The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-07-17
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There is money to be made in
sheep industry.
Don't be stingy with your soil, OIL
twill be stingy with you.
Cotton, the king of the South,
stands the grass and even the drouth.
One Thousand dollars per acre have
been realized from orange culture in
California.
Pay attention to fruits of all kinds.
They are not only great luxury, bnt
profitable.
The people Of the United States
consume a greater amount of hog pro-
duct per capita than any other country.
Nest boxes should be thoroughly
cleansed and whitewashed very often,
or new ones replaced and old ones
burned,
Good judgement mixed with steady
work is the best fertilizer man can
use. They don't sell II in this town
though.
1t is said seventeen bushels Of wheat
can be raised from one grain of seed
in three years. Farmers, what per cent
isthis9
Make the home on the farm de-
lightful place to live, and attractive
to your children. You have plenty
Of room, why not have beautiful
lawn?
The exports of hog meats for the
year ending October 81, 1886, were
equivalent to the product of about
$3.50, 900 hogs. The average exports
for ten years ending 1885 equaled the
meat product of about I, 100000 hogs.
Nothing is more inviting to the
stranger as he passes along the high
way in the country, than the sight of
a beautiful green lawn reaching back
from the road side, Just in the rear
of which Isl located the farm house in
the midst of the orchard and grspery
which serve as background.
II is impossible for Southern, farm
ers to get ahead in the world as long
as they buy allthat is needed for their
stock, their field hands and their fam
lilies. There are very few of them who
follow the all-cottonsystem of farming
who do not find themselves in debt at
the end Of the year.--SdpannaA Meas.
Feed your chickens late in the even
ing, just before they go to roost. They
will be ready the next morning to
start early and put in a good days
work scratching, which exercise they
need TO keep them healthy. If fed in
at irregular hours during
the day, they become lazy, inactive
and soon die of diseasc.
An active brain is one of the great
est labor saving implements the farmer
can possess. It should be kept bright
and sharp. The man who permits it
TO rnst from want of use or dnIls it by
and strong drink, may go
TO Congress or become a bank pres
dent, but will never make a good
farmer yilmer atkinson.
A woman's colony is to be estab-
ished in Colorado, to afford poor
women an opportunity to support
themselves. They will engage in bee
and silk culture, small farming, the
of preserves and jellies,
and other similar industries. a num-
Der of wealthy Eastern ladies are at
Ihohead of the project.--DeHVer Nesos.
In 1860 there were over 22, 900, 900
Iheep in the United States, and in
1888 they had reached 50,6O0,0OO.
The wool clip in 1860 Amounted to
pounds, and in 1888, $780,
100000 pounds, TINS showing the
lip of 1860 to be less than three
pounds per sheep, while in 1888 it
averaged oyerfiye pounds per sheep.
A great many farmers injure them
ielves by excessive labor. If they
would only take few good papers
md devote a portion Of their time
o reading, while their bodies are
'esting, they would, no doubt, succeed
better. This reading would give them
resh food for thought each day dur
ng the hours OF labor, which would
:aase the honrs TO pass swiftly by,
md they would not likely be fretting