The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-05-22
IL ARM & Stock.


fruit trees
There i great waste between the
farm md factory.
i yoh desire 10 work hard and grow
peue raise All cotton.
n ilss comb Of your chickens are 81
abfialli Ted color they are ID ahcaltlly
condition
Chickens DO not need any food dur
Ingllse first twenty-fonr hours after
llsey arc iiaiehed.
a larger number If Presidents have
hecn taken from farm Iife than from
arv other one calling.
II 3 lieFae coughs wet his feed with
wafla water, and protect him from ex-
posture % cold and rain.
Gut The corn stalks, hay and oats
for she stock, there will Be less waste
and steek will do better on 1t.
Tic best mode, least risk and least
exposure Of saving seed cane is to
plant It in The fall as you cut it.
Fruit trees should be transplanted
in the fall of the year, and about the
same depth they stood III the nursery.
The town Of Jeanerettc has an in
corporated association known as the
Attalapas Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal Fair Association.
Do not commence the growing of
fruits for market on too large a scale,
to the exclusion Of other things, Bet
ter Be slow and be sure.
When yon transplant tree prune
back one-half, cultivate and keep down
all weeds until warm weather, then
mulch them with leaves or hay.
The scuppemong grape does well
in AL parts Of This State, in fact they
are the least troublesome, most hardy
and snrest bearers Of any of the many
varieties.
a correspondent of the Country
GtntleBaaaa says there is nothing like
overlooking hens for stopping the sup
ply Of eggs Very fat hens are too
lazy to lay.
An OHIO correspondent in Practical
Farmer says that he has fed corn and
cob mealfor the last four years to cat
tle and horses and never yet saw any
II effects from it.
The garden should receive particn
lar attention at this season of the wear.
Il Is too often neglected on account
Of corn and cotton, which seems to
need the undivided attention Of the
farmer during this month.
If 4 sore exists on an animal that is
obstinate about healing, make liquid
Of saltpetre, and blue It slightly with
vitriol and apply. 1t keeps of flies,
prevents the growth of prond flesh,
and induces hsaling.-H. r. Coffin.
Potatoes may be raised BY planting
the vines between bills Of corn. Pin
dars 81 chnfas may be raised in the
same way, and a small! farmer by that
means, may be enabled to fatten a
large number Of hogs for market with
very little expense.
Barn manure, aside from its me-
chaniclc effects, il the same as the
concentrated fertilizers, except that it
Is less soluble. If we could burn the
baFnyard manure and preserve lis
nitrogen we should have what we ap-
ply as chemical fertilizer.
Now is the time while the Legisla-
ture is IN session for farmers to con
sult each other and their Representa-
tiycs and have such laws enacted as
will benefit them. There should be
some law for the better protection of
sheep against the attack Of dogs.
A queen bee lays from two TO three
thousand eggs in four hours. II is
not necessary TO ask, How doth the
little busy bceg" She doeth well and
should be a shining example to the
lazy hen that can only be induced to
lay one egg in twenty-foar hours, and
then only when eggs arc cheap
The potato is valuable agent for
clarifying fat Of any kind and absorb
ing unpleasant odors. Put thin slices
in the fat and fry til crisp and brown,
then strain the fat and it viii be ready
for use, A few slices in each kettle
FIJI will keep the odor Of doughnuts,
ETC., from penetrating the house and
prevent the fat from burning - CHI
cage Times
The branding Of cattle is not only
barbafeus practice but is injurious
TO the hide of the animal branded,
There is loss Of % 10 3 cents per
pound on every hidosold shat has a
brand on 4; this being The case, Cal
casicu has certainly lost many dollars
that should have been saved to the
farmers. If you will continue to brand
cattle usc small brands and brand on
the check where It will do :ae hide
less harm than elsewhere on the body.
y Organize farmers clubs ii every
locality. They are certainly very en
to the farmer, and there Is
nothing calculated to develop the in
ielleet of the young farmers, more
han coming together once week and
exchanging ideaa and thoughts on the
pest ways OF managing The farm for
'roiit. Governor Robinson says the v
ecret Of power lies in combination. /
he natural outgrowth of such inter
hange Of ideas Is intelligence and
ulture in your calling.
AZ she National Agricultural and 4
.ssasS siellla Convention resolution \
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.;l... g ~ pehl|r against fraud.
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,''a',sa - earneAt appeal IS Conmress
w glase Tho snNnifaeinru ana MA ~
M limitations 81 butter lsnslef I'LL ssou.
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