The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
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Whenever the condition of the soil
will admit set out the fruit trees.
Plant out onion sets as soon in tho
spring as the soil can be worked into
u good filth. Have the soil rich.
Under good management straw
berries should yield 1000 gallons to
the acre; raspberries, 700; blackber-
ries, 800, and currants from 400 to 500
gallons.
Whenever you whitewash slako
stone lime with boiling water, and
then thin down to the desired consist
ency with skinned milk and it will
be much more durable.
The 40,000,000 hogs raised in the
country are valued at $2O0,000,00O.
The Mississippi Valley claims to have
raised three-iifths of tho number.
"A COW that takes on flesh and fat
freely will not, as d general thing.
make good mixer, and one making
a liberal large flow of milk will not at
the same time be a good animal for
beef.
The surface of the soil in the or.
chard should be kept reasonably level.
In blowing plan to secure this. Mako
your surface drainage by running out
the necessary burrows, taking pains
always to avoid washing.
Use your wood ashes on your fruit
trees and vines. For peaches it is the
best fertilizer known. Broadcasted
over the orchard ground it will great
ly increase the growth of new wood
and invigorate the trees.
When you put out young peach
trees cut the sticks back to within two
feet of the ground. A low tree is less
affected by the winds, and will grow
better. Young trees can be trained to
any shape desired by judicious prun-
ing.
When blowing the land this spring
cross the burrows over those that were
turned in the fall, which will aid YOU
in pulverizing the soil. Before plant
ing run the pulverizer over the ground
and then harrow until the soil is as
fine as possible.
There is an advantage in using
walnut as a shade tree, and that is, in
addition to securing more or less nuts
to use, it is freer than the average
from insects, and during the summer,
when good rest is desired, this is
quite an item.
Avoid using kerosene on peach
trees or applying it to vines in order
to destroy insects, as it often destroys
the trees or vines. 1t is a dangerous
substance to use on trees for any pur-
pose. AS a lice destroyer in buildings,
however, it has no superior.
Feed the brood sows that have lit
tiers of pigs literally on warm, sloppy
food. Skim milk or buttermilk is eX-
celent, but if this is difficult to obtain
give her all the scalded ground grain
she can eat, with mess of cooked
turnips or potatoes to which has been
added pint of linseed meal
"A hen that lays 100 eggs per year,
the eggs averaging eight to the pound,
produces more in weight than does a
hen that lays 100 eggs year that
weigh twelve to the pound. Eggs
should be sold by weight. 1t is not
always the hen that lays the greater
number of eggs that is the most serv-
iceable.
Grow only such crops as have been
found best adapted to your soil and
climate. ANY attempt to grow some-
thisg that is not well adapted to the
soil increases the cost of production
and lessons the profit. All new vari-
cites should first be tested in small
plots before attempting to grow gen.
eral crop therefrom.
The direct cause of hog cholera is
the presence of bacteria or disease
germs on the grass and in the water.
These cause inflammation of tho
stomach and bowels. BY feeding an
abundance of bone and muscle-form-
ing foods, such as wheat middlings,
clover, pease and oats, we can raise
strong, healthy pigs which will not
readily succumh to disease, Colonel