The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14
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in Georgia which have failed to
receive from FIVE to twenty new menu
bcrs during the past quarter.
"A wise Ksntucy sheep raiser puts
it thus: my two hundred sheep save
mo an annual outlay Of $3.50 by clear
ing my farm of weeds" He raises no
weeds on his farm. This is true econ
omy, but not usually so carefully esti-
mated.
"A Southwestern Louisiana corre-
spondent says: Come to a land where
you can live among wild flowers the
year around. and have green vcge-
tables from the garden every month in
the year. Last years crop of grass
stands. on an average. two feet high
alf oyer this county. The country is
new and undeveloped. Land is cheap.
Michigan has an excellent law en-
couraging the planting Of trees along
the roadside. 1t provides that a man
shall be credited Twenty-Five cents
each. on his road tax. for every tree
he plants along the road bordering his
own land.
The Attorney General Of Illinois
gives it as his opinion tina in that State
lien on foal for the service fee OF
the stallion is a first lien notwith-
standing the mare may have been
NOR; gagged to another at the time OF
the service. $50
The Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima recently held that the fact that
the plaintiff had in a stOck-law coun-
ty turned his cattle into forty-acre
pasture through which railroad ran
does not constitute contributory
negligence, one of the cows being
killed by a passing train.
III will no doubt cheer our South
ern Oranges to learn that the farmers
of far of Australia are just now form
| ing preliminary organizations prepar.
| ing for tho Grange. and are in CORE
spondence with the Master of the Ma.
tional Grange. who is directing the
work in that progressive land.
/ For keeping the striped bugs of
melon vines plant three or four beans
in each hill. and pull them up when
the vines get too large for the bugs
To get plants carly. cut sods four
inches square. turn them over. stick
in the seeds and bury them in the hot
bed. When you wish to transplant.
i take up sods and all. set them out
and the plants will grow right along
without any setback
The Gazette. of Farmervife, La,
reports that two farmers living neal
Tuscola, went into a lawsuit over {
thrse-dollar pig more than three years
ago; the case was appealed until il
reached the Circuit Court. That cour
has Just decided that one Of the liti
giants shall pay FOR the zig and tn
other pay the costs Altogether. IL
costs and attorneys fees. the pig ha'
cost the two men 81 ESQ The moral i
obvious
Il Some genius found that cock
reaches can get into japanncd tir
cakebox with ease. but can not scale
! the slippery sides and get out again
: Accordingly. he steamed some cake
. so that its odor would attract the
!. maranders. and placed it in the box.
J Next morning the box was well filed
: This was repeated until the supply Q
reaches was exhausted.
: NO good farmer viii fail to plan
! COW peas or peanuts in his cornfields
J. 50 rs to give . profitable successive
!, crop at almost no cost ut all. w
! have never known . farmer VIII
: planted too many acres in peas
: Dropped in the middle furrow at in
!. ltervals Of two feet. the labor Of GU
4 tivation amounts to almost nothing
: and a yield of three to ten bushel
!, per acre-to say nothing of the benef
1 to the Soils certainly remunerative
.I--Dixie Farmer.
: The Double Springs (Miss.) All
: ance has opened up new path !
nj prosperity. something on the line q
4 The Young Farmers Club. plan I
Il make each member personally respor
: sible for the success of his own farm
: thereby meeting the necessity OF
more determined effort on their pal
% to make . living at home. realizin
d that every man is the architect of b
Is Town Journey through life. and il faitl
n fully carried out poverty vii. nevs
. enter the door.