The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-04-05
HERE AND THERE.

The average production of corn il
about twenty four bushels Der acre.
But for the production of the fodder the
corn crop would not be profitable.
One mode of disposing of surplus
poultry is to can it. This country pro-
dnces enormous quantities of poultry.
and we should be able to export Dor
ton.
The cost of a farm is not the heavf-
est expense to the beginner. The out
lay for horses, cattle. machinery, nten-
sis and extra LABOR the first year is
often more than the cost Of the farm.
Rules may be made for governing
dairy work, but there can be no rule
made for feeding the cows in regard to
quantity and quality of food. Each COW
will have her special demands, and they
must be complied with.
When milk i unfit for the farmer TO
drink 1t is also unfit for the young calf.
Scours frequently result from the calf
not receiving milk that is fresh and
sweet The natural conditions in feed
ing young calves should be observed as
closely as possible.
Manure will not cause the plants to
grow until it is reduced to the condition
necessary for that purpose when an
piled to the soil. The rain will extract
the soluble matter, but the solids must
undergo complete chemical process
before they will become soluble. Hence.
to secure the best results from the ma
nure it should be we'll decomposed in
the manure heap.
Look over the vegetable seeds that
are stored away. They should be kept
dry. and a. mice may destroy them the
seeds should be protected by suspending
the bags or by inclosing them in tin
box.
-Whitewash should be used in order
to render the stables cheerful. A light
stable is more cheerful than dark one.
and as the lime partially serves to dis
infect the building its application should
be frequent.
"A farmer in Texas gives his hogs
one good feed each year of corn boiled
In the poke root three parts of corn to
3ne of the root He considers the root
, preventive of cholera. In twenty
seven years experience he has never
lost hog with this disease.
The village butcher who buys the
'armer's hogs and retails them from the
block in almost every instance makes :
yreater profit than the grower dare
'hink Of. The farmer can save some OF
his profit to himself by learning to
make fancy article OF meat for sum-
ner use. Do it and quit bowling about
lard times
Wagon axles should be kept we'll |
'reased. Grease is cheaper than horse |
Iesh, and as the roads in the winter
eason do not always permit of the use
4 light wagons, the draught ON the |
lorses should be kept at the minimum
'oint. and greasing the axles win large
y contribute to lessen the wear and tear
( the wagons as we'll as the labor Of
he horses.
Frequent transplanting Of the young
liant and good tillage are essential to !
est results in tomato culture, says the
iichigan Farmer. Plants started under
lass ten weeks before transplanting
nto the field will give fruit about
eek sooner than those started two or
hree weeks later.
III you wish to set . tree or vine
here an old one has died out, says
arm, Stock and Home, remove con-
derable amount OF earth and MI in
18th good and fresh new soil. 1t will |
~ to take this trouble. A new plant
" some reason, recoils from taking
'ot in the soil Of one that hes failed =
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