The Opelousas courier., 1891-11-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

u uAJo1hLAS ACANS'
When you see the chicks busy and
scratching it is a sign Of thrift.
A single night may ruin all. Never let
the brooder become cold for an hour.
Oace the chicks get chilled they never
fully recover.
When the chicks seem to be continu-
ally crying, it means more warmth
| needed. The warmth is more important
than the food.
It the chicks are stupid, drowsy, con-
tirually cry, or have fits, look on the
heads and necks and under the wings for
the large lice. Also examine for the
little rcd mites.
When the chicks have good appetites,
but have leg weakness, the chicks NOV
ING on their knees, but otherwise appear
ing lively, it denotes rapid growth and
is not necessarily fatal.
Better and cheaper than staples for
fastening fencing wire are tw~enty-penny
wire nails, driven in three-fourths their
length and then bent over the wire By
two or three blows with the hammer.
Feed the chicks on clean surfaces or
in little troughs; never leave food to fer
ment. Clean of the brooders and floors
laily. Keep dry earth in the corner OF
the brooder house for the chicks to dust
in.
See that enough ~brooding coops are
on hand; if not, make more. Those
from last season should be neatly painted
and put in good order. A chicken likes
a clean, neat coop more than one would
believe.
scaly legs may often be cured by SIM
ply wetting the legs Of the fowl affected
occasionally with crude petroleum. When
crude oil is not to be had conveniently
heavy oil or grease can be mixed with
kerosene, this tending to stay eVapora-
lion.
1t is always better to have all sitting
hens away from the layers. Let them
Eat by themselves, have a separate dust
box, and remain quiet. A dark nest
should be provided; they will sit closer
This assists toward a good hatch pro-
P1ueu Inc SSSo GIG iSh'AAS'
A spirited horse is driven by a New
burg {N. ", physician entirely with
put preaching. The girth is held fast to
The shaft on either side b. being slipped
through a strap permanently fastened to
L. and the holding back is done the same
IS in double light harness.
More new poultry houses have beea
erected on farms this year than ever be-
lore. The farmer finds the COW stable
and barn not the place for fowls. He
has now coma to believe that there IS
something in poultry, and he is going to
test the matter for himself. Putting up
modern buildings is his first step IN the
right direction.
During the holiday season last winter
the supply of turkeys ran out, ana as
ai.h as twenty-five cents per pound were
paid for dressed fowls. Ducks and chick
ems had to be taken instead, and even
they commanded a high market price
Why moi try turkey breeding; rightly
handled it will pay in most sections o
our country, and not materially interiors
with the regular farm work.
He told his son to milk the COWS, feed
the horses, slop the pigs, hunt the eggs,
iced the calves, catch the colt and pa'
aim in the stable, cut some wood, split
10 the kindliags, stir the trea.n, pu'
fresh water in the creamery after supper
and to be sure to study his lessons befori
he went to bed. Thea he. went to tn;
farmers club to discuss the question
"How to Keep Boys on the Farm"
A suggestive reply was made by
farmer to the query: "Why not do NOR
winters2' ~ don't have to- Is her
The secret out2 Dofarmers accomplis!
only what they sshave to, and this whe
winter work would lessen summer labo
and increase ultimate proit2 "Lear
little and WORK little, and you VIII b
errand boy through life" is the warnin.
given by an old merchant. Il applies o
the farm.
Do away with the checkrain. TIL
head should be free from restraint AMI
carried naturally. The horse will nc
tire SO quickly, aud the convenience a
watering trougas is great. 4 horse look
as well with head in natural position
aud often better, and is far more COZ
Portable. "A horse with head free ca
draw a load more easily and increase tn
Leverage by lowering his heal.
tight check will almost bring on paraly
sis in the neck, and it must be exceed
ingly painful to keep the muscles an
cords strained to one tensioa all OF tn
lime. It is cruel.
Golfer OF the Eye and craftsmanship.
.The idea that the color Of the es
has anything to do with expert mark
manship isa fallacy." said Captain I
G. Broun, who came over with Il
TWenty-third New York Regiment riff
team, to shoot against the Washingto
, boys at Fort Nyer. He was talkir
with a reporter at the Ebbitt, and Il
question came up as TO whether me
with light or dark eyes made the be
, shots. 1T happens he continued
THAT nearly all my men are dark-eyet
and twice this year we have won Il
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