The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-02
HERE AND THERE.

OF the seven to nine months re.
quired to feed hog for market, from
five to seven of them should be spent in
good pastures.
The United States holds one-half
the hogs of the civilized world, or in
1883 43,OO0,OOO out of 80, 600, 600 and the
proportion now-when the number in
the United States is so, 900, ,0OO-is prob
ably even larger.
That is true agriculture where the
land becomes richer every year it is cul-
tivated, and the farmer grows at home
all that is needed to supply man and
beast engaged in cultivating it's soil. -
Dixie Farmer.
The decrease in the acreage of cot.
ton will not accomplish any good, un-
less there is an entire change in our
system of planting. The present plan
entails too heavy expense in the cultiva-
tion of cotton.-Southern Cultivator.
The common mares should rear
mules, as there is paying demand for
them at profitable prices, while the
common horse is little wanted The
market is now glutted with them, says
Tim in the Farm Journal
One thing may be put right down as
certain-bulls, however kind and docile
they may appear, are treacherous crea-
lures, and should only be handled with
a safety-ring and stout staff. They can
not be trusted to be led by rope
Rural World
The cost Of producing cotton must
be materially decreased. The farmers
profit will be measured by the differ
ence between the cost of production and
the price realized for it, be the crop
large or small. l.-Dixie Farmer.
Eight average ewes can be kept on
what would keep one COW. Their in
come in wool and lambs, if given de-.
cent care, will return forty dollars.
The average COW will not reach any
where near this point. Now compare
the necessary labor in each case.-
Rural World.
Variety is the spice of life" 1t
would not do for every body to raise the
same article, for the surplus would be
too great and almost valueless Ex-
change of commodities regulates mat
ters more satisfactorily Farmer
To cheaper the cost of producing
cotton we need: To bring up our lands
to high state of fertility and pulveriza-
tion; to make it possible to raise three
bales where one is now grown; to inn
prove the quality and quantity of cot
ton grown on an acre; to cultivate it
with improved implements saving time
and labor; by putting two acres in
grass to one in tton.-Southern Gull
tiyator.
The Practical Farmer tells of a
forty-five-acre market gardener who
thought there was too much material
going to waste upon his place, and,
therefore, built silo into which he
put corn-stalks, cabbage leaves and
other material that had before gone to
the refuse heap. AS result he is feed
ing twelve Jersey cows upon the ma
terial stored there.
The Russian sunflower is one Of
the best foods known for giving a
glossy tint to the plumage of fowls.
When fitting your birds to exhibit. let
it be included in the bill of fare 1t is
also an excellent egg-producing and
healthful food for all kinds of poultry.
The sunfower will do we'll on almost
any kind of soil, and is often planted in
out-of-the-way places to keep from
view unsightly rubbish heaps. Poultry
Monthly.
The farmer who gets all his crops
in early has an advantage in easily
working them all the season. Often
times, too, by marketing very early he
gets better price than those who are
only able to market when everybody is
selling If he does not wish to sell
early there is still Il great advantage in
getting crops off the land, so that
preparations may be going on for put
ting in something else as > successive
crop.