The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-05-01

" drops Vi eulpuuTlC dClC
TO eacfl Jg. II the above is strictl,
adherey 20 no one need ever lose
hog. :
Lett be remembered that worms
|, dust and lice kill a hundred hog
Were cholera kills one.
There was complaint made som,
, time ego about hogs dying in this sec
ton, and at the time we were puzzled
to know what the trouble was. Pos
mortem examination showed that l
was inflammation of the lungs super
induced by inhaling dust and AMI ab
normal quantity OF intestinal worms
The causes were removed and NJ
more hogs died.
Homemade bacon is better thar
"bought meat" and turpentine anC
sulphur costs less than freight
charges from Kansas City. Viii
Texas farmers take due notice anC
govern themselves accordingly? Since
| come to think about it we are il
the Hogg business here anyway
Lucius, in Dallas News.
BROOD MARES.
The mare will generally receive the
horse some time between the seventh
and twelfth days after foaling, and il
is important to attend to that, as she
does not remain in season long when
sucking, and it is safer to con.
ceive at that period than at any time
While sucking, the mare should do nc
hard work, and if she is taken off her
pasture at all she should be we'll fed
at very short intervals, and the foal
fed with her and allowed to suck very
often. The mare has no large reten-
tive udder like the COW, no capacious
stomach to hold days supply of food
no power at any time to go without
food safely, so that when she has to
eat and digest for two all her wants
should be very literally and very fire.
quently supplied. 1t is in every way
better to leave her for the first few
months in good pasture to attend
her own requirements. The foal can
be weaned at months old, but it will
tell against its growth and size, so
that, unless it is pony that you want
to keep small, it is better not weaned
until 6 months old.-Spirit of the
Times.
FERTILIZERS FOR ORCHARDS.
Keep your orchards we'll fed with
wood ashes and bone meal; trees do
not need more nitrogen than they get
from the rain and soil. Potash is the
main requisite and phosphoric acid
next. Bone me Il supplies, besides a
large per cent of phosphoric acid, some
lime and nitrogen. If these two fer
tilizers are not at hand and you have
plenty of well rotted stable manure
apply good wheelbarrow load to each
tree this time of year.
CULTURE OF THE ORCHARD AND VINE.
YARD.
As soon now as the soil is dry enough
the peach and plnm orchard and vine
yard should be plowed shallow. Plow
toward the trees, using great caution
not to scar them nor to get so deep as
to strike the roots. After blowing
shallow harrow thoroughly. TO get
the strips of grass left cultivate cross
wise to the blowing about two weeks
later, and follow by haroy-
ing well. After this all that is
necessary is to harrow about
once every two weeks till August
l. After the pear and apple orchard
comes into full bearing it is best to
put it into grass for few years at
time. Sheep make an excellent scav-
enger for the orchard.-Southern
Horticultural Journal.
UNLEACHED ASHES FOR TREES.
Having seen the advice in one of
my journals to "spread unleached
ashes freely around your fruit trees"
| thought l would write my experience
with them, and should like to place
this article where it will do the most
good. l would advise using unleached
ashes with caution. Last winter /
took fresh ashes in a barrel, hauled
them to some of my apple trees that
iiuu lOO uOlC do WCll do Gllcy SllOulI,
ard spread them around the trees on
the snow. / expected to benefit my
trees, of couse; but, sir, the result was
quite different. Every tree had its
bark badly blackened at the snow line,
and on the south side the bark came
of in the summer, leaving an ugly
wound that was very slow to
heal. Had the ashes been
spread between the rows, it I'M
loubtedly would have been an adj |
vantage. l know by experience that
leached ashes are beneficial to an |
orchard OF any kind. l have taken
tho dirt from around the trees in a
circle of two feet, and down to the
aterals, filled it full of leached ashes,
bones, ETC., then replaced the dirt.
These trees made vigorous growth
md the foliage was a dark green.
Thus treated there is not the danger
rom borers. l mulched my trees
'pring and fall and they look thrifty
md bright. l prune whenever /
hink the tree needs it but am careful
o keep n heavy top and thus get
tocky, vigorous trunk. This is the
ule nature gives in the forest, heavy
op, stocky trunk; light top, slim