The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-06
HERE AND THERE.

Piles of brush Or stubblc afford
harboring places for the insects, and
they can be better destroyed by burn
ing such material early than to delay
until the ground is frozen.
Digging post-holes, repairs and
hauling gravel should be done before
the ground freezes. 1t entails twice
the labor to defer such work until
later. Now is the time to make all
repairs.
Twenty pounds of hay and twelve
quarts of oats given daily is the esti-
mated quantity of food for a horse.
but this must be regulated by the size
of the animal, the labor performed and
the season of the year.
Bran and skinned milk will make
moro growth on pigs now than any
thing else. Corn is required only
when the pig is to be made very fat.
A ration in which corn is a portion of
the food will give better results than
to depend entirely on it for fattening.
When q farmer has more grass
than he can NOW, or use in any man
ner, it will pay him to attach heavy
chain to two-horse pillow and turn the
grass under. as it will prove moro
serviceable as a green manurial crop.
"A small crack in the wall Of the
stable will do greater injury than to
leave a window out. More harm re-
suits from constant current of air
coming on portion of the body of an
animal than when the animal is exposed
entirely.
"A successful dairyman for many
years gives it as his conclusion that a
well-fed COW that does not earn her en-
tire value in single year is not worth
keeping in the dairy. Says he: "A COW
that has cost seventy dollars should
make net earning of seventy-five dol
lars"
When a man wants to sell e COW
J pretty badly--unless it is the breeder
of COWS for sale-the COW he wants to
J sell is good COW not to buy as a rule.
, We shall never believe that man can
: get good COW in any way as easily as
} he can get her by intelligent breeding
t and raising the calf. Western Rural.
The hog will thrive better if kept
clean and given plenty of water. Milk
will not answer as water. The water
trough should be kept flied with clean
, water at all times. Many hogs fail to
thrive owing to the fact that they are
given plenty of slop and no pure wa
ter.
"A Jersey COW knocked one OF her
horns off early in the spring. The
$ accident was discovered before it be-
$ came cold. 1t was put back in its
place and tied. In a few days it grew
- fast, and is now the same as the other.
: Nothing was done except to pick it
a from the ground and put it in position
i while the blood was shilling oozing
!; from the stump.-Country Gentleman.
J. Wheat boards recently caused the
II death of horse near Clinton, N. j.
g While drawing a reaper the horse bill
s off the heads of the standing grain
= and after he had been at work about
= two hours he fell down and died. Al
If examination was made and the bacl
g part of the tongue was found to be full
n of white boards. On opening the throa
is the boards were found in great guam
l. titles sticking through the windpipe
1t from the effects Of which it is believed
,. the animal choked to death.
y The Jersey Bulletin argues tina
d with her second calf a heifer that ha
70 been judiciously fed ought to increase
is her yield of milk and the butter con
Y, tents of her milk. This increase o
lie growth in capacity continues general
is up to the fifth calf. There is, how
Is ever, wide difference in the rate G
h maturing in different heifers, as great
indeed, as in their mature powers
al Some heifers make very little improve
in ment after their second calf, and som
p phenomenal heifers have done tn
l, best with their first cali.