The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FAR N GARDEN NOTES.
Now the lawn early and often.
Ounces thrive in a rich, mellow soil.
AS a rule, clay loans are best Tor
plums.
Fowls that are confined need plenty of
green food.
Ducks should be kept out of the water
until feathered.
The best time to cut rye or oats for
hay is when in bloom.
Early moving is favorable to the
growth of a second crop of grass.
Professor Fenton calls attention to the
great value of potash fertilizers for fruit
crops.
Do not be in a hurry to cut grass while
the dew is on, it will dry faster while
standing.
WifhAnodern appliances, two men, a
boy and three horses can secure a large
amount of hay.
As a rule, early cut hay is of a better
quality than late cut, ard quality is bet
ter than quantity.
The finer colored VARIETIES of the
coleus are well adapted the window
garden or living-room.
Cut orchard grass as soon as it is fair
ly headed out. The later it is cut after
that the poorer it grows.
IF you stack hay, keep the middle of
The stack q little the highest ell the way
M. II will shed rain better.
Poultry associations promote the in
serests of breeders. Poultry shows pro-
mote the interests of the public.
sawdust, wood shavings or woody
6bre in the form OF overripe hay are not
made more nutritious by the use of
salt.
Fruit. growers have only the choice
now between spraying their trees or See
Ing the fruit destroyed or badly damaged
by insects.
In shipping young poultry see that
they are well watered and fed before
cooping, and do not crowd too many
Into the coops.
Plant flowers, shrubs and lines about
the house to add to its attractiveness, and
otherwise improve and ornament your
surroundings.
Flat culture is better than hill culture,
md especially in dry weather. Hill cul-
lure is an inherited idea, and is not much
practisd on its merits.
When you stop for dinner, do not be
too lazy to take the harness off your
horses and wipe the sweat from their
shoulders and backs. It will refresh
them.
Flowing under green corn appears to
be one of the secrets of sEndering some
soils productive. They supply humus
and favorably effect the soil mechani.
eally.
If you have a large field Of clover and
The weather is showery and catching"
70 that you find it hard to cure it into
good hay, try the silo; many farmers
tried it last year with success.
Unruly cattle on a farm are very
troublesome, but the aus it not hard to
! End. It is, almost invariably, poor pas
ture and semi-starvation. Why
shouldn't a hungry animal jump fences
Or push them down2
No farm animal will make a surer re-
turn in proportion to care given than a
cow. Good care to COWS will be the
way out of the q cultural depression, in
connection, of with enlightened
marketing Of dairy products.
Hardy shrubs and flowers should be
selected with q view Of having q supply
of flowers from spriEg until autumn. As
some flowers bloom early and others late,
selections of varieties best suited to the
soil and for each month will assist in or
namenting the garden until frost APP
pears.
Professor Fernald reports that an ant
hill near q house, which was doing much
damage to the lawn, was exterminatcd
BY making holes in the hill fifteen inches
apart with q small stick and pouring two
or three teaspoonfuls OF bi-sulphate Of
carbon into each hole; after which all
the holes were closed up and the earth
pressed down BY stepping on it.
The successful and profitable keeping
and rearing Of poultry, either for home
use or for market, and especially where
they cannot have their liberty, depends
wholly upon good management, and
upon strict compliance with numerous
essential, though simple, requisites-any
OF which being omitted, only partia
success at most can be obtained.