The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-27
HERE AND THERE.

On the farm for practical purposea,
the Pekin is the best breed of duck to
raise. They are of large size, of good
quality and are easily managed.
Cooked rutabagas, with little
meal or bran, will make admirable
pork. Fed to sheep, with q trlfling
addition of feed. and they will make
the finest mutton in the world.
1t is not good plan to mate all
the breeding hens too early, especially
when there is a considerable number
of young stock, or until the steadiest
and best laying hens can be deter
mined.
Many fail to obtain the best results
with their fowls simply by neglecting
to exercise good judgment in the selec-
ton of the breeding stock. This is fully
as important an item with poultry as
with any other class of stock.
From now until the grass has made
a sufficient growth to supply green
food it will pay to provide cabbage,
turnips, onions or some kind of vege.
tables. Chop up fine and give a feed
once a day.
Coal ashes and wood ashes with
sawdust or dry soil, equal parts, will
make good dust bath. It should be
changed occasionally in order to keep
clean. Put in a box and set in COR
ner OF the poultry-house where it will
keep dry.
BE careful in using salt on the
ground. Salt will kill weeds to q Ger.
tain extent, and it is also remedy for
some kinds of grubs in the soil, but
salt will kill other plants as we'll, and
its use may result in a loss of some OF
the garden crops.
ANY soil that will grow fair crop
of corn may be selected for peaches.
The same cultivation is given peaches
the first year that is necessary for
corn, which means that the cultivator
should be passed over the ground fire.
quently and the grass kept down.
Mr.. Yancey, of Giles County. has
introduced a bill in the Tennessee
Legislature to prevent cotton buyers
taking two pounds of cotton from each
bale without the consent OF seller
"A writer in the Alabama Farmer
complains that members of the Ali.
ance who have money to lend to other
members make them pay twelve to tif-
teen per cent interest for it. He says
this is just what the monopolists do.
The creamery at McMinnville,
Tenn, has suspended operations, being
unable to secure milk enough to run.
There is probability of the machin.
cry being sold and the building con-
verted into some other kind of enter
prise.
EARLY in the season, before the pc.
tato is up, the beetle will attack the
tomato plant in hot-beds, or that may
be set out in the open ground. 1t will
destroy whole field OF egg plants In
single night, and often does more dam
age to early plants than it does to the
potato crop.
The advantage in using loose straw
on the floor of the poultry-house is that
it is easily cleaned up and the hens
scratching among it will get exercise.
On the farm it is economical and clean
and can be readily supplied. 1t should
not be allowed to remain more than q
week without removal.
Often dairymen are puzzled to
Know Why their butter has bad flavor
when they have been careful to keep il
from any thing that would faint it.
The trouble is with the salt, says an
exchange While the butter was care.
fully guarded the salt was not, ana il
absorbed doors which spoiled the hut
ter.