The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

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without constant and expensive vigilance
In the application of ~preventiyes, which
even under good management do not
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,
Farmfor profit,
Keep up the fertility.
Good crops reduce the cost.
The best asters ri the transplauted
ones.
The daphne indica requires coed
drainage.
Feed economically but not at the ex-
pense of growth.
The cost of the various crops will vary
almost every year.
No a season can be taken as q true
guide for the next.
islands and the shore districts of the main
lands, or on hillsides at certain eleya-
lions. As stated in a Government. re-
port, where hills and valleys are closely
and distinctly defined there exists at GER
tain elevations on the hillside a zone or
belt where dews are light or unknown
and where frosts are modified. This
zone exists In all countries that are tray-
ersed by high mountains and deep VAL
leys.
In a paper read before the American
horticultural Society on sHorticulture
In the Mountain Regions of the South. p
it is said there are as many of those belts
as there are ridges on hills or knobs
Sell stock whenever they are fully
ready, irrespective of price.
In threshing take pains to see that all
the straw is stacked carefully.
Latania borbonica palms are widely
used for decorative purposes.
Summer pruning is the best if fol-
lowed up properly every year.
With hogs q quick growth and early
maturity determines the profit
After all the crops are all harvested is
a good time to haul out manure.
Tie up roses and chrysarlthemurns anil
carnations before they bend and break.
Very comfortable quarters must be
provided If pigs are Wintered w with
profit.
Allowing fruit to go TO waste is
part Of the farm profits that sllou14 De
saved.
iii d majority of cases it Will be better
10 buy whatever bran is needed early in
the fall.
Pinching the ends Of fuchias not
only improves shape, but gives abundance
of flowers.
The new abutiIon eclipse not only has
fne foliage but retains IT'S blossonas and
blooms freely.
Bran can be fed I'd the milk cows
nearly every day III the year with proftif
milk III an item.
While there III time SEQ that plenty
OF shelter ID provided for all the stock
that is To be Wintered over.
H yoa want to get swamp muck tho
dry summer time Is the best to do II IN.
The muck il lighter when dry.
After the stables and sheds are thor
oughly cleaned outa good coat of white
wash will make them healthier.
The quality III fodder for feeding il
often considerably lessened by allowing
tito get too ripe before cutting.
a. cheap hog and poultry house can
readily be made to return q good profit,
have wafer, dry and convenient.
IL you have nothing better Iay IN 4
good supply Of dry earth to use as an ab.
aorbent IN your stables when needed.
Apply lime whitewasa in your stables,
your hen house, your pig pen and every
where that insects can lay their nit5.
During the cool weather in che early
fall III the best time for fattening hogs,
and they should be pushed as rapidly %
possible.
Two items are important in draining.
One ii to secure d good outlet aud the
other IS to provide . regular descent for
the wateE.
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kernel gets doughty. The straw viii
thea be brighta and about IS good to feed
u timothy hay.
CornmeaI Is excellent for fattsniug
pigs, but it needs to have fed with it
something more heterogeneous to make
muscle and promotes growth.
Always leave q strip for moving be-
tween your growing cropand the pasture
fence. It viii prevent cattle from reach.
ing over and breaking the fence.
Do not be afraid to furnish your cows
4 shade for fear they viii not feed
enough. They make milk when chewing
the cub and not when filing the
stomach.