St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-12-08
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appears if you wish to kill out the cut
worms.
Never allow a Seeding tree ia
grow unless you intend to graft it. II
is a waste of time. as no dependence
can be placed on the quality of fruit
from seedlings.
Sweet potatoes will fatten pig
sooner than will corn. The small
tubcrs can be used. as we'll as those
that may be damaged. by cooking
them for that purpose.
The cost of a colt at three years
old is said by correspondent OF the
Rural New Yorker. who has computed
it. to be $84. He also states that such
colts should sell for $3.50.
-Toads are the policemen of tho
garden. They speedily transport in
sect depredatiors to place where they
will do no harm. And this interior il
quite capacious.
Mr.. Havmeyer. OF New Jersey. h AZ
twenty-four silos of 1000 tons capacity.
He recently opened one that was filed
seven years ago and found its contents
in excellent condition.
The great preponderance Of testi-
mony shows that soft food is better for
cattle than is dry feed. and that in the
dairy it is no trouble, with plenty OF
ensilage. to keep up summer flow Of
milk all the year.
"A wheat farmer should be a stock
raiser. The coarse crops raised on the
farm can most profitably be fed to
cattle, sheep or swine; the manure used
to grow wheat, which in turn is con-
sumed. as are the fattened stock, by
man.
The polled breeds OF cattle are
excellent beef producers. and should
answer well on farms where hornless
cattle are desired. There is no neces-
sity for dehorning the stock when only
a few seasons are required for breed
ing the horns of.
Let the seed-corn remain on the
stalks until thoroughly dry and hard.
When harvested store it in q dry place.
Moisture is injurious to seed-corn. A
corner of the kitchen loft. where it
will receive warmth. is an excellent 10.
cation to store it.
The rock on which many who en-.
ter the ranks of breeders of good stock
split is that of stinted feeding. The
Shropshire. Percheron and ShOrt-hOrn
owe their excellence to the fact that
they can make good paying use of q
large amount of food.
The asparagus bed should be pre-
pared on the trench system. Use plenty
of manure. and over the manure place
rich dirt to a few inches depth. Give
the roots plenty of room. As a rule
asparagus roots are placed too closely
as they thicken and multiply
in the bed every year. Once obtained.
an asparagus bed will last many years.
Grain crops should never be raised
in an orchard, or serious and perma-
nent injury to the trees will be the
certain result. After the orchard has
come into bearing there is only one
crop that can be grown on the land
without detriment to the fruit and trees.
and that is some kind Of grass (clOver,
orchard grass. etc.).
Strawberries will throw out but
few runners now, and a good cleaning
of the beds by removing all the late
will be an advantage. Mulch
ing should be attended To with the APP
proach of cold weather. Good. well.
rotted manure is an excellent mulch.
and will largely increase the quantity
and quality of the crop in the spring.
The rows should be made clean, and |
the vines kept in growth as long as the |
of the ground will permit |
and the bed should be well drained il
winter.