St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-06
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

There are about 200. 900 pure bred
cattle In the United States. against 49,.
5000 SCRUBS"
The reason that there are SO man
mortgages on farms is because SO MANY
farmers sell corn. oats and hay early,
and then have to buy the same class of
articles before the next crop is raised.
A system Of farming which does
not provide in an economical way for
return. in an available form, Of the
soil constituents carried Of by the
crop raised. can not otherwise but
prove ultimately a financial failure.
The agricultural papers are agi.
tating the question OF selling eggs by
weight instead of by the dozen. 4
correspondent OF the Eestcrn Row,aa,.
sees no equity in selling by the dozen.
50 long AS hens refuse to lay eggs of
nniforn size.
In transplanting trees al the roots
which may have become bruised O,
broken in the process Of lifting shouls
be cut clean away behind the broker
part. as they then more readily strike
out new roots from the cut parts. Ir
all such cases the cut should be a clean.
sloping one. and made in an upward
and outward direction.
A very large part of the crop:
grown upon the farm in the shape o.
grain should Be turned into meats anc
butter and cheese before it is sold. II
this way the land is kept in fertility
and the prcduc; is very much more
valuable and concentrated. The farm
er who raises crops through the sum
mer and feeds them through the win.
ter has double profits. Farm.
er
The best way 10 clean the farm o,
wOOdchucks, is TO first I'LL up all the
holes that can be found on the farm. |
then in five days go over the field. and
10 every hole that has been dug out
put in a piece of red-hOt iron as large |
rs ones hand. ana on the iron drop . |
piece of roll birthstone as large as D |
small egg. cover the hole at once with
a sod and cover the sod with fine dirt |
and leave it. \ small portable furnace
may be used to heat the iron.
One who claims to know whereof
he affirms. states that when skim milk
and butter milk are fed to pigs they
are worth one-fOurth as much as corn
meal. Fed to calves they are worth
On an average twenty-five cents per
100. For feeding, warm to SO deg,
iced three times a day. and feed sweet.
As the calf grows add oatmeal cruel,
and finally clear oatmeal. The skim
milk of one good cow and two dollars
worth of oatmeal will raise two calves
through the season-spring to fall.
Rabbit driving is new sport
hat is becoming popular in Kern
county, Cal. Jack rabbits are so nu.
nervous there that ranchmen organize
md hold weekly rabbit drives. Long,
corrals Of brush are made.
several hundred men drive the rabbits
ntO the corral and then knock them
IN the head with clubs. About half
l-dozen drives have been held and IT,
100 rabbits been killed. The large
give barbecues to the men
Ifter the drive.
Prudent farmers find II we'll to
moose their seed grain early in sum-
ner, by selecting portion of the field
hat appears the best; going through
his and pulling up weak stools and
all tall weeds. This por-
ion is to be kept and threshed sepa-
ate from the rest. Hoed crops suffer
rom neglect: the earlier a weed is out
the way the better for the crop. ,
Geed by horse implements where ever !
practicable. Stop hoeing the corn aft
r the ground is shaded. Pastures
hould not be fed too close. II there
rainy spell. apply any good fertil-
:er. under which are included plaster
nd ashes.