The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-11-20
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| ~ requires Skill 70 Winter bees prop
erly. They should be kept well pro-
tected from severe cold, but not in a To-
cation that allows them to become too
warm in the hive should change Of
weather occur.
1t seems strange when men are so
particular about the food they eat and
turn with loathing from moldy or musty
dishes that they neglect to guard the
horses and cattle as zealously. It
takes a little time to screen the oats
and remove the dirt and chaff, but it
pays.
If the food is diminished and ami
mails become poor the amount of food
required to get them in condition will
be greater than the amount of food
saved in an attempt to economic.
Keep the stock always in the best con-
dition, and the cost of maintenance will
be lessened.
Put the garden seeds away in the
boxes carefully labeled, or the mice and
ants may destroy them. All seeds should
be thoroughly dry, well looked over, the
imperfect seeds of beets, melons, squash
land other coarse seeds), removed, and
the boxes kept in dry place.
Never whip horse for not doing
what he can not understand is wanted
of him. Few horses willfully refuse to
perform service required. But they
do not understand. Spend your energy
in patiently making the animal UNDER
stand, instead of spending it in whip
ping him.
do not bank the earth up to the
poultry-house until the ground begins
to freeze, as the boards do not rot at that
season OF the year. As soon as the
winter is over, level the earth again, as
the boards will begin to rot in spring.
They usually begin to decay on the
level of the ground.
The markets do not demand q very
large fowl at any season. A bird weigh
ing about four or Ave pounds is more
salable than one weighing eight or ten
pounds. The fowl that brings the best
price is the fat, plump, fresh-looking
one, especially If dressed, dry picked
and clean. Live fowls should never be
shipped.
-Soapsuds on the manure heap il
beneficial. The suds not only adds the
soda and other elements of the soap to
the heap, but also induces chemical
changes, during which processes the am
monia is, to a certain extent, prevented
from escaping. The alkaline matter
also largely assists in rendering some
of the solid matter soluble, and reduces
the whole to finer condition.
Hemp can be easily grown in nearly
all sections OF this country, but the OBJ
stacle to its successful cultivation is the
labor of preparing it for market. There
is wide field for inventive genius in
devising appropriate machinery for spe
cially treating hemp and other flbrous
plants which demand more labor than
can be profitably bestowed on them.
TO feed half-grown chicks with old
fowls means that the fowls will become
overfat and the chicks will not grow,
owing to the tyranny Of the larger birds.
Young males will not be allowed to eat
at the trough if the old male can pre-
vent them, and the hens will pick at
every chick that comes in the way. AS
the young birds must be forced now,
they should be fed separately from the
older ones, and given all they can con-
sumo.
Ice is good thing in the dairy, but
not always absolutely necessary. With
well or spring water at forty-eight or
fifty degrees, and a cool, sweet and dry
cellar, there is but little need of ice. In
the absence of these supply Of ice be-
comes quite important, if not absolutely
indispensable. A good but not neces.
sarily an expensive ice house, well-flled
each winter. is q great aid to the sum.
mer dairy. We do not approve Of putt
ting ice directly into the milk or cream,
although many do it. Aside from other
considerations, ice is seldom pure
enough to be used in this way with
safety. It is better 10 use IT in sossq
form Of refrigerator,