The Opelousas courier., 1891-11-21

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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
How to put a horse con his mettle:"
Shoe him.
What is your reason for not keeping a
few sheep2
You cant make a profit with a
crowded yard.
You can't keep fowls thrifty without
green food Of some kind.
Mud applied soon to a bee-sting is
said to afford instant relief.
Millet seed makes a good feel for
young poultry. Usually at this time it
can be bought cheap.
A little care for the comfort of the
stock hot, dry days will indirectly be-
money in your pocket.
One test of a mans fitness for profit
ably conducting a farm is his ability to
properly manage his hired help.
II going on a long drive do not forget
that water is acceptable to the horse
s'between meals in hot weather.
One may repel striped beetles from
melon and cucumber vines by busting
the moist plants with air-slaked lime.
It's bad idea to lock the stable door
after the horse is stolea. What il tia
thief should repent aad bring back tlle
horse.
How about those winter lambs you
mean to turn off early next.spring. Nov
is the time for coupling il you wish tas
best prices.
The sheep is a dainty feeder aud
sleanly in all its habits. It cannot sub
sist on filth, MOI can it long survive in
dlthy quarters.
Do not expect too many eggs. Occa-
;ionally a hen will be found that will
!ay a great number of eggs, but this is
he exception rather than the rule.
Do apples pay2 No, as the masses
;reat their orchards, yes, a%buadantly,
when given anything like the intelligent
care that makes any other farm crop pay.
While Leghorns are the best winter
layers it is necessary to provide them
with comfortable quarters if they are
Kept laying, this should be arranged for
o W
Poultry like fruit of all kinds, espec-
tally apples, which at this season caa
nearly always be fed to a good advan
sage when more or less is going to
waste.
Pullets that are expected to furnish
eggs during the winter must be reasona-
bly, well matured by this time; late
maturing pullets will not lay uatil
spring.
OF the Cochins, the partridge
s the best for layers. the Bluffs
The best table fowls, followed by the
whites and blacks; one advantage they
Ill have is their size.
There is no advantage in feeling tur-
Keys for an extra large size. Medium
fowls in good condition bring the best
prices per pound, aud when there is an
livestock sell the more readily.
Every farmer saeuld have the conven-
ence of an icehouse. The best way is
or a few neighbors to join and build,
i'll, and use the satne Ice in n mel
5 a c~hcap-alinost necessary-'uxurg.
It does not pay to allow the hens to
lit now, break them up at the start.
Late Matched chickens rarely provo
profitable unless we accept bantans.
This month will do very well for the n.
Leghorns, Wyandottes and light Bfah-
mas are all good steady layers; Minorcas,
Spanish and Houdans lay the largest
eggs, Plymouth Rocks are good layers.
Lanshans arc among the best wintel
layers.
Keen the March and early April pull
lets for laying. If given comfortable
quarters they will lay regularly tho
greater part of the winter. Late
hatched pullets will rarely lay before
spring.
If you have tried alfalfa (~lucerlj and
failed, try Ii again on d new plan. Pu
but only a little, SOW in rows and keel
clean BY hoeing, until it has made
rood start. After that 1T will take care
3f itself.
Gather up and store the sorghum
blades without threshing. Picking Of
the seed will help to give the fowls ex'
ercise during the winter, besides supply
ing them with a good ration store where
it will keep dry
Iron for roofs IS Objectionable becaus
it expands in heat and contracts by cold
cutting off the nails that hold # down
The reason for the short duration Q
paper and tar roofs is that the life OF tn
tar is destroyed by the suns rays.
A large proportion of the poultry sen
To market from nov OF until coli
weather will be ii d very poor condition
and this is n leading cause for lo'
prices. Is little better feed AMI car
would greatly improve the quality.
An Unhealthy City.
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