The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-06-26
IF arm and Garden.

In SPRAYING apple frees With Paris
green the proportion OF pure green
should be modcratesiZel spoonful in
about three gallons Of water.
u THE Bteeders JounM advises farmers
to look out for their hogs When they
begin to couch. This coush is a signal
Tor many fatal disease
GRAIN raising and raeturing may
be made mutually profitable for a time
without rotation OF crops, but the
time IS certain to come when the grain
farming leeds TO be alternated with
grass
/. WHEN young lamb. becomes weak
and debilitated, after nearly ready for
weaning, it may be strengthened by
giving it feed twice day OF oatmeal
cruel and warmed milk.
HUsE plenty of grass seeds in order to
make an allowance for that which will
be destroyed or eaten bv birds or insects.
a light narrowing will always prove
beneficial upon newly seeded grlss
,
lands :
:! Fon af-rroducing vegetables. such
as cabbage, celery. lettucc, nothing
suits like soapsnds or the draining of q
barnyard. Many of these hints are of
course for amateurs who love superior
products. They are scarcely applicable
on large scale.
4 THE farmer Who has Door, rickety.
superannuated implements and takes
no care of what he does own. works
harder tasks his horses more severely
and accomplishes about half as much
as his Wiser uelshDor. *
Sou.sr and sweet potato vines having
rootlets ihat grow out from the under
sides of the Joints, which anchor them
ana prevent the wind from dislodging
them. should be lifted very carefully
when growing. as the rOOtletS not only
hold the plants in place but assist III
procuring nourisnment, and any dam-
age donc Ill ill.4liIil, retlr,iS :li0 vines.
TRE comronDl of two-thirtie wheat
bran to onc-thirl meal, wet with skim
milk AMI fed in tho morning warm, has
q good c~e-prodncing effect. This is
far better than Gear meal. The bran
does not tend to fat. and the milk is
even better than meat in the produc-
ton of eggs Fowls may eat too much
meat for neaith, but OF milk they may
drink all they wish. x
SUCCESSFUL culture OF apples must
provide good food for the trees. Wo
never saw the soil too rich for apples.
Kitchen ashes in which the table refuse
is thrown is an excellent top-drcssing
for apples. We like top-dressing better
than any other system OF manurlnG
apple trees. Even nice ditch scrapings
are good to top-dress with where noth-
ing else oilers.
THE question often occurs what TO do
with pot plants in the Summer? Tho
great majority of plants do much better
when taken wholly out of the path and
set in the ground. Those which como
up with matted roots do well, but If
the plant be of kind which has but
few WHY roots they wither so much
when lifted in tue Fall that it is better
to keep them wholly III pots.
ProFrssor II. {. ALvoRD believed
that the milk itself WAS more susceptible
to the influence of the air than to tho
breathing of tho COW. lie would draw
the milk in the open air and thus have
it thoroughly oxygenateL. When ths
COWS are MIXED in the same air i'll whicl
they stand, the milk will he bad. but
MIXED in fresh DIR the trouble will b.
obviated
WHEN BEES arc rearing brood rapid,
they leave the hivc OH quiet, cool days II
search of drink. and if they fill up o1
very cold water will become chilled an'
fail to reach the hive. II hot water
frequently poured into the drinkln
vessels it will save the life OF many
bee. After trying various articles q
floats in drinking vessels. have notice
that bees prefer cut straw for this pul
pose to any other.
SELECTING nEIFE3 CALvEs.-A 600
Judge OF dairy stock will select froi
heifer calves those likev to prove goo
for milk and butter. The art Of selec
ing can scarcely be explained on pape
but little experience will soon sho
the novice the qualities desired. IL
head should not Ue over large. tho nee