The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-05-31
HERE AND THERE.

For fertllizlng purposes here Is no
more valuable form of potash Than
wood ashes. The plants have dicesl.
ed it once and adapted it to the use d
all other plants.
Turn under the weeds as soon u
they appear. BY not permitting them
to grow and seed they can be entireIr
erad;cated in short time.
A sharp pillow will save its cost ii
q seasons work. All the farm tools
and implements should be put IN
proper order for spring work il NOT al.
ready done.
Pick off all the blossoms that mar
appear on your young strawberry
vines set out this spring. Do not allow
any of the young plants to fruit. n
will injure their growth and lcssca
their productiveness next season.
-Dorking fowls in this country
prove excellent layers. owing to fresh
importations of the breed. Formerg
they were closely inbred. Now theg
are hardy, and are considered ont Il
the best breeds we have.
"A breeder of poultry says: Ever
spring l procure quantity of cedm
boughs and scatter them plcntifally ii
and around The hen-house. The olos
of cedar keeps away vermin The
remedy is simple and effective.
Bald Mountain. in North Carolins
is again showing signs of CONNIE
ton in its interior. People living
near it think that it is really stun.
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 to secure bono ana
heavy frame, not fat. 1t cqn be lat
tened after maturity. 1t is simply
wasteful to feed corn to young stock.
"A forty or fifty pound lamb read!
for sale in May does not come upd
its own accord, says the Joarnal q
Agriculture. Linseed meal is good ~
the lamb and the mother also. Cas
ton-seed meal is also good. but II ihe
feeding is generous mixture withlM
linseed is preferable.
Don overlook the fact that con
is to great degree susceptible Y
training. not only as to docility ana
tractability, but as to the developneai
of the milking habit" Experimea'
will certainly convice any one OF tnIs
-Ndtiondl Stocknoan.
Delaware, Georgia. Illinois ana
Wisconsin are credited with the salis
number of milch cows as year age
and in every other State and Terriio1
there has been an increase. NebrasKs
leading all other States, with seven
per cent increase, against an sverav
OF z. per cent.
Mr. 7. H. Bradley recently bousa
the walnut timber on the Hugp@
farm near Versailles. KY. among
which is one tree five feet in diameN
and forty-fve feet to first limb NJ
B. has bought $4,000 worth OF wsr
nut in Woodford County in the paa
two years.
Watermelon hills may be prepare
IN this way: Lay off the rows ten W.
apart each way. and at each intersfs
lion dig a hole two feet deep
the bottom place few chips Ivy,
manure. Next make hill three ~
square. and work plenty OF MANU-
into the soil.
DR.. Salmon says there are y
contagious diseases known as as
cholera. one affecting the bowels Y
other the lungs. The one is the gsr
uine hog cholera. the other the ss's 81
plague. 1t is possible for an anus.
TO have both diseases at the ssa'
! time.
MIR. Miller, in the Hasbaaamsss
refers to the fact that recent exPen
menls made by the Agriculture :. I.
lege of Michigan showed thai :
Holstein calves made the Largest ~
age gain. on the least quantity 81 ~ s.
in a given time. of all standard Dfe' /,
cxceling even the shorthorns 3
galoways and the herefords. Inc Ut y.
the good qualities of this breed % : i.
tie are known the better trey sss y
preciated.