The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-08-05
HERE AND THERE.

Men that know say that an ex-
perienced orchardist buys but few va
rieties of trees and vines, but that the
novice buys everything of which he ever
heard.
There is as much as eighteen hun
dred pounds of water in ton OF tur-
nips, but water taken in that shape
seems to be capable of assisting diges-
ton more than the same amount of wa
ter drank from the trough.
1t is question if the pasture is al
ways benefited by the close cropping
given it by too numerous flock of
sheep. The grass roots are left bare
and exposed to fully to the heat of the
midsummer sun.
"A farmer should first find out
whether or not his COW is capable of
producing profit before beginning to
feed her on scientific principles. There
are thousands of cows that could not
produce cents worth of profit on the
best feed on earth.
The cost of keeping a COW has been
shown to be about ten cents per day,
or S36 per year. Any variation from
this is probably offset by the difference
in value of profits. If cow will not
pay this per year she is worse than no
COW.
The use of complete fertilizers in
wolves a waste in all cases where the
soil already contains an abundance of
one Or two of the chief elements of
plant fooG, and requires only the sup
Elementary addition of the missing one
or two elements. II. Greiner.
in Florida, where crickets often
seriously damage choice plants Just set
out, the plan has been adopted of cut
ting off the top and bottom of three
pound fruit cans and placing the re-
sulting cylinder over the very small
rose bushes, cuttings and other small
choice plants liable to attack.
Il want to say this out of my own
experience. have often fed dollars
worth of feed into one COW and got a
dollars worth of butter out Of her.
have fed the same amount of feed into
another cow and got two dollars out of
her, and l am going to stand by tie two
dollar cow.-H. Adams.
Poultry houses intended for winter
use should be built during the summer.
If built later in the season they are liza
BILE to be damp in the winter unless the
lumber is well seasoned. Experience
has demonstrated that roup in the win
ter season is often due to the poultry
house being new and damp, owing to
the lumber being green.
The sleeping quarters of the hogs
should be arranged to allow plenty of
room. If they crowd during the warm
nights they will lose flesh from want of
rest, as those in the center will become
too warm and restless. Large hogs
should be separated from smaller ones,
and good, dry bedding provided for all.
Crowding is detrimental in summer as
well as in winter.
You can not rob lawn every wear
without adding manure or fertilizer.
Each moving of the grass takes away
something from the land, and in the
| course of few seasons the grass will
| die out. If the lawn is weak apply one
hundred pounds of nitrate of soda, fifty
pounds of superphosphate and two hun
dred pounds muriate of potash per acre.
In the fall, after frost appears, spread
manure on the lawn.
1t is better to pass all food through
the bodies of the animals, if manure is
desired, than to attempt to make ma
nure by adding all kinds of materials
to the manure heap. Bulk indicates
nothing. ton of concentrated ma
nure is easier handled, and entails less
labor in every way, than to build up a
pile of materials that viii require much
hauling and handling. and which will
possess but little value.
Poultry does best in small flocks
| and in new places The henhouse
ought never to be the large, immense
| affair capable of accommodating sew
| eral hundred hens. If disease or ver-
min get in such house it is almost
| impossible to entirely eradicate either.
The large building may afford cheaper
accommodation for each individual
fowl, but in the end will not prove
SO profitable as number of smaller
houses that can be moved from place to
place and secure perfect isolation for
!! fiocks during at least the summer see
son.