The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-03
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Now is a good time to pillow up a
patch of ground for fall turnips and
rutabagas. and if it is intended to SOW
even small patch it will pay to do
this much now. M
in setting out trees OF all kinds il
should be kept in mind that they will
grow; and allowance should be made
for the room they will occupy as they
get bigger.
When the Strawberries are done
bearing it will be found good plan tor
remove the mulch and give as thor
ough cultivation as possible; if plants
are not wanted keep down the runners.
When the earlier crops have ma
tured, remove and plant something
else in their place. Keep the soil oc-
cupied all during the growing season.
This plan will prove of material aid in
keeping down the weeds.
Trim back the wood of unprofita-
bic pear trees. and apply good dress
ing of wood ashes, taking pains to
work well into the soil. and then give
the trunk good washing with soap
suds.
1t would undoubtedly help materi-
ally in keeping down insect pests of all
kinds in the garden, the orchard and
grain crops if a more concerted effort
could be made against them in each
neighborbood.
SO far as possible no fruit should
be allowed to go to waste. What is not
used or can not be marketed to advan.
tages hould be dried. evaporated. canned
or put up in such a shape that it can
be kept for use during the winter.
When there is good crop and
prices are low does not always in
dictate that no profit is realized, for
with fair crop fruits of nearly all
kinds can be raised for market at
very small cost, and can be sold cheap
and yet be profitable.
Fall pigs. if given the run of a
good clover field and then fed all the
corn they will eat, will fatten very
rapidly, and it will in many cases be
better to fatten and market now than
to feed all summer and then fatten in
the fall.
If the pigs are allowed the run of
the pastures it will be found a good
plan to provide covered trough with
salt and ashes arranged so that they
can help themselves to what they want.
A little copperas will add to the value
as a health preserver.
Properly managed good brood
sow can be made one of the most
profitable animals on the farm, says
contemporary. Two good filters Of
pigs can easily be secured, and with
good feed and care some increase at
least can be secured in a short time.
Try the French system Of growing
late potatoes. Make rows IL inches
deep and 1S inches wide. Plant good
seed, cover an inch, and Jas the plant
grows add dirt until the trench is
filed. In the meantime use plenty Of
commercial fertilizer. This is labori-
GUS, but it is the way extraordinary
yields are obtained
Farmers, invest few dollars in
pure-bred fowls for the benefit of your
boys, if they have fancy in that di-
rection. A boy needs something that
he can call his own. Don't compel
your sons to lead an altogether hum
drum life; you were once boy your.
self.
w atermelons and canteloups may
be planted now. An excellent plan is
to put the seed on row similar to that
used for sweet potatoes instead OF
making a separate hill for each plant
The rows should be ten feet apart, and
the plants eight feet apart in the rows
Use plenty of manure. and scatter it in
the rows.
The Illinois Experiment Station
has determined by actual count the
number of seeds per pound for fifteen
varieties of grasses. In one pound
redtop there are 4. 1876. 900 seeds; blue
grass, 2,1S5. 900; timothy, 1,42l, 900;
orchard grass, 457. 900; tall meadow
grass. 1855. 900; white clover. 1868, 600;
crimson trefoil, 1852. 600; mammoth red
clover, 1854. 900; common red clover.
sSS. 900; alsike. 677. 900. and alfalfa
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