The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-31
HERE AND THERE.

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"A single visit of the gobbler to a
turkey hen is sufficient to fertilize the
eggs for whole season.
Warm water will not answer for
the cows on warm day. Shade is also
indispensable for stock in the summer
season.
Wet grass is injurious to young
chicks even in the summer. DO not
turn the hen and her brood out until
the sun is well up.
Keep the soil around cabbage
plants frequently stirred and they will
grow faster. Weeds and grass must
not be allowed among cabbages.
-Ducklings of the Pekin, Aylesbury
and Rouen breeds can be made, with
high feeding, to attain the weight of
five pounds each when they are ten
weeks old.
Water the young celery plants
with solution of pound of saltpeter
in twenty gallons of water. Thin them
out If too thick, and use only the strong
and stocky plants.
"A solution of gill of carbolic acid
in a bucket of water, sprinkled over
the floors and yards of pig-pens, will
assist in preventing bad odors and less
en- the number of flies.
Sell the young geese in preference
to the old ones. Old geese make the
best breeders. and are more careful
with their young, and give larger
supply of feathers when plucked.
1t is not too late to set out more
sweet potato plants. As the ground is
still damp they will get good start
and grow rapidly. They love plenty
of sunshine and warmth.
1t is very important in transplant
ing trees. plants and vines. to cut back
severely. Very often trees fail to
grow, simply because too much top is
left in proportion to the roots.
Sweet corn is one of the most inn
portant Of garden vegetables. and in
order to have constant supply for a
family of ten persons about fifty hills
should be planted every ten days until
July /.
Keep the burdocks down. They
delight in plenty of food, and plant
of burdock will rob the soil for yards
around its base. As fast as they show
their shoots above ground they.should
be chopped of.
Plant potatoes in deeply ploughed
burrows and cultivated level They
will stand drought better thus than if
planted shallow and hilled up and will
bear heavier crop, but it will be .
little harder work digging them.
Tho tent caterpillars are unusually
numerous and troublesome this year.
The usual remedy is to brush OF the
nests with a conical-shaped brush on .
long pole, doing it in the evening or
early morning when they are all in the
nest
If you haven't got the capital to go
INTO fancy poultry. try commercial
poultry. We know it will pay. and the
market is not likely to become glutted
loon.
The Georgia horticultural society
will meet this year at Griffin, holding n
session, from July 81 to
August 2 Griffin is in the heart of
me of the best fruit-growing sections
# the State. and easily accessible to
,thers.
If the 1888 corn crop were loaded
"a two-horse wagons. thirty-three
bushels to the load. and the wagons
vere placed twenty-six feet apart. or
IS nearly as possible in q string. the
tring of wagons would reach twelve
lines around the globe, SOC. 900 miles.
The presidents of both the Tennes-
ee State Alliance and Wheel have
allied joint meeting at Nashville.
tuesday, July %, for the purpose Of
hitting the two orders into one under
he name Of the Farmers and Labor
g. Union Of America