The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-06-20
FACTS FOR FARMERS,

FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Give the laying hens linseed meal
In their food. 1t is rich in nitrogen,
harmless and very beneficial to them.
Cherries are an excellent crop to
sell, and more trees should be set out.
The annual demand is greater than tho
supply.
| Bran and cotton-seed meal are the
cheapest and best foods that can be
bought. They not only increase the
flow of milk and induce rapid growth
of young stock, but add to the value OF
| Che manure.
Fruit growing pays in combination
with general farming. Fruit brings
money easier and the pleasure of its
culture is much greater. Good fruit is
always salable and yields profit in
greater or less degree.
| Hens like to roost high. The
roosts should, therefore, be all on the
same level to prevent crowding. Al,
least one foot of space on the roost
should be allowed for each full .growr
fowl, and the roosts should be eighteen
inches apart.
The poultry-yard, or backyard
where poultry are kept, is the best
place for successful plum growing
The hens devour the noxious insects al
they fall to the ground to 60 into the
pupa state. The curculio is the enemy
| OF the plum and the hen is the enemy
of the curculio.
During heavy rains the soluble
matter Of the manure heap will be car.
ried away. 1t is the most valuable
portion. Have the manure heap over
pit, or dish the ground in the center,
so that the liquid will not flow away.
The blacker the liquid the greater tn
| loss to the manure when it is carried
off.
BY the use of clover and the keep.
ing of stock, notably sheep, land has
been brought up so that large crops Of
both wheat and corn are now grown
When grain is sold off the farm a por.
ton OF the money received should be
spent for bran or other grain to be
| fed to stock, in order to make good the
loss from selling grain.
-Agriculturists OF this country are
beginning more and more to see the
need of not only raising diversified
crops but of growing more stock, and
it will be well for them not to confine
themselves to one class of stock. As a
rule it will be better to have a few
cattle, some horses, a score of swine
and a small flock of sheep, than to
have the same amount of money in.
vested either in cattle or swine alone.
Peaches are now a much-neglected
fruit in the Bluegrass region OF Ken
lucky. Trees bear sparingly and live
only few years. Farmers should Sc
lect hardy varieties and then let the
same care be given to them that is
given the trotting colts legs-or the
Shorthorn's back. A farmer will work
all day to get the MARBLES out of n
cows back, but he won't give ten
minutes to get the borers out of his
peach trees.
Hay that is harvested at the right
time, and is bright and clean, may be
fed TO stock just as it is with the best
results. That cut late, caught by rain
Or injured in the stack, is generally
more or less dusty, and is not fit for
horse feed without some preparation.
1t must be dampened when fed, and
propably cut and sprinkled with meal
of some sort to induce the animals to
eat it. 1t will do for "roughness" for
stock running at large, but its feeding
value is very low, and it must be sup
plemented with extra grain rations.
Orange Judd Farmer.
On dry soils deep planting of ap-
pies and peaches is most successful.
Seven years ago some large trees were
planted foot deeper than they grew
in the nursery. They have remained
very erect and grow rapidly. In such
situations, If planted at all, it should
be on ridges, and planted shallow at
that Peaches are best when put mod
erately deep, with the soil ridged up
to them by shallow blowing afterward.
The trees need sufficient soil on the
roots to keep them firm during high
winds. The ounce roots in shallow
soil, and deep planting or deep culture
is not to be desired. A moist soil for
them, however, is very essential.
Orchard and Garden.