St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-08
VOL. XV.-NO. 6.

Every thine that has grown upon thu
soil. and every thing that aas once form.
ID any part Of the anima: body or hss
been excreted from the body, is moro oe
less valuable as . manure. All vef.e.
table and animal garbage, then. thas
accumulates about the farm build
ing, stables, wood pile, smoke
house, fowl house, fence corners, the
leaves from the forest near by, not to
mention cotton seed. should be cOnsisl-
cred as containing the circulating mo-
dium by means Of which the various
operations Of growing crops, growing
and fattening animals, the production
of milk, etc. are carried on.
After saving all these materials. ~.
sort should be made to commercial fer
tilizers. The latter contain nothing Of
value to the soil that is not found in tho
materials we have named. A good,
complete commercial fertilizer may 10
considered as stable manure boiled
down, containing, as it does, the very
same fertilizing elements, without tho
excess of sand, clay and water that il
always present, more or less, in ordinary
stable manure. Many persons are of the
opinion that the use of commercial fer.
tilizers is an improbable and unwise in
nOvatiOn. We do not propose to discuss
the general propositions: DO CONNER
cial fertilizers pay the farmer?" 1t is
no doubt true that some farmers fail to
find any substantial profit in the use Of
them; and it is also true that the most
skillful are sometimes imposed upon,
and sometimes they themselves are at
fault But the most convincing proof
Of the utility Of commercial fertilizers il
the continued and annually increasing
consumption OF them. This continued
reliance upon them must be the results
Of profitable experience. We will add
that those farmers who succeed without
fertilizers owe their success not to that
fact, but to the exercise Of skill, econo-
my and industry in all the departments
of farm operations They would p-0t.
ably be even more Ssuccessful il they
would make judicious use of CONNER
cial or concentrated chemical fertilizers.
Southern Cultivator.
Raising Calves.
An English method of raising calves
after having let them have the cows
milk for few days-which should al
ways be done, not only because tho
milk is fit for nothing else, but because
it is Just suited to the needs Of the calf
during the first week Is to feed milk
not cOlustrum-in obedience to the diL-
tates of nature, and there Is now less
no0d 10 food ~ cv,, =; n <ply a ouN <,f<o~ A.
. matter Of fact, it may be said that
calf will do very well, at all events when
It is week or ten days old, il it is fed
twice a day, but even then it should NOT
be allowed to drink all it will or can.
The pail should be removed while the
calf is still able and willing. and even
anxious to drink some more. The i'm
preston Of the English writer whose
article We have been reading is that
,a1eful attention to this feature Of the
process, is better than allowing given
quantity of milk to all calves alike, Of
The same or similar age. But it certain
y involves careful watching, and when
he work is left to help it is probably as
we'll to limit each calf to given quan.
ity. 1t must be borne in mind. how
,ver, that calves appetites and digestive
'apacities vary a good deal. and each
alfs appetite and requirement may
Tary on different days, and that to feed
" strict rule or measurement does not
meet the case. 1t is advisable
hat each calf should receive fresh milk
uring the first three weeks, during
Which time it will have become vigor-
us enough to assimilate other kinds Of
pod less strictly in harmony with nat
re, and it will have learned to nibble .
title sweet hay or grass. il there is any.
ut of . net or rack.-Western Rural.
Forcing Fowls.
The supposition that fowls must be
receiving egg-foods, red
epper or stimulants, has led to many
rrors in poultry keeping. The most
nportant requirements are warmth, dry
helter and variety of food. II the
owls are not fed exclusively on corn, or
ny one kind Of grain, they will need no
ledicine. The object will be to have
lem in such condition that they will
lways be willing to hunt and scratch
" their food, which indicates health.
orcing with stimulants may BIZ bene-
cial for awhile. but there will some
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