Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-08-29

"A member ~ famous farmers club
says feed 9aions 10 sheep 10 kill the
teks
ii IL Q good Idea 10 cultivate the
young orchard for three years; then Il
may be seeded down for three years.
when u should be cultivated agaia.
--Ashea With good roof Il necessary
In every hog pasture However veil
hogs may enjoy an abundance Of water
In warm weather. when tho rain comes
in torrents for days. they take 10 q
dry shed with evident pleasure.
The advantage In sorting out thu
fruit before sending Ia market not
only Includes quicker sale. bat ~.
allies a better profit. and when there
l. any thing like full crop this wili
b. found the most profitable plan with
all kinds Of fruit whether marketed
at home or seat a considerable distance
away.
Spraying fruit trees In blossom
wi,h arsenieal poisons IL strongly con.
demned by Prof A. J. Coca. II
poisons bees and the honey they ara
making. and Prot Cook thinks u may
eyea poison people who eat honey
made from the blossoms sprayed lie
suggests that legislatures should enact
laws punishiug the spraying 81 trees Ia
bloom with ane and imprisonment
-Ground squirrels have become so
great a nuisance Ia California that The
farmers In sorae counties are organ.
izing against them. Il 10 proposed ~
pay bounty raised By lot nj taxation
Of 20 much per acre to every farmer
who shall keep his land free from
squirrels. and 10 appoint squirrel In
spectoFs. whose duty IA shall b. 70 de-
stroy the pests when the owners % the
Land neglect 10 do ga. aud who shall be-
paid Zoe their services By the commu.
nity.
One cent l. a small mniteri Yes.
but when added to the receipt Tor each
pound Of butter or meat each quart %
berries or milk. through thu year. IL
is little thing that tslls Added "a
a price Il i - much gaia. 80 much not
profit Tho frat cost must come out
Of the price. whether n be large or
small, The cost being covered. every
cent extra u 80 much clear. Isn't H.
then. wlse to pick aud pack. and 30
raise only hrst-class products. that the
extra price may bo securely
1t requires bat little experience n
discover that the same kinds OF crops
can not be grown on tho same ground
Tor many years Ia Succession withou
detrimeaL Plants u the same family
should not b. planted 10 succeed each
other. Plants which occupy tho
ground for a number Of years. such a.
rhuharb and asparagus. should sue
coed annual plants. Crops grown for
heads, such ~ cabbage. caullaower.
etc. should he succeeded By crops
grown for their bulbs OF roots
Plant straw berries Ia the spring.
Fall paintings aro liable 10 freeze out.
aud they viii not bear a crop the en-
suing spring. and summer pla1tings
re4uirc more care aud sklll than tho
ordinary farmer l. likely b. bestoN.
strawberry plants can bo sot Ia April
without losing one la a hundred u
I proper care - taken in putting them
cut They should not be allowel %
/ fruit the Arst spriag, ~ they viii not
b. sufficiently rooted. and IL will reduce
their vitality too much; besides the
fruit will be Inferior aud dirty. -Coun.
I Try Gentleman.
Many farmers cling teuaciously to
[ the Idea that "corn makes the hog I"
Corn - a very nrcessary article IN the
I production % pork. but all ths corn In
America can not maze pork al a profit
/ out ~ Tho long-Hoscd. thin-shOuldarcd
I thin lowlc Gahby. cadaverous looking
little individual found In many n tho
/ pig pans on many farms The sooner
the farmer gets rid Of these proatless
scrubs and breed quick maturing swine.
they will learn that thore 10 something
else needed besides corn 30 make swine
/ breeding a paying Investment The
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