St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-25
HERE AND THERE.

The fruit that Is to be kept through
the winter should be put away careful
~, and then carefully watched ali
through the winter that the decayco
ones may be removed.
Calves do not pay, say the dairymen.
yet somebody raises the cows that the
dairymen buy, and it is possible that
some one must make the calves pay, or
there would soon be no cows.
AS soon as fall work is over the tools
should be thoroughly cleaned and well
Amounted with kerosene oil, which will
protect them from rust. Never keep
tools in damp place.
O-The Farm Journal says that a well
raised pig of from $50 to $50 pounds,
dressed at eight or nine months old. is
the best eating that can grow in thai
sort of hide, and that the days of heavy
pigs are numbered.
Manure may fail to give good re
suits the first year and show well next
Much depends on the condition Of the
material. 1t can not afford food &c
plants until it decomposes and its salu
BILE material can be appropriated.
If you havc a nice thoroughbred
calf and turn it out to hump itself in
the corner of tho fence, in the storms
and cold. next spring you will say:
'sThis talk about a thoroughbred being
better than a scrub is all bosh."
The question being raised as to
whether it is better to have cows ''conle
in" every year, or to have them bred
once in two years, the Rural New
Yorker made inquiries of a number OF
dairymen, and their testimony is in
favor Of the former plan.
To get good beds Of flowers next
spring prepare the beds now. Spade
them up. sprinkle lime and ashes on
the earth, rake it over and then cover
well with manure, allowing the manure
to remain on the surface to be turned
under in the spring.
The sheep will find quite an amount
of forage on the stubble fields which
other animals will not touch at this
season, but because the sheep is willing
to eat what it can find in that manner
should rot deprive it from receiving reg
ular rations at the barn-yard.
A good dressing of manure around
each raspberry plant at this season will
cause the canes to grow rapidly in the
spring. Only few raspberry bushes are
required in order to supply small
family and the richer the ground and
more manure used the larger and better
the quality of the berries.
Every farm should have few grape
vines. They serve as arbors Of shade,
and can be grown where they will moi
take up much space. All poultry yards
will be improved If grape vines are
grown along the fences, and the fowls
will find shade under the overhanging
branches in summer.
Farmers muttons may and should
be the best in the world. says the Orange
County Farmer. As soon as the Sleeps
head is cut of hang up the carcass al
once, slit small hole high up betweep
the hind legs, insert a funnel and poui
in very cold waterfall the body will
hold. This will present the ''sheepy
TASTE"
Cabbage stalks should be left in the
ground when the heads are wanted fo'
use, as they will throw up sprouts ano
give . good yield Of greens. In some
sections the stalks latter the heads HAYS
been cut OH are replanted close togethcl
and covered with litter, with cornstar.'
over the litter Early in the spring tn
litter is removed and the stalk made u
prOvide greenA