The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-06-06
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Wherever there Is a low, damp
place there should be a ditch or an
under layer of drain tile.
1t Is a mistake not 10 plant some
sweet corn for food for the COWS when
the grass is dry and short.
One stone six inches high in a
wheel track causes more wear OF team
and carriage than an additional hall
mile OF smooth road.
When a hive OF bees begin roaring
1t can be quieted by placing a wet
sponge over the holes OF the brood
chamber with a wet cloth.
Beans or potatoes are the best
crops for an orchard. Among sowcd
crops, peas and buckwheat are best.
Fertilize the orchard well If you seed
it down.
Fathers are apt to give the boys
the poorest team and the poorest tools
on the place to work with; but it is bad
policy If the boys are to be encouraged
to become good farmers.
Eggs from hens that are two years
old will hatch better and bring better
offspring than those from the younger
stock. Young hens are preferable for
laying eggs for market.
1t takes an awful lot Of animal
heat to evaporate the water which
falls on an animal during a cold rain.
Therefore provide shelter for them at
all seasons when they would suffer
from an inclement storm, especially
for the young lambs.
For %ventilating and warming
poultry-houses, the American Agricult-
urist advises that the air be always
brought in and discharged neal the
roof, as the birds will not then crowd
and become lame, as they will when
the warmth il below them.
Weeds make excellent green ma
nure If turned under. A rank growth
VI weeds indicates fertile land, but
such land a be exhausted by remov-
ing weeds as well as by removing a
regular crop. 1t will pay, therefore,
to turn the weeds under and let them
rot in the ground.
The experimental station with all
OF its science and machinery, may
make researches into the chemistry OF
the nature of the soil, OF plant
food. and animals, but it will amount
to nothing if the farmers do not study,
road and strictly carry them out with
u%nvarying fidelity. Every effort must
be made to apply in practice the scien-
tifc results of the station. Iowa State
Register.
The Alabama and Georgia Farmers
Alliance decided to use cotton cloth
covering cotton bales and to let the
jute bagging alone, so long Us it is
controlled by a trust. The proposition
to substitute pine-straw bagging was
not adopted because it was suggested
a few men held the patents on its
manufacture, and could easily COM |
bine to exact exorbitant prices for
use.
Old sod land may require frequent |
pulverizing before it can be etfectually
reduced, as portions OF the sod may not
be perfectly turned under, and the
grass will sprout. 1t will not decom-
pose in such cases, and if necessary
land may have To be cross
The ~pulverizer can do
good work on 1t, however, and should
De used after each rain until the field
s in q fine condition. Next spring
effects OF tho labor bestowed will
shown On the corn grown on tho
and.
An Australian professor OF agri-
truly says that mo hard and
asst rules can be laid down TO dlstin-
scientific from practical farm
ng; the two must 90 hand in hand to
secure success. In agricultural pur-
suits a scientific farmer must also be u
practical farmer, and n practical farm
n should also be scientific. Scientific |
arming is not only carrying on the
ordinary duties OF a farmer, such as
reaping, etc, but it also in
dudes a knowledge of the reasons why
operations are necessary"