St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-11-03
FAcTS FOR FARMERS.

Wheat bran, being hight sppar
entity has but little value. yet q ton ci
II contains forty-seven pounds Of nitro
geu and over sixty pounds Of phos-
phoric acid. with . large proportion Of
potash. EBFAs IT,
-Hthere be missing hills in the mel
on field transplant a tomato plant to hll
vacant space. II tomato plant die
down in the tomato patch plant a few
squash seeds in the hill. By so doing
the hill will be utilized. -. .-,
The cabbage burst open" because
they have attained their growth, and
the roots are still absorbing food from
the soil. The remedy is to sell them:
or il you do not wish to do this. lift
them partly out of the ground and thus
cut OF the supply Of food and moisture
from the roots. w .-l.-a
A correspondent OF the Southern
CMltirator says that in all his expert
ence. (which is quite vRried. with
horses. mules and CATTLE" he never
knew a wart to withstand . second
application Of pure hogs lard. well
rubbed in. They generally began
sloughing of after one treatment. and
to all appearance without the slightest
pain. es a. --r-s-C -s ..z
The potato field should not be
allowed to grow up in grass after the
crop Is OF. To allow weeds and grass
to take possession is simply allowing
the field to be seeded with such pests
tor next season. thereby doubling the
amount Of work during the busy period.
Sow the potato field to some kind Of
crop. rye being excellent for that pur-
pose.
DO not allow young trees to bear
fruit the first and second years. The
production of fruit will be at the ex.
pense OF growth. The peach will
often bear tho second year after plant
Ing. II kept back in that respect il
win be in better condition for fruitine
the next season. s....
Bees will not pay unless there IL
plenty Of bee pssturaga To simply
procure a hive OF bees and expect
them to produce honey. with nothing
for them to work upon. will result in
failure. DO not rob the bees until the
honey season is over. unless the combs
are full, and care should be exercised
in so doing. as a failure to leave q sup
ply Of honey for the use of the bees in
winter may result in the loss Of the en-.
tire colony. SEE
"A New York farmer writes to Farm
and Home: I'VE had q valuable COW
choked with a potato. A neighbor
ordered fine-cut chewing-tObaccO put
down her throat. and we inserted
piece about twO-thirds the size OF a
hens egg. The COW was bloated hard.
but the remedy was successful. and the
bloat all disappeared in fifteen min
utes. the COW going to work rs natur-
ally as though nothing had occurred.
We had tried variety Of means by
which to remove it. but without avail. :"
Meadow grass must have a good
root development TO support q strong.
luxuriant leaf growth. Without this.
the hay is thin and ''spindling." This
root growth must be secured early in
the season before dry, hot weather. or
it may not come at all. With stock
entirely removed from meadows. the
spring rains encourage q growth Of
blade and corresponding growth Of
root II the blades of grass are kept
short the root growth is checked. This
points to the advantage OF a rye patch
to please the stock, to save the hay
grown the previous years. and to save
the meadows and pastures that they
may do their best in the coming year.