The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-10-04
HERE AND THERE.

Three years after the landing 4 !
the English colonists at JamasioF.
Va, the first Importation Of catthm
Cured. They were bull and lan
cows.
Geese may be picked every ii
weeks. Old geese should be kept Ar
breeding, and the surplus gosling
marketed as soon as they are hlv
enough.
The melon crop in Georgia ID
been greater than the facilities
transporting to markets on which u
count many melons have persisted d /
the fields.
The feeding of sulphur to aninss
and poultry may be excellent at times
but it should never be given IN dam ;
weather. If given in excess 1t eansaI
leg weakness in poultry and also d
jures larger stock.
One sheep for each COW eaubs1
kept without additional expense, astAs
sheep will consume much that theeass
will refuse. Sheep readily eat gQangg
weeds and other tender herbage.
AN enthusiast says that Che sl8
will make dimples on the faces q Il
good many dairymen, and that Ihsl
fill the silo according to the latest lighi
on the subject they will never regs
it.
When cleaning out purslsne np'i
leaf should be left in the ground
is a persistent weed, and can only =
destroyed by exposing every part Il
the plant to the sun, SO as to scofch :
Don't neglect the "eggs for nEa
ket at market prices" branch Of al|
poulty business. Especially toalaa
cier who is just starting into the ~
try business does a regular trade cog !
in handy.
When the ewes become old '@Rl
places should be supplied By Young s
ones. Pen them in TIE fall and n
them fat by giving them all tns "
a4sd grain they will eat, with plenty I
turnips, and they will be 10 exeeea|
condition for market in short time
The poultry-keeper who wans Z
good supply of eggs, and hesa /
handsome fowls should not spare =
dust. The fancier who wants V r
at the autumn shows should seep =
fowls where they may dust . W.
hearts content.
Cut off the twig or limb q tnel.
tree as soon as the slightest indlcs T. I.
of blight appears, or the disease y
gradually extend until the wnoie 81
is infected and the tree doomed. W
claimed that swabbing The trunk o Y
tree with linseed oil is an excelens e.
ventive of blight.
Where old strawberry hel0s vs..
to be dying out NOW off the tops = !,
old plants and scatter woodasnes e.
ly over the bed. If fertilizers e
literally and the old bed is burnea ys ],
after frost comes a new bed nsl !,
secured without the necessity q 80
out young plants. s.
Two cows in Georgia are reps.
to have lost their tails by the opera !,
Of worms. The worm In each cas', y
IFS way around the tail about = 4.
from the body. The lower paFe 7 s.,
tail becomes dead, and in lew 'ss s.,
breaks off. The presence OF 49, s.s
was not detected except BY ans 's
they had done. s..
The annual consumption OF ~ 81
in this country for bedding purpS;
said to amount to 5000. 600 pour f
375 carloads. To furnish this 3 ~ ...s
healthy geese must give "
feathers in year. The geese n. ga,
ing these are to be found W. "a.
in Southern Illinois, Missouri an "
sas, Tennessee and Kentucky (,
climate is cold enough to eau Z
feathers to be fine and soft, ana '.i =
cold to make their care q MATES 4
profitable labor To the farm eg