The Opelousas courier., 1885-07-11
TIE FARM AND HOME.
farm and Garden Notes.

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The Holstein is a good COW for fam.
lily use.
Have your garden bed mellow, rich
and clean.
Naples are rapid growers and make
a fair shade.
Unbolted rye -four is said to be a
good substitute for bees in place OF
farina.
Do not plough and cultivate your
land when it is too wet.
It is better not to trust to onion
seed two years old.
AS a rule, all gratis succeed best Cd
trees of their W species.
Remember that sweet corn makes 3
most nutritious forage crop.
The first week In August is a good
time to sow onion seed for winter
onions.
GEapasHFines which were left I'M
pruned last fall Should ps atteadtead-to-
at once.
If your poultry cannot pick ur in
Eect food, feed q little chopped meat
twice a week.
Grafting-wax made as follows:
Melt together rosin, beeswax and tai
low in equal parts and spread on cot
ton cloth. Tear into strips and wrap
around the graft.
Give your melons a southern to
southwestern exposure, and, if posi-
bic, a light, sandy, rich soil. You can
not raise melons i'll heavy land exposed
to the north and east winds.
Teach colts to walk, and walk fast,
By allowing no other gait until they
have fully accomplished the walk. 1t
is the best G VT for the farmers horse,
and the best preliminary training to
East trotting.
The following quantities are given
by an eminent authority, who says ten
pounds of timothy, twelve pounds Of
June grass or blue grass, ten pounds
Of red clover and six pounds of alsike
clover should be sown On one acre.
The kind to SOW depends on circum>
stances.
An ounce of nitrate of soda dissolved
In four gallons of water is said to be a
good stimulant for bulbs. 1t should
be applied twice a week after the
flower spikes show themselves. A pint
Of scot, tied up in a cloth and immersed
in the same quantity of water, is also
an excellent and safe stimulant.
Labor would be much cheaper if
tools were sharper. Solomon said long
ago, "When the Ike is dull, then must
be put forth more strength" But he
added in the same connection, evils
dom is profitable to direct" thus hint
ing pretty plainly his opinion that a
man who had any sense wouldn't be
caught using Il dull axe
The following mixture is advised by
Prof. Cook as a valuable i%nsecticide:
One pint Of kerosene, one quart of
soap, one gallon of water. The soap
and water are heated to boiling, when
the kerosene is added and all well
stirred. This prevents attacks of bor-
ers in fruit trees, kills all lice on plants
and has been found effective against
many insect pests. With whale oil
soap in the mixture, it has destroyed
the the cabbage maggot.
DR.. Riley, United States Entomolo-
gist, has published a remedy for cab
bage worms accidentally discovered by
MIR. Charles I'll. Erwin of New York.
The remedy is very cold water sprin-
killed. upon the worms during the heat
Of the day. It was found that such an
application in the hot sun caused them
to quickly let go their hold upon the
leaves, curl up, roll to the ground and
die, while the cabbages looked all the
fresher for the application.
The pig is no exception to the rule
that all domestic animals require salt.
The few animals which are fed Stops
from the house will get some salt in
this kind of feed, but not enough, and
they do better If a mixture of salt and
ashes is left where they can eat as they
wish. Many believe that lack of
proper sailing is one cause of hog
cholera where large droyes are kept
and given grain and water. When men
are deprived of salt serious diseases
result. In some respects the internal
structure of human beings resembles
of the pig.
= household Hints. F.5sS
Clean green window-bliuds when
faded by brushing them oyef with lin
seed oil AL