The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-01-01
HERE AND THERE.

"A good-for-nothing COW in the herd
is a swindler, and man who can be
swindled by a COW would stand mighty
poor show with lightning-rod man.
The paunch of a COW, Prof. Arnold
says, is a silo in miniature. That is to
say, we suppose, that the changes which
take place in the silo and in the paunch
are the same.
Comfortable shelter for the stock, a
comfortable house, things handy about
the premises and plenty Of good reading,
and we ought to be able to get through
the winter very comfortably.
You can overfeed as we'll as under
feed colt; do neither; feed just right.
Give good nourishing food from the
start, but do not force them; they are
neither hogs nor steers, and the early
maturity business may be overdone if
you try to force them.
"A warm mash" on a cold day, early
in the morning, is an excellent invigor-
ator for an animal that does not have an
appetite. For brood-mares that are
sucking colts it is excellent.
-Wc speak of a million bushels of
wheat as if it were small thing, ana it
is when compared with the hundreds q
millions of grain annually produced. BIT
train loaded with five hundred bushels
in car would have to be about fifteen
miles long to carry one million bushels.
Limo is said to make heavy soils
lighter and light soils heavier. AS it
can do no damage when judiciously APP
piled, and is cheap when compared with
| the benefits it confers, it should be used
on every farm. Land that is frequently
supplied with lime produces the best
grass. ---.---
If the hoofs Of sheep are pared so as
to keep the growth from being excess
| i've there will be less liability of foot.
rot. The hoof grows faster on soft
| ground than on stony locations and the
| ioot-rot appears sooner when the sheer
are kept on damp fields, much of il bel
ing due to failure in keeping the hoofs
pared.
Young stock of all kinds are easily
and quickly affected by sudden changes
CT the weather. If affected by severe
cold they are liable to be stunted, and
will grow but little before the spring.
Exposures to cold and dampness is one
OF the principal causes of scours and
cold on the bowels of young stock.
Wherever sheep feed, new, sweet
grasses flourish and weeds are destroyed,
says the Kansas Farmer. For this rea-
son farmers should raise more of them.
II Tor no other. But there are several
other and equally good reasons why
every farm should have its own flock OF
these useful animals.
If we expect the dairy to be sue
cess with us we must keep up the past
ures, and to do that properly often ne
| ceSsitates fuller knowledge of the sub
ject than we possess. Winter is good
time to study up on pastures. Winter
is a good time to study up on all prac-
| teal farm matters.
The manure heap is the savings
bank of the farm. If any articles are
unstable, or can not be put to some use
on the farm, they should be added to
the manure heap in order that they may
be returned to the land, and thereby
made to contribute to the production
of something better the next season.
Nothing is lost that goes into the ma
nure heap, especially if the manure is
managed with view to having it ss
valuable as possible before applying It
70 the soil,