The Bossier banner., 1890-02-20
HERE AND THERE.

"A good-for-nothing COW in the herd
is swindler, and a man who can Be-.
swindled by COW woulds stand mighty
poor show with lightning-rod man.
The paunch of COW, Prof. Arnold
says, is silo in miniature. That is to
say, we suppose, that the changes which
take place in the silo and in the paunch
are the same.
Comfortable shelter for the stock,
comfortable house, things handy about
the premises and plenty Of good reading
and we ought to be able to get through
the winter very comfortably.
You can overfeed as well as under.
feed colt; do neither; feed just right
Give good nourishing food from the
start, but do not force them; they are
neither hogs nor steers, and the early
maturity business may be oyerdone il
you try to force them.
Push the business of raising sheen
and growing wool, but observe reason
able limits. If every body goes to stock
ing up heavily with sheep, down 90 the
profits. Keep a reasonable-sized flock
on the farm and there will be money in
the business.
"A warm mash" on cold day, early
in the morning, is an excellent invigor-
ator for an animal that does not have an
appetite. For brood-mares that ara
sucking colts it is excellent.
-We speak of million bushels Of
wheat as if it were small thing, and it
iswhen compared with the hundreds Of
millions of grain annually produced. But
a train loaded with five hundred bushels
in car would have to be about fifteen
miles long to carry one million bushels
Pure water on the farm may be ef
fected by the water from the surface
The well, being deep, also becomes
drain hole for the water below the sur
face. No slop or filthy water should be.
thrown near we'll, and the surrounds
ings should be we'll graded with clay
and gravel.
Lime is said to make heavy soils
lighter and light soils heavier As It
can do no damage when judiciously ap-
piled, and is cheap when compared with
the benefits it confers, it should be used
on every farm. Land that is frequently
supplied with lime produces the best
grass.
If the hoofs of sheep are pared 50 as
to keep the growth from being excess
i've there will be less liability of FOOT
rot. The hoof grows faster on soft
ground than on stony locations, and the
foot-rot appears sooner when the sheep
are kept on damp fields, much Of it be-
ing due to failure in keeping the hoofs
pared.
Young stock of all kinds are easily
and quickly affected by sudden changes
of the weather. If affected by severe
cold they are liable to be stunted and
will grow but little before the spring.
Exposures to cold and dampness is one
OF the principal causes of scours and
cold on the bowels of young stock.
Wherever sheep feed, new, sweet
grasses flourish and weeds are destroyed,
says the Kansas Farmer. For this rea-
son farmers should raise more Of them,
If for no other. But there are several
NOAAA ~AA O4 4ualAy BOOu IO1oVhS "Nd
every farm should have its own flock o.
these useful animals.
If we expect the dairy to be sue
cess with us we must keep up the past
ures, and to do that properly often ne.
cessitates fuller knowledge Of the sub
ject than we possess. Winter is a good
time to study up on pastures. Winter
is good time to study up on all prac.
tical farm matters.
The manure heap is the savings
bank of the farm. If any articles are
unstable, or can not be put to some use
on the farm, they should be added to
the manure heap in order that they may
be returned to the land, and thereby
made to contribute to the production
of something better the next season
Nothing is lost that goes into the ma
nure heap, especially if the manure is
managed with a view to having is e
valuable as possible before applying II
to the soil.