The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-24
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Cotton. the king of the South
stands the grass and even the
drOnth.
One thousand dollars per acre
have been realized from Grange
Culture in California.
Pay attention to fruits Of all kinds
They are not only a great luxury:
but profitable.
The people of the United State
consume Il greater amount of hog
product per capita than other coun.
try.
Nest boxes should be thoroughly
.clcansed and wliitewashed very
often, or new ones repaccd and old
ones burned
Good judgement m.xed with
steady work is the best fertilizer a
man a use. They don't sell it in
this town though.
1t is said seventeen bugAets If
wheat a be raised from one gran
of seed in three years. Farmers
what per cent is this?
Make the home on tie fam A
delightful place to live ard acc,ac
tive to your children. You have a
beautiful lawn?
The expects Of hog meats for the
year ending October 81, 1885, were
equivalent to the product of abou
3,55O,OOo hogs. The average ex
ports for ten years ending 1856
equaled the meat product of about
100000 hogs.
Nothing is more inviting to the
stranger as he passes along the
highway. in the country than The
sight of a beautiful green lawn
reaching back from the road side
justin the rear>of which is located
the farm house in the midst Of the
orclled and grapery which serve as
a background.
1t is impossible for Southern farm.
'ers to get ahead in the world as
long as they buy all that is needed
for their stock their'field hands and
their families. There are very few
of them who follow the all-co.,on
system of farming who do not find
themselves il debt at the eud of the
year.--Savannah News.
Feed your chickens late in the
evening just before they 60 to roost.
They will be ready the next morn
ing to start early and put in a good
days work scratching which ex.
"ercise they need to keep them
healthy. If fed in abndanc at
irregular hours dnring the day they
become lazy, inactive and suon die
Of disease.
An Active brain is one OF the
greatest labor saving implements
the farmer a possess. L should
he kept bright and sharp. The
man who permits it SO rust from
want Of use or duIls it by dissipation
and strong drink may go to Con.
gress or become a bank president
but will never make a good farmef
Wilmer Atkinson.
A woman'd colony is to he estab
]ished in Colorado to afford poor
women an opportunity to support
themselves. They will engage in
bee and silk culture small farming
the manufacture of preserves AMI
.%jellies, and other similar industries.
A number of wealthy Eastern
ladies are at the head OF the project.
Denver News.
In 1860 there were cyer $4,000,
900 sheep in the United State and
in 1883 they had reached SO ,OOO. 900.
The wool clip in 1888 32C, 100000,
pound thus showing the clip Of
1860 to be less than three bounds
per sheep while in 1889 it averaged
over gave pounds per sheep.
A great many farmers %injure
themsclve by excessive labor. If
they would only take a few good
papers and devose a portion Of their
time to reading, while their bodies
are resting they would no doubt
succeed better. This reading
would give them fresh food for
thought each day during the hours
OF labor, which would cause the