The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-01-09
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1t requires skill to winter bees prop
erly. They should be kept well pro.
tected from severe cold, but not in q L.
cation that allows them to become too
warm in the hive should change d
weather occur,
1t seems strange when men are "a
particular about the food they eat and
turn with loathing from moldy or musty
dishes that they neglect to guard the
horses and cattle as zealoUslY. 1t
takes little time to screen the oats
and remove the dirt and chat, but Il
pays.
If the food is diminished and ani
mails become poor the amount Of food
required to get them in condition win
be greater than the amount Of food
saved in an attempt to economic.
Keep the stock always in the best con-
dition, and the cost Of maintenance viii
be lessened.
Put the garden seeds away in ths
boxes carefully labeled, or the mice and
ants may destroy them. All seeds should
be thoroughly dry, well looked over, the
imperfect seeds of beets, melons, squash
land other coarse seeds), removed, and
the boxes kept in dry place.
Never whip a horse for not doing
what he can not understand is wanted
of him. Few horses willfully refuse to
perform service required But they
do not understand. Spend your eneFgy
in patiently making the animal under
stand, instead of spending it in whip
ping him.
DO not bank the earth up to tho
poultry-house until the ground begin
to freeze, as the boards do not rot at that
season of the year. AS soon as the
winter is over, level the earth again, az
the boards will begin to rot in spring,
They usually begin to decay on the
level of the ground.
The markets do not demand very
large fowl at any season. A bird weigh
ing about four or five pounds is more
salable than one weighing eight or ten
pounds. The fowl that brings the best
price is the fat, plump, fresh-looking
one, especially if dressed. dry picked
and clean. Live fowls should never BE-
shipped.
-Soapsuds on the manure heap s
beneficial. The suds not only adds Che
soda and other elements of the soap e
the heap, but also induces chemical
changes, during which processes theaH.
monia is, to a certain extent, prevented
from escaping. The alkaline mattes
also largely assists in rendering some
of the solid matter soluble, and reduces
the whole to finer condition.
Hemp can be easily grown in nearly
all sections of this country, but the o.
stacle to its successful cultivation Is ihs
labor Of preparing it for market There
is a wide field for inventive genius y
devising appropriate machinery for spe.
cially treating hemp and other hbro@
plants which demand more labor than
can be proftablY bestowed on them
To feed half-grown chicks with ola
fowls means that the fowls will become
overfat and the chicks will not grow
owing to the tyranny Of the larger blris.
Young males viii not be allowed to eai
at the trough if the old male can pie
vent them, and the hens will PICK 2
every chick that comes in the way.
the young birds must be forced nov,
they should be fed separately from 'as
older ones, and given all they can eo0
sumo.
Ice is a good thing in the dairy, ~
not always absolutely necessary. WIZ
well or spring water at forty-eignsg
fifty degrees, and cool, sweet and o.y
cellar, there is but little need Of ice. z
the absence of these supply OF ice 2
comes quite important, if not absolaee,5
indispensable. A good but not nees
sarily an expensive ice house, well-nl'1-
each winter, is a great aid to the ~
mer dairy. We do not approve q y.
ting ice directly into the milk Or osse,s
although many do it. Aside from e.
considerations, ice is seldom ~
enough to be used in this way ~.
safety. Il is better to use y y
form Of refrigerator,