The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-11-08
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Raw carrots, sliced, are ap5,4
ed by horses and COWS at all tima
Turn the sod under after thsl
appears if you wish to kill out ID III
worms.
Never allow a Seeding isn
grow unless you intend to grakN
is a waste of time, as no depend
can be placed on the quality ii IA.
from seedlings.
Sweet potatoes will fatten VI
sooner than will corn. The d,
tubers can be used, as well Is ab
that may be damaged. by eoos
them for that purpose.
The cost OF a colt at three sss
old is said by a correspondent q
Rural Nev Yorker, who has uoupa
it, to be $84. He also states thst II
colts should sell for $3.50.
loads are the policemen d @
garden. They speedily transpors IL
sect depredatiors to a place where
will do no harm. And this intsriu
quite capacious.
MIR. Havmeyer, ofNew Jers4yixS
twenty-four silos Of 2, 900 tons capads.
He recently opened one that was GlS /
seven years ago and found It's eouAdaA /
in excellent condition.
The great preponderance 81 lHs
mony shows that soft food is better d!
cattle than is dry feed. and that ii h
dairy it is no trouble, with plenty
ensilage, to keep up a summer aQH
milk all the year.
"A wheat farmer should be q slsi'|
raiser. The coarse crops raised onlll|
farm can most profitably be I'D VI
cattle, sheep or swine; the manure W
to grow wheat, which in turn i ese|
sumed, as are tho fattened stock, "
man.
The polled breeds Of cattle "
excellent beef producers, and shaaa
answer well on farms where hoFnis&
cattle are desired. There is no nega
sity for dehorning the stock when o''l
a few seasons are required for brett
ing the horns of.
Let the seed-corn remain on ~
stalks until thoroughly dry and bsIA
When harvested store it in adry pls's
Moisture is injurious to seed-coru' !
corner of the kitchen loft, where
will receive warmth, is an excellent Y
cation to store it.
The rock on which many VINO g
ter the ranks of breeders OF good slg'
split is that of stinted feeding y
Shropshire, Percheron and Shortass
owe their excellence to the fact o.
they can make good paying use p
large amount Of food.
The feeding places Of pouls
should be spaded up and put 10 sqn
kind of a crop. They are exeelani
cations for small gardens. and usus''
produce well, but if they are not GO
venient for garden purposes, SOW e
on the ground, then turn on tho ~
when the oats are six inches hign.
The asparagus bed should be y
pared on the trench system. Use pier
of manure, and over the manure Ply
rich dirt to a few inches depth. y
the roots plenty of room. AZ 9 e
asparagus roots are placed too clos''
together, as they thicken and rulnF
in the bed every year. Once oDia'pE
an asparagus bed will last many yer
Grain crops should never be fa's
in an orchard, or serious and peru
nent injury to the trees will % :
certain result. After the orchard =
come into bearing there is only =
crop that can be grown on the y
without detrimentt to the fruit and ~
and that is some kind of grass Sele''
orchard grass, etc. }.
Strawberries will throw ous :
few runners now, and a good cleaa''
OF the beds by removing all tne :
runners will be an advantage, mas
ing should be attended to with the {
proach of cola weather. Good, -
rotted manure is an excellent me.A
and will largely increase the quAn,.
and quality Of the crop in the spfl'
The rows should be made clean, I
the vines kept in growth as lorg =
condition of the ground viii pr
and the bed should be well draiass
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