The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-05
HERE AND THERE.

The best remedy for lump-jaw in
cattle, and monopolies and trusts, is to
salt their hides and roll them up ready
for tanning.
If you would understand the true
secret of living, devote yourself to the
taskof providing tor your family good
living and happy life.
The basis of success after all is in
prosperous homes, sustained by the eff
forts of its inmates, made luminous by
their love and their lives.
Sending abroad for articles that can
be raised on your farm is but repeti-
ton of the crime OF robbing your soil
every year without returning any thing
to it.
The income" of farmer is regu-
lated by the ''outgo." If all the sup
plies have to be purchased and brought
in, the "outgo" will be greater than the
''income."
Barley is our only grain Of which tbas
home product is not equal to the de-
mand. The deficiency is chiefly sup
piled by importations from Canada.
Carrots are said to be exceleat food
for horses, giving sleek, oily appear.
ance to their hair. From 500 to i, 900
bushels may be raised to the acre on
good land.
kerosene applications to the skin Of
animals, as remedies for lice and skin
ailments, is too severe One gill OF kerr
osene added to quart of cotton-seed oil
is better.
When man is frightened or angry
his digestive organs do not work; this il
also true of an animal-hence the profit
in keeping it in peaceful and fearless
state by kind treatment.
The basis of the prosperity OF tho
State rests upon the prosperity Of tho
counties, and the counties can not
prosper if the homes of the people resid.
ing there are not self-sustaining.
The money expended on roads, II
properly applied, will save wear and
depreciation of wagons. Many good
horses are annually killed or foundered
by bad roads. A road can not be made
too good for travel.
Black knot on the plum, according
to the statement Of Prof. S. T. Maynard,
may be destroyed with mixture Of lin.
seed oil, turpentine and kerosene. The
kerosene must be used with care, for II
allowed to spread over the branch 1t
Will destroy it.
-Odors in the stable indicate that
the air therein is impure. The use OF
absorbents, with due regard to keeping
the stalls clean, is very important,
Once a week the stable should be
sprinkled with solution made Of onS
pound of copperas IN two gallons Of soft
water.
One of the drawbacks Of the ger.
mination of seeds is that they are GOV.
cred with too much earth when planted.
The smaller the seed the less covering
required. Such seeds as kale. cabbage,
turnip, lettuce, carrot and parsnip need
only one-eighth of an inch of earth
over them.
because grade pig is weitformed.
and gives evidence of being a superior
hog at some day, do not be tempted to
use it for breeding purposes, il a masnlaai,
as it will not transn it uniformity 10 its
progeny. The onl, way 10 IL 1Eove
swine at the lowe t cost is by using
pure-bred males on -
There is much II the breed, there 10
much in the feed, g nd there is more in
the feeder than Ell her. A good feeder
will do fairly vel With good breed
and poor feed. or with good feed and .
poor breed. But a good feeder putting
good feed into s good breed L. the acuae
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