St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-20
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Wherever there IL q low. damp
place there should be a ditch or an
under layer of drain tile.
1t is a mistake not 10 plant some
sweet corn for food for the cows when
the grass is dry and short
One stone six inches high in a
wheel track causes more wear OF team
and carriage than an additional hall
mile of smooth road
When q hive OF bees begin roaring
1t can be Quoted by placing a wet
sponge over the holes on the brood
chamber with a wet cloth.
Beans or potatoes are the best
crops for an orchard. Among sowcd
crops. peas and buckwheat are best
fertilize the orchard well il you seed
it down.
Fathers are az. to give the boys
the poorest team and the poorest tools
on the place to work with; but it is bad
policy il the boys are TO be encouraged
to become good farmers.
Eggs from hens that are two years
old will hatch better and bring better
offspring than those from the younger
stock. Young hens are preferable for
laying eggs for market
1t takes an lawful" lot Of animal
heat to evaporate the water which
falls on an animal during a cold rain.
Therefore provide shelter for them at
all seasons when they would suffer
from an inclement storm, especially
for the young lambs.
For ventilating and warming
poultry-houses. the American Agricult-
urist advises that the air be always
brought in and discharged near tho
roof, as the birds will not then crowd
and become lame. as they will when
the warmth is below them.
Weeds make excellent green ma
nure il turned under. A rank growth
Ut weeds indicates fertile land. but
such land can be exhausted by remov-
ing weeds as we'll as by removing q
regular crop. 1t will pay. therefore.
to turn the weeds under and let them
rot in the ground.
The experimental station with all
OF its science and machinery. may
make researches into the chemistry OF
plants. the nature OF the soil. OF plant
food. and animals. but it will amount
to nothing il the farmers do not study.
read and strictly carry them out with
unvarying fidelity. Every effort must
be made to apply in practice the scien-
tific results of the station.-Iowa State
Register.
The Alabama and Georgia Farmers
Alliance decided to use cotton cloth
for covering cotton bales and to let the
iute bagging alone. 40 long as it is
controlled by a trust The proposition
to substitute pine-straw bagging was
not adopted because it was suggested
that few men held the patents on its
manufacture, and could easily COM
bine to exact exorbitant prices for
their use.
Old sod land may require frequent
before it can be effectually
reduced. as portions Of the sod may not
be perfectly turned under. and the
grass will sprout. 1t will not decom-
pose In such cases, and il necessary
the land may have to be cross
plowed. The pulverizer can do
good work on 1t. however. and should
be used after each rain until the field
Is in dne condition. Next spring
the effects of the labor bestowed will
be shown on the corn grown on tho
land.
An Australian professor OF agri-
culture truly says that mo hard and
fast rules can be laid down to distin-
guished scientific from practical farm.
ing; the two must go hand in hand to
secure success. In agricultural pur-
suits scientific farmer must also be a
practical farmer. and a practical farm
or should also be scientific. Scientific
is not only carrying on the
ordinary duties of a farmer. such as
blowing. reaping, etc. but it also in
cludes knowledge Of the reasons why
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