St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23
HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
"A farmer with quantities of cx.
pericnce says: OF all the kinds OF
cattle food ever grew swec: fodder
corn is the bcs.."
For fertilizing purposes ihcro Is no
more valuable form Of potash than
wood ashes The plants have digest
ed it once and adapted it 10 the use Of
all other plants
Turn under the weeds as soon rs
they appear By not permitting them
TO grow and seed they can be entirely
eradicatcd in short time.
"A sharp plow will savc It's cost in
a seasons work. All tho farm tools
and implements should DO put in
proper order for spring work if no. al.
ready done.
Pick off all the blossoms that may
appear on your young strawberry
vines set out this spring. Do not allow
any Of the young plants to fruit. 1t
will injure their growth and lessen
their productivencss next season.
-Dorking fowls in this country
prove excellent layers. owing to fresh
importations Of the breed. Formerly
they were closely inbred. Now they
are hardy, and are considered on. Of
the best breeds we have.
"A breeder Of poultry says: Every
spring procure a quantity of cedar
boughs and scatter them plcntifully in
and around the hcn-housc. The o.ior
of cedar keeps away vermin. Tho
remedy is simple and effective.
Bald Mountain. i'm North Carolina,
is again showing signs Of = commo-
ton in its interior People living
near it think that il is really a Stun.
bering volcano. and cxpcc. some day
10 sec it burst out with a flood of lava.
Farmers should con slider that corn
is not proper food for young stock.
1t will fattcn them. but does not en-.
courage growth. A young animal
should be made 10 secure bone and
heavy frame. not fat. II en- be fat.
tened after maturity. 1t is simply
wastcful TO feed corn TO young stock.
A forty or fifty pound lamb ready
for sale in May does not como up OF
its own accord. says the JoMrna, OF
Agriculture. Linsecd meal is good for
the lamb and the mother also Cot.
ton.secd meal is also good. but il the
feeding is generous mixture with the
linsced is preferable.
Don, overlook the fact that COW
Is to \ great degree susceptible to
training. not only as 10 docility and
tractability. but as to the development
of the milking '.habit." Experiment
will certainly convicc any one Of this.
-National Stockmam
Delaware. Georgia Illinois and
Wisconsin are credited with the same
number of mich cows rs year ago.
and in every other State and Territory
there has been an increase. Nebraska
leading all other States. with seven
per cent increase. against IN average
of 2 8 per cent.
Mr.. I. II. Bradley recently bought
the walnut timber on the Hughes
farm near Versailles KY. among
which is one tree five feet in diameter
and forty-five feet TO first limb Mr.
h has bought $4,000 worth of wal
nut in Woodforl County in the past
two years.
Watermelon hills may b. prepared
IN this way: Lay of the rows ten feet
apart each way. and ut each intcrsec-
ton dig a hole two feet deep AT
tho bottom place few chips. then
Next make mill three feet
square. and work plenty of manure
into the soil.
DIR. Salmon says there are two
diseases known as hog
cholera. one affecting the bowels. tho
other the lungs The one is the gen.
nine hog cholera. the other the swine
plague. 1t is possible for an animal
10 have both diseases at the samo
time.
Mr. Miller. in tho HMs6aadnaan.
refers TO the fact that rsccnt expert
nen;s made by the agricultural Col
cge of Michigan showed that the
Holstcin calves made the largest aver
,ge gain. ON the least quantity nf food
IN given time. Of all standard breeds.
keeling even the shor;horns. the
,aloways aud the hercfor,ls. The moro
he cool qualities of this breed If ca.
ac are known the better th>S are ap-
,reci:,cd