St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-12
HERE AND THERE.

-roi ierllilAlng purposes there is no
more valuable form of potash than
wood ashes. The plants have digest
ed it once and adapted it to the use OF
all other plants.
Turn under the weeds as soon as
they appear. By not permitting them
to grow and seed they can be entirely
eradicated in short time.
"A sharp plow will save its cost in
a seasons work. All the farm tools
and implements should be put in
proper order for spring work if not al
ready done.
Pick off all the blossoms that may
appear on your young straw berry
vines set out this pring. Do not allow
any of the young plants to fruit. 1t
will injure their growth and lessen
their productiveness next season.
-Dorking fowls in this country
prove excellent layers. owing to fresh
importations of the breed. Formerly
they were closely inbred Now they
are hardy, and are considered one of
the best breeds we have.
A breeder of poultry says: Every
spring | procure a quantity of ced ar
boughs and scatter them plentifully in
and around the hen-house. The odor
of cedar keeps away vermin. The
remedy is simple and effective.
Bald Mountain, in North Carolina.
is again showing signs of commo-
ton in its interior. People living
near it think that it is really a SUM
bering volcano. and expect some day
to see it burst out with flood of lava.
Farmers should consider that corn
is not proper food for young stock.
1t will fatten them, but does not en-.
courage growth. A young animal
should be made 10 secure bone and
heavy frame, not fat 1t can be fat
tened after maturity. 1t is simply
wasteful to feed corn to young stock.
"A forty or fifty pound lamb ready
for sale in May does not come up of
its own accord, says the Journal of
Linseed meal is good for
the lamb and the mother also. Cot
ton-seed meal is also good, but if the
feeding is generous a mixture with the
linseed is preferable.
Don't overlook the fact that COW
IS to a great degree susceptible to
not only as to docility and
but as to the development
Of the milking "ha bit" Experiment
will certainly convice any one of this.
Stockman.
Delaware. Georgia. Illinois and
Wisconsin are credited with the same
number of mich cows as year ago,
md in every other State and Territory
here has been an increase, Nebraska |
eading all other States, with seven |
Der cent. increase, against an average
# 2 8 per cent.
Mr. T. Il Bradley recently bought
he walnut timber on the Hughes
arm near Versailles. Ky, among
which is one tree five feet in diameter
md forty-fiye feet TO first limb. Mr.
has bought $4,000 worth of wal
ut in Woodford County in the past
wo years.
Watermelon hills may BIZ prepared
a this way: Lay off the rows ten feet
part each way. and at each intersec-
on dig hole two feet deep AT
he bottom place few chips, then
manure. Next make hill three feet
luare, and work plenty of manure
Ito the soil.
DR.. Salmon says there are two
diseases known rs hog
lolera. one affecting the bowels. the
Their the lungs The one is the gem
inc hog cholera, the other the swine
lague. 1t is possible for an animal
} have both diseases at the same
me.
Mr.. Miller, in the Husbaadman,
fers to the fact that recent experi-
ents made by the Agricultural Col
ge of Michigan showed that the
olstein calves made the largest aver
Re gain, on the least quantity Of food
given time. Of all standard breeds,
ceiling even the shorthorns, the
lloways and the herefords The more
e good qualities of this breed of ca.-
, are known the better they are ap-
eciated.