St. Landry democrat., 1891-09-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

= FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Alfalfa and peas are sure and profit
: able hog ration
! Keep the cultiyator in the corn till 70
are obliged to go into the hay
: Burning strawberry plants afte
= fruit picking may destroy the crow
: borer.
t 1t is said corn roasted on the col
and fed to roosters will keep their comb
r bright
Fumigate the granaries with sulphur
burned in an iron pot before putting il
new grain.
When the threshing is done save tn
chatf and cleaning for the poultry during
the winter.
Always make the poultry nests ant
roosts easily movable. 1t will help in
cleaning up.
Plant more sweet corn for a late SUP,
ply. 1t is not too far in the season vet
for planting
While you are caring for hay and grain
keep up the stirring of the corn ground
all the same.
Supplying good dust bath is one of
the most economical plans of getting rid
Of lice on the fowls.
When the young chickens are feather
ing rapidly they need good feeding to
keep in good condition.
At your meetings is good time and
place to discuss farm topics and compare
progress among the members.
The next day it rains get the grain
bags out. Mend those that need it and
mark your name on all of them.
The market for broilers begins about
the middle of January and the best prices
are generally obtained in April or May.
Chickens can be Matched in an incu
bator and be raised in a brooder during
the winter at a less cost than with hens.
It is nearly always best with poultry
that have free range to feed whole grain
rather than soft feed during the sum
mer.
Whenever the comb changes color the
fowl should be examined for disease ana
as a rule be SEPARATED from the rest of the
poultry.
1t is important to give laying hens
good attention. While they can be given
a full range, they should be given a light
ration daily.
In the fall is a good time to make
start in the poultry business. Build the
house and make the necessary arrange.
ments in good season.
1t is observed that the sheep thrive
best on short, sweet heritage like blue
grass, though they will "put up" on al
most any grass which grows on dry, roll
ng land.
If you wish young raspberry canes
o grow from those set out last spring
,r last fall pull off all the blossoms or
berries on any old wood that may have
,een left.
The summer season is very trying on
logs that are confined in pens with no
hade. Corn should be fed very spar
ngly at this season, or omitted alto
ether. Keep the trough full of fresh
1ater.
In order to lessen the number of IN
ects next season make it point to rake
p all the fallen fruits, as they will ;
lake excellent food for the pigs if
ooked. 1t is in the fallen apples,
caches and pears that many of the in c
scts are bred. Z
The birds which have suffered most
ON the English sparrow, and those we a
ISIS the most from our lawns, parks and
,lds, are the robin, blue-bira, wren, !
ng sparrow, chipping sparrow, yellow {
I'd, oriole, and catbird. The sparrow I
1t only drives away and sometimes kills
g adult bird, but destroys the nests Il
ID throws out the eggs and young
A quarter of a century ago the black. ii
rry was a persistent weed and the a
eater the efforts made to destroy it the
Ore tenaciously it seemed to attempt to
main and spread, no insect enemies at.
,king it, but now that it is cultivated .
crop the insects are giving the fruit -
overs extra work in order to prevent Fl
blackberry from being destroyed. +
J. H. Hale, who has vide experience
tn strawberries, obtains the greatest
ssible yield of fine fruit by the narrow "
, system, and not from hills or from
, wide or matted-row system. The M
tied row does we'll when quantity of b bo
" plants are wanted in addition to the
it, but they can not be kept clear of
eds and grass without great labor. '"'
Jackson Dawson is reported as having If
before meeting of the Massachu 81
IS horticultural Society that epigaa :
ems (the well-known trailing arbutus
can be grown successfully
ice clumps are selected and grown in
anne or green house one season. It NY my
s best in northern aspect, or will do VIII
| if planted on the edge CT rhododen- VIII
n beds. stra
he length of time COW should 90 By,
depends upon the breed and the ami reg.
so that no definite rule can be given. day
} hardly possible to dry off some cows, seot
all should be given period of rest s %xs
're calving, when it can be affected.
# weeks may be regarded as long
ugh for any cow to go dry; a longer not
cd than this interferes seriously with van
profit to be attained from her. 4