St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-04
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Oats will grow upon most any
kind Of soil. but the clays and loans
that are sufficiently retentive OF moist
ure are the most favorable.
AN animal is never at standstiiL
/, is either increasing or decreasing.
The rulc should be to never allow an
animal to fall of A pound gained
and then lost is simply doubling the
work and food to reproduce it. which
not ONLY increases the cost but lessons
the profit.
In multiplying very scarce anu
dear varieties of potatoes. gardeners
plant the eyes IN hotbc's early. plac-
inc I'm rich soil, and from each eye
will get several plants. These may
he set out in the open ground. and
cultivated the same as potatoes plant
cd in the usual way.
Sometimes farmers losc sight OF
the fact that those in other pursuits OF
life are using up nearly all Of their
income i'm living Nincty-fivc per
cent. of the mechanics use up all they
make in the year. while scventy.fve
rer cent. of the renting farmers are
LAYING away small sums yearly.
A Western farmer bought hogs
and fed out 100 bushels of wheat. AMI
il returned him sl.63 per bushcl fol-
the wheat. Others report that they
thus secure 81 % per bushcl for their
wheat when fell TO hogs with pork nj
s. per 100 pounds The wheat shovh'i
be ground and moislencd. and not fed
whole.
The stasgers are the result OF con-
rcstion Of the brain. due TO Ovcrf cd
inc Pigs are more often Overfed than
any other animals. and it is The source
of nearly all the diseases to which they
are subject. 1t affects the nerve
ccnters in the brain and spinal cord.
Give the pigs no feed at all for forty
eight hours. but only water; then De-
gin feeding very lightly. and give tho
feed in a shallow trough. SO that II Can
be taken up only slowly.
The old-fashioned open ditch is an
extensive nuisance. Every spring II
is partly filled with sediment. leaves
Of trees and soil washed down from Its
banks There is. beside. a waste Of
time in blowing. cultivating aud every
other teamwork in field thus divided.
Tho sooner the open ditch is made
in to an underdrain the better II Will
be for the farmers purse. 1t may
cost at first. but it will pay every way
"A farmer in Western Ncw York.
whose land is level or only slightly
rolling. draws manure in winter a
fast ms made, ard broadcasts 1t upon
bare ground. or not more than sly
inches Of snow, in fields intended fol
hoed crops next season. He has per.
sisted in this practice for years. an'
makes the remarkable statement II
Form Life that .one load so spread
is equal in cff,ct to three. at least,
spread in the spring" Moreover III
gels lust so much work out OF the way
during a comparatively slack time.
Sheep are close feeders and car
get bite earlier than any other do
mcsi;c animal. Bat ewes sucklin:
lamb will need grain early to Keel
them in flesh, while the succulcn
grass stimulates milk production.
Liter in the Sc asoa the lamb demands
more milk Just rs the failing pasture
makes less. 1t is then that an arm
full of cut clover in bloom 10 cacl
ciyh, or ten sheep makes a valuable
addition to the pasture teed. 1t may
be varied with occasional cuttings o
green oats. which. jast before they
head out are very rich and succulen
feed.
The average ago for fruit tree
and plants in the best condition FOL
iransplanting is about rs follows
Apple, three years from bud; peach
one year from bud; plum. two year
from bud; cherry. two years iron
bud; ounce. three years from cu'tin:
or root graft; grape. one year No !,
or two years No 2. from cuttings OF
LAYERS; currani. two years from cut
tings; gooscberrieS two years from
cuttings; raspbcrries ard blackbcrrics
one year from suckers or root cuttings
Strawberries only new runners o
last seasons growth should be used
the old plants having black roots
with the feeling surfaces SO far from
the crown that when they are du;
nearly all of them are destroyed
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