Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-10-16
The New Orleans Time, Dsmoorat As

serts that the successful ipventer of c
horse or steam power cane-cutter, to har-
vest the sugar-canc crops OF Louisiana,
will be able to move into millionaire's
residence before Christmas
In order to guard ag INST flies the stable
should be thoroughly cleaned often. A
sprinkling of the floors with mixture
of teaspoonful OF carbolc acid and two
gallons of water will disinfect the stall,
while the manure heap may also receive
an application with advantage.
A plant is an organized compound of
sun energy with earth energy sun
energy means ac.d;ty while Garth energy
as well means a1alI. Or the neutralizcr
of acidity, hence horses slobber from
eating vegetables grown in the latter or
hotter part of the season, says the Ger
mantown Telegraph.
Few farm crops take up so much pot
ash as the potato. 1t is an alkaline ju &C
that stains the hands when pairing pota-
toes, and it is best removed by oxalic
acid. This alone should be a sufficient
hint as to the kind of fertilizer most
needed BIZ potatoes, and IS tho rea-on
why this crop soonest fails ON sandy soil,
where potash is IA ally deficient.
Tocompel Brahmas and Cochins to roost
high will be cru lty. They have difficulty
not only in getting upon a high roost but
in getting off. All roosts should be mad,
low and of the same level There is no
necessity for h WING them high, and rs
nearly all disease of the feet arise from
high roosts they should be abolished.
Orchards that are in e as continually
are sometimes in ured. The best method
is to pillow under the grass, lime the land,
give an application of well-rotten manure,
and reseed. Som orchards do best when
IN grass, if the soil is rich, but the peach
and plumb are exceptions.t The grass
should, however, be plowed under &C.
:assionally.
Selling for week or two will be found
an excellent method of allowing the pas
lures TO grow up again, and as small
piece of clover or good grass may be use
by cutting quantities of it daily, and
leeding it in the yards, the labor and
expense need not be great. Those who
will try soiling for short time may be
induced to continue it, as beneficial re
suits always follow by so doing.
Milk can be fed to poultry in any con-
lition, either as skinned milk, butter
milk, curds, or when mixed with meal
IT ground grain of any kind 1t is val
liable food for egg production, being rich
IN albumen, and supplies many substances
that may be lacking in other foods. 1t
IS cheap on those farms where only the
cream is desired, and it will give better
results with poultry than when fed to
pigs.
If cows are allowed to dry and rest
about six weeks before calving they will
be in better condition when they come
into full flow again. It imposes dou-
pie duty on the COW to yield large
AMOUNT of milk daily, and also provide
material for the growth of the fGtus and
supply bodily waste Give her respite,
feed her well, and she will produce bet
Ter calf and yield larger proportion of
milk.
The albumen or white of an egg is
somewhat similar to blood in compost
ion, and the poultryman will find it
very profitable to procure fresh blood
from the slaughter houses when it can
be obtained. 1t can bsput in bag and
cooked, or it may BE- mixed with two
parts cornmeal and one part shorts,
baked into cakes and crumbled for the
chicks whenever it is needed. Fed to
hens it increases egg production, being
cheaper than meat aad much more bene-
fetal.
Mr. Fl. B. Gurier, the eminent dairy
man. says the Pndirie Farmer, is an advo
cate of winter dairying. He claims that
by changing from summer to winter
1airying he has raised the average net
profit on forty COWS from $l5 to $40 per
head. His winter ration is early cut
clover and timothy, with equal pats by
measure of wheat bran and corn meal.
One winter his milk suddenly shrank
from $50 to $50 ponds, and on ascer-
saining the cause lie found that late had
been substituted for carly cut hay.
If farmers would observe more closely
tho habits of those insects which prey
upon their crops, they would be much
better prepared to battle with them.
Take. for instance, the large black
squash bug which makes it appearance
when the vines are of large size, and ii
left alone will surely destroy them. The
observing farmer will notice that the eggs
are deposited on the under side of the
leaves in groups. which can easily be
crushed, and thus destroyed. He will
also observe that the bug n question will
get under stone, leaf. or covering, as
night approaches, and by putting
shingle beside the hill at night num-
Der of bugs viii take shelter under it,
and can be destroyed in the morning.