The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-05-17
FARM AND HOME.

in Dakota that agents have been sent
out to purchase cats BY the wholesale.
The prices in Dakota for good mousers
are from SO to SO apiece.
Rice planters throughout this parish,
says the Plaquemine Protector. will fin
ish sowing this week, The first rice
is superb. The weather was most
propitious for rice planting this season
and the rice planted 50 far is all that
could be desired.
Progressive agriculture doesn't
mean progressing from fifty 70 one
hundred acres, but rather progres.
sion IN the outer direction, by the
practice Of methods which viii make
fifty acres have the productive power
of one hundred.--PloBmaa
Someone has proposed the following
as suitable epitsph for deceased
pig; Useful in hfe, excellent in
death, He was never known TO
laugh, but was always fat. He lived
like gentleman and philosopher.
He bad no regret for the past, no care
for, the present, and no fear for the
future. His life was short but full Of
comfort. His death was sudden aud
unexpected. The owner had hope in
his hfe, and butteFine in bis death.S
The State of Maryland leads all the
rest in canning fruits, vegetables and
oysters, II IS estimated that one-tifth
of the people 10 the State are luter-
esled directly or indirectly 10 the can.
ned goods business There are ass can
ming houses, employing $4,000 hands,
who receive SIC, 500 annually in wages
There are 1900 additional men en-
pIoyed as can makers, Baltimore has
several immense establishments which
can fruits in summer and oysters in
wnter,-Record,
The majority of the boys who leave
the farm because they can't make a
living, find 1t a very poor living they
make at anything else. Tho only good
reason boy can fnd for leaving the
farm is, that it IS not adapted to his
taste, and yet not few mistake their
calling even then. The farmer can,
with few principles Of shrewdness
and economy, make living, If moth
ing more, while tho man of salary may,
through sickness or some other cause,
lose bis position, aud If he has fam.
lily dependent upon him he soon finds
himself In q position no farmer need
envy.-Rarat Ncws.
Cows, if left to their own ways, do
not al Ways take TO the best and clear
est water. They will often drink
moro from stagnant, dirty pond
than from a clear running stream.
Possibly habit has something to do
with this strange preference. But
especially IN winter it may be ac-
counted for on other grounds. The
running stream in winter, if unfrozpn,
is constantly exposed to severe cold,
and is usually several degrees colder
than that in The pond protected by
ice thick enough to bear the cows
weight, II is fair to presume that the
cow knows what is gnod for her in
some respects. Try her with clean
water slightly warmed, aud SEQ if she
will not drink it as greedily as the
other.-BOSt0R CWltivator.
The cause of milk fever is usually
plethora and costiveness at the time
of parturition. 1t is maIady of the
improved and heavy milking breeds of
cattle, and most fatal among cows in
full flesh, Prevention must be sought
in spare diet for few weeks before
ard after calving, aud the giving of
Purgatiyes as soon after the calf
is born as possible A pound Of
Epson salts Is the purgatiVe most
usually recommended, following with
warm bran mashes. Should the fever
be developed, repeat the dose of Ep.
som salts, and apply cold water to the
head round the base of the horns, and
give one.half draChm of uux vomica
every three or four hours until the
fever subsidies, The milk should be
drawn at frequent intervals, and if the
udder is at all fcversh battle 1t in cold
water for half hour, then rub dry
with a soft Clpth.--NeaO York Sun.
The Southdown form has been care
fully obtained for mutton purposes.
II pleases the butcher aud ii pieases
the consumer Il cuts up well on the
block, and 1t is marbled eyeny--a
streak Of fat and a streak Of lean. The
excellent qualities of mutton need to
be carefully studied by farmers. The
excellent feeding qualities Of sheep
resemble those Of cattle. Cattle feed
ers are experts in seleolipg good
feeders, and why should not sheep
feeders become experts alsol Some
breeds Of sheep produce excellent
mutton as lambs, but are too fat aud
strong when matured. Notably Of
these are the Colswolds and The broad
tails, much used 10 some sections where
lamb raising is practiced, Some breeds,
as the Merinos, are especially desirable
for lamb raising, since they faiten 50
readily after the lambs are sold, but
their forms are not So desirable for
cutting qp economical as they should
bel Crossing with The SoulhdoWn
adds 10 their value. Some 81 ihe
families Of The Merino are well nigh
models, however, of lhe famous South
downs, ana while growing ~ mnnh