thorough drainage
works marked improvement. Again,
after undertaking such land is often
the best for grain and rot crops.
Recipes for salad Dressings and
salads.
POTATO SALAD-Ten cold boiled
potatoes sliced, one tablespoonful Of
chopped parsley, and mixed with the
French dressing.
TOMATO SALAD.-Ripe tomatoes
peeled and very cold, cut In thin slicss.
Arrange on o fat dish. Put a tss-
spoonful Of mayOnnaise dressingi n
center Of each slice and arrange b be.
der Of parsley around the dish: also
sprig here and there, and you will hav
something dainty and inviting,
FRENCH DRESSING. Three table
~spoonfuls Of oil, one be vinegar, one
saltspoon ul Of salt and q speck Of cay
enne. Put salt and pepper In q cup
with one tablespoonful Of Oh. When
thoroughly mixed add remainder of oil
and the vinegar. Add a little onion
Juice II desired.
CREAM DREssING.-Two eggs, three
tablespo0afuls of vinegar, one DE
cream me tpaspoonfnl of smear . liz.