The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-05-15
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0oaa ktpeEi like good clothes, will
show bad treatment.
Whom you hare purchased good
stock take care IF 1t.
Orchard grass viii do well ii oil
parts 81 tho country.
TITS best 10 more slowly il tic mat
ter 81 deepening lie soil.
Ashes aaa aaIt, eoperaa and sulphur.
This i flle preventative Of hog cholera.
skilIfnl eultisation should be The
aim y every farmer who plants q crop.
Tlsa lime fol economy in forage
and grain is when she fartslcr'a barn II
full.
The eniur crop u one Of the most
important crops grown both proiita-
be and healthy.
Agriculture cannot be taught by
theory. = Is something which re-
quires lally practice.
Il Ii SAID The bohemian oat swim
dlers have taken &s5, 900 worth of or
deFs II Eaton county, Michigan.
Never keep different breeds Of sheep
together; tic conditions best suited to
some are not the best for others.
Never be tempted into keeping
more stock Of any kind than yon have
frst-class arrangements for keeping.
Animal contagion Is profitable
thing for those who get to use the APP
propriatlons made for that purpose.
Many Northern farmers in coming
South are frequently heard to say they
could keep their stock on our waste.
Two years Of thorough cultivation
will be needed 10 snbdne tough sod
80 as TO fit it for seeding with clover.
Tn selling of yonr surplus sheep
always keep the best. Remember they
are worth more to you than any one
else.
The peach is very particular in re-
gard to perfect drainage. 1t likes a
deep, rich soil with deep, red clay
aabsoil
Heavy soil turned up in the fall
will be worked by the frosts and
freezes IF winter into fine tlIth by
spring time.
Take the wool off your sheep as
soon as the weather Is warm enough
TO permit its being done with safety
20 tie sheep.
Onions often yield 300 to 400 bush.
els per acre, accordingfto soil and cul-
titrc, and rarely sell for less than so
cents per bushel.
10 Is generally acknowledged where
il ID most practiced, that subsoiling
should be combined with reasonably
good Understandings.
When yon buy stock for breeding
purposes be sure that 1t is better than
tho best in your own flock; both in
blood and development.
Prof +. a. Gully, Of the Mississippi
Agricultural College, says, johnson
grass stands first for permanent
meadow in quantity and quality.
IL 1t pays a well-to-do farmer to use
only the best implements, then the
poorer the farmer is the less able he Is
70 farm with unsuited implements.
Wherever possible, an old sod should
be plowed in the fall, so that part Of
the decomposition Of its roots may
occur IN winter while they are dor
mant.
II il estimated that the acreage in
cotton this year will be larger than
ever before. The number Of acres,
1s,000,000, and estimated yield. ,0o0,.
900 bales.
Wool ID not quoted at this time ii
New Orleans or Galveston papers. VIZ
wonder If the great quantity Of WOO
grown Ia this parish viii have to seeI
market in st. Louis9
II il i good idca in our section q
country TO mulch the young trees
This may be done by cutting the grass
with q sythe and allowing it to remain
on the ground around the root Of the
tree.
Encourage the starting of nursery
in this community. There will b.
ready sale for al kinds of fruits tina
do well here. Then you can select and
buy yonr own plants direct from Thu
nursery.
MIR. Crandall, Of the Western New
York horticultural Society, says
farmers furnish a market for nine
tenths Of the tool and other Inanufac
tnrers, and they pay taxes on all the,
possess"
Arrange yonr gardens for horss
work, abolish beds, and plant every
thing in long, straight rows, md leave
at each end . grass plot wide enough
10 turn on. This will save labor ID The
garden work.
iii eight Of the American States
there arc ], 70e butter aud cream fac
tories, and the value of the dairy pro-
ducts Of the whole Union last year
was $500, O00, 900, while the yalue Of
the milk cows is estimated at $780,
100000.
Every farmer has more Or less ashes
every year. Many just allow them To
be thrown out without making any
effort TO nse them to the best advan-
tage. Old bones, hats and shoes are
allowed 70 0O to sgassa. while III 4hev 1