The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-01

eating away the substance, but a fen
weeks later they change TO the pura
stage. and from this to the perfect beetle
OF Weevil form by - following spring,
when. if kept in 4 warm place, they will
cut a hole in the skin of the peas and es.
cape, and this accounts for the holes in
Four seed peas about which you inquire.
As the weeyils are sealed up within the
peas during the fall and winter it is very
difficult to reach them with poison OF
kill them without destroying the vitality
Of the peas. If wanted only for feeding
purposes the gruls within can be killed
by ~subjeeting the peas to a high tenn
pefaturs for a few moments IN a drying
kiln, but this would render them worth
less for planting. The only practical
system to pursue with this insect is to Be
careful not to plant weevil- infested seed,
and if all farmers make this a general
practice the weevils would in a few years
become far less numerous and destructive
than at present.-New York Sun.
FARM AND eARDEN.
Do you know what each crop costsa
For hard times-inaustfg and econ
omy.
Secure good help for both field and
kitchen.
Newly set trees are often given too
much water,
Can we produce English mutton with
out feeding tnrnipsa
Keep the raspberry pinched back
about three feet high.
Before Using if, aift all dairy salt
through a hair sieve.
Let Che boys and girls prepare some
thing TO show at the fair.
Good cattle will not remain good or
poor pasture and short feed.
Remove all useless growth from fruit
trees while it is young and tender
Rich, moist land is essential to the
production of nice, succulent vegetables.
Insect powder, freely busted on, will
destroy ants and other insects on shrub
berry.
Burn the limbs trimmed from your
fruit treas. By 50 doing you viii destroy
many insect pests.
Destroy all blackberry and raspberry
canes as fast As they become useless, and
thus destroy insects.
In trimming cut off all limbs that
cross each other. Leave only what grow
upward and outward.
Feed youiAfruit trees if ron want them
to feed you with good fruit. Try man
uring on al old orchard.
Plan to have q good supply of vegeta.
bles to store away for winter as well as
during the growing season
All young animals should be brought
under the process of education from the
very beginning Of their lives.
When the udder is infamsd milk fire.
quently and apply cold water. If it is q
very bad case apply q linseed meal poul-
tee
Give the birds chopped onions occa-
sionaIls. They are among the best Of
foods, and are often preventive against
disease.
Meehan, the Philadelphia hortieultur-
list, says the fbrous roots. like the leaves,
perform their function for the season and
then die.
Breed we'll, and when YOU have q
heller calf as the result of srich breeding,
feed a~n and train properly and you will
have q good COW.
e costs at least two ounces of butter
per COW before the effect OF a bad
fright, caused BIZ d strange dog running
through the milkyard, wears away.
If that dog insists upon having fun
with the cows on their way 10 or from
the pasture tickle him with some cold
lead IL there is no either way to stop him.
let She LATEST mar or bog and the
one drive the cows to and
from the pasture, and never complain
his gpwness If he keeps the cows
moving.
II you are sending a mixed lot Of hens
to market it will pay to grade them, SO
to have each coop as evenly as posi-
BILE. They will sell more rapidly and at
better prices.
Look ont for the rats and other yer
min. These things greatly lessen the
profit of the poultry business. For stop.
ping up holes broken glass in cement or
IL excellent,
Are you crowding too many chickens
into one roostiug place. Are you per
mitting chickens under four months to
roess other than on floor u coopa IF so,
correct these mistakes.
During the warm weather have made
d frame large enough to cover the milk
tank cover this n i mosquito bar. This
viii keep out insects, aud at the sans
time NOT interfere with the heat passing
off from She milk.
The practice of testing cows for milk
snd butter, was until ten on twelve
wears ago almost unheard OF, but vita
81 that time, and especially during ths
last half If the period, some astonishing
results have been demonstrated.