The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-04-24
HERE AND THERE.

The best remedy for lump-iaw in
cattle, and monopolies and trusts, is to
salt their hides and roll them up ready
for tanning.
If you would understand the true
secret of living, devote yourself to the
taskof providing tor your family good
living and happy life.
The basis of success after all is in
prosperous homes, sustained by the eff
forts of its inmates, made luminous by
their love and their lives.
Sending abroad for articles that can
be raised on your farm is but a repeti-
ton of the crime of robbing your soil
every year without returning any thing
to it.
The Income" of farmer is regu-
lated by the ''outgo." II all the sup
plies have to be purchased and brought
in, the ''outgo" will be greater than the
income"
Barley is our only grain of which the
home product is not equal to the de-
mand. The deficiency is chiefly sup
piled by importations from Canada
Carrots are said to be exceleAb food
for horses, giving a sleek, oily. appear
anee to their hair From 500 to 1000
bushels may be raised to the acre on
good land.
Kerosene applications to the skin Of
animals, as remedies for lice and skin
ailments, is too severe. One gill Of ker-
osene added to quart of cotton-seed oil
is better.
When a man is frightened or angry
his digestive organs do not work; this is
also true of an animal-hence the profit
in keeping it in peaceful and fearless
state by kind treatment.
The basis Of the prosperity Of the
State rests upon the prosperity Of the
counties, and the counties can not
prosper if the homes of the people resid.
ing there are not self-sustaining.
The money expended on roads, i
properly applied, will save wear and
depreciation of wagons. Many good
horses are annually killed or foiindered
by bad roads. A road can not be made
too good for travel.
Black knot on the plum, according
to the statement of Prof. S. I. Maynard,
may be destroyed with mixture Of lin.
seed oil, turpentine and kerosene. The
kerosene must be used with care, for i
allowed to spread over the branch i
VIM destroy it.
-0dors in the stable indicate chat
the air therein is impure. The nse Of
absorbents, with due regard to keeping
the stalls clean, is very important.
Once a week the stable should DO
sprinkled with solution made Of one
pound of copperas iR two gallons OF soft
water.
One of the drawbacks of the ger
mination of seeds is that they are coy
cred with too much earth when planted.
The smaller the seed the less covering
required. Such seeds as kale. cabbage
turnip, lettuce, carrot and parsnip need
only one-eighth of an inch Of earth
over them.
Because grade pig is well-formea'
and gives evidence of being q superior
hog at some day, do not be tempted y
use it for breeding purposes, If a male,
as it will not transmit uniformity to rs
progeny. The only way to improve
swine at the lowest cost is by using
pure-bred males only.
There is much in the breed, there =
much in the feed, ana there is more y
the feeder than either. A good feeasl
will do fairly well with good bresa
and poor feed, or with good feed ana
poor breed. But good feeder putslls
good feed into good breed is the se'as
Of perfection in dairying.