The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-06-19
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| Old hens should he hillrd i'll June, thus
SAVING the eynpnsc of feeding them
| through the summer when eggs are cheap.
| Fowls in confinement need u variety OF
food to prosper: They require mixture
of green food with grain as much as
horses or cattle do.
| MANY good cows are spoiled by all WING
! them to sleep ont some warm nights Oh 'he
ground before the f oSt is all ont. BE
careful to keep the COWS i'll at nights uil-
| til the ground gets warm.
| We have found that corn ground with
the cob and mixed. hcloIe grinding, with
oats or barley, makes a good tool Tor
! u, arlv all classes of stock, says tho n. !.
Herald. The fact that the cob increase
bulk with Slight increase OF nutrinent
makes the meal better Tor iiany eases
pure corn meal is TOO concentrated, and
grinding the cob with it gives greater
| bulk and prev .nts injury to stock.
A farmer proposes the following novel
plan for catching mol"s: Take two "id
COW horns and place them point t" p"int,
turning tlw hollows outward Ill the 1racH
ofthe mole, and then replace the EARN
over them. TIL, mole will come along
soon and crawl into the horn just as tar
rs he can 20, and remain there trying TO
oct through, as he cannot turn around,
and moles never go backwards. Scratch
nm and examine your horns occasionally
and rou will soon have Your mole.
| Bcc-culture. from the soun1est economic
! considerations. ought undoubtedly to be-
come Il great National industry, fostered
and protected by the State. The bulk OF
the honey crop Of this country lwhi'ii is,
in round numbers, about 1oo,000,o0o
pounds annnally.) comes from the bee
keeping which is i'll connection, more or
less. with f;lrinin. Popular Science
Monthly.
The true farmer does not 60 into his
fields ftint-heartyd ana dcsp"ndent, "'S-
trusting the marc,, Of the sun OF the COM
ing of the harvest; he trusts patiently that
ordering of Tie seasons which have never
vet failed ana he knows that for every
unirutful year there will bca dozen fruit
iul ones Take hold of life in tlit saline
spirit: put oat Of your mind all thought OF
failure, and out of Your heart the weak.
ness that springs from it, strike out boldly,
ana strike out strongly; with full taiti III
yourself your destiny, and your God =
! The Christian Union.
Few persons appreciate The effect Of Gil
| tire suppression of weed seeds for SINCE
| year in clcanin. land, especially where
| frequent tillage gives opportunity for seeds
| to come to the surface and terminate. Tn
| nd dragged once week through the
season. millions more OF weeds are destroy
ell than the cultlvator supposes. Many
have but Just terminated, and nprooted
thus early lose their only chance Of caus-
| inc the farmer trouble A weed seed once
sryoute,l and then buried VIII never surout
! again.
It is ralrore;i that ~ fast walk in Il
| horse IS the most valuable gait that train
| ing can acquire. L IS valuable i'll pillow
horse, in team hors', and part .cnlarly
50 in driving horse. Some horses will
trot along very we'll until they come to
| ascending ground, when You wish to re-
licve them by letting them walhnp grade.
They tn n fall into a slow, lazy walk,
that is very trying to the drivers pa
| tiancc: but a well-trained walker will step
off briskly at the rate of four miles an
| hour, and the driver feels that he has
been detained very little by letting his
horse walk mp the hill, as he starts off at
his usual trotting speed, being relieved by
the change Of walking up the hill. Colts
should be trained to walk fast before
! there is an attempt made to improve them
in any other gait. This may be accom-
| plishcd by commencing very young, and
leading at a walk by your side, urging
additional speed little by little, without
letting it break into trot; but this must
not be continued long at a time, so as to
worry or tire. One Or two short lessons
a day will soon show wonderful i'm
| prcvement, but after-lessohs will be re-
quircd to prevent a relapse"
| PURE DRINKING WATER.