The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-15

atc pefluQS IN the life
Of q plant when extra feeding will great,
assist IN Inc performance Of these repro.
auetiye functions upon which full ears
and sound grain, and early maturity de.
pend.-Amaerican 4~gricuburist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
every rod of useless fence is a useless
tax.
The younger the weed the more easily
killed.
Rye makes agood pasture-better than
timothy.
Commercial manures are best for
potatoes.
Thoroughly clean. air and whitewash
your stables.
Manure well it you want a good crop
Of lawn grass.
Fewer acres and better culture should
be the motto.
The value Of n depends on what
it is made from.
Have a system of rotation in the gar
den, as elsewhere.
Begin to cultivate corr as soon as you
can follow the
Only the finest manure should be used
on the asparagus bed.
Flowing in green crops is the cheap.
est method of manuring.
The best prepared soil is the most
favorable for termination.
Whenever the sheep comes to the barn
give them water and food.
Put in q succession Of crops of green
peas the same of green corn.
Old strawberry plants seldom produce
as large berries as do young ones.
aSaWdust diminishes the efficiency of
stable manure"-but only SO far as it
dilutes it.
The greatest potato yield at the Mich
igan Station was with seed planted one
inch deep.
Farm products that excel in quality
and have an attractive appearance never
have to hunt a market.
It would do no harm, but likely
destroy vermin and microbes, to fumigate
your stable with sulphur.
Gabbages ought to be cultivated often
and stimulated with fertilizers il the soil
is not sufficiently MANFRED.
Many coniferous plants are increased
By cuttings on a large scale, especially
retinosporas, a~rbor-vitaes, and the like.
Cuttings of plants which root with diff
| fculty are sometimes grated, with
good effect, upon those which root
easily.
The rhubarb plant may be increased
BY divisions. Professor Bailey says that
each division must contain at least n
bud ON the crown.
Produce something out of season, make
ii attractive and delicious, and see how
Quick it will sell and how soon there
will be a call for more.
The soil for beets should be ploWed
| from twelve to fifteen inches deep, and
as much of the beet root grown beneath
the surface as possible.
Gluten meal is a very excellent feed.
| It is the corn meal with the starch taken
| out Of it, and consequently has q better
feeding rate than the corn meal itself.
The black walnut il designed TO cut
| an important figure on the farm in the
near future. It can bs made as profitable
as the apple tree wherever it will thrive
Leaf mold is a natural fertilizer for all
trees and shrubs, and wood flowers, or
| any plants that like q shaded place It
is also very useful as an addition to pot
ting soil.
Freshly laid sod is much more likely
to succeed If covered with about an inch
OF fine soil. This will save it even in 9
dry time, when otherwise it would fail
to get d good start.
IL is true. much of the breed goes In
af the mouth. but to know the best kind
of a mouth to put it in is the rub, and
necessitates q full knowledge OF the nerd
book and score card.
Paris considers milk pure when i con-
tains one pound OF butter and 9
/ ounces OF Soi1tlS pcI 4uats5
fish Journal, but such proportions seeHa
irregular to dairymen here
The advantage Of Matching gulneas
under common hens il. that properly
managed, they are usually more gentle
than II the guinea hens are allowed g
hatch them out and raise them.
while old hens usually lay larger egg
than pulIets the shape Of the egg has
little o. nothing To do with the life germ
and If the broad end is SMOOTH ana tne
egg Is properly fertilized i will hatch.
The duration Of q raspberry plantation
depends upon the variety cultivated g
well IS upon the nature Of the soil and
care given the plants. Ten to fourtsen
wears i about Che average under good
culture.
Il good time 70 apply fertilizers e A.
marquis IS Just when we cease 70 cut sns
shoots. This causes . luxuriant growth
Of the plants during summer and autumn
and this, ii turn, gives thick lag 9
the next season.