The Opelousas courier., 1891-10-03
FAHM AND GARDFs NOTES

FAEM AND GARDEs NOTES.
relieve the overloaded trees of fruit.
Have horses collars open at the bot
tom.
Veterinary dentistry is a growing bus
mess.
Strawberry plants require plenty of
fertilizing.
One filthy cesspool may make a whole
family sick.
The bees garner what would otherwise
60 to waste.
There is toe much blowing and scrap
Ing in working on the road"
Whitewash now every two weeks-it
will keep houses, run and roots free from
vermin.
Every fruit grower ought to raise a
a few bees, and so should every grain
grower.
White speeks in butter can be traced
to a temperature too high or to Swimming
too close.
Follow the bee's example and in your
care of honey and comb don't let any
thing go to waste.
Move quietly among your chickens,
they are a timid set and do not admire
boisterous company.
The ideal place for an apiary is where
the bees al get plenty of blooms, spring,
summer and autumn.
Remember, pasturing takes five acres
to each COW for six months; soiling
feeds a cow from one acre for a whole
year.
Provide d good dust-box to head off
vermin during the warm months. A
half pound of powdered sulpur added to
it will help wonderfully.
In disposing Of eggs in market sepa-
rate the kinds, as they appear more uni
form and attract quicker than if all sizes
and shades are mixed up.
If you want a frst-class price for your
honey use the best white poplar sections,
ship in six pound crates, and carefully
remove all the bee glue from the sections
SO that the comb will look spick and
span.
When cucumbers are planted place
some brush near the hills SO that the
vines can climb on the brush for sup
port. In this manner the young cucum-
bers intended for picking can be more
easily picked.
Do not be afraid to plant more peas
for a late supply. II the fall-growing
varieties are used it will do but little in
Jury il they fall over. Do not be deferred
from planting because Of the difficulty
of providing supports, as they ma be
omitted.
One of the mysteries of nature as seen
in fruit is realized in the delicate differ
ences In flavor. The combination anc
proportion Of ingredients that make j,
certain havor-that make a peacha peach
and a blackberry a blackberry-is a
study for scientists.
IT helps the grass crop. blue grass, o.
timothy, to harrow the fields every spring
and loosen fhe surface of the sods. The
grass roots take o deeper hold and the
heritage fourishes accordingly. Besides
narrowing breaks up and spreads
the droppings Of animals left during the
winter.
Young pigs pastured in orchards will
do good service in destroying insects;
those for early market should bs given a
meal Of slop daily. Chickens should be
guarded against hawks, owls, rats and
other enemies. Give then plenty of
range, however, and provide good nest
ing places.
No matter how well a peach orchard
may be fertiiizeds If grass is permitted to
grow around the trees they will moi
thrive. There Is always d deeper green
color to the leaves Of trees that are kept
clear Of grass, even if no fertilizer is APP
piled, compared with trees that are not
properly worked. The cultivator should
be used iii the peach orchard frequently
and the ground kept loose.
To have the least trouble with ayoung
calf never let it suck It's mother, or, If
IL has sucked before finding, remove at
once. BY the use of the finger at first
in d pail Of milk suitably warmed the
calf will Isarn to drink. 1.-THE calf is to
be fattened continue to let it suck the
finger in the milk as long as it will. The
calf gets the milk more slowly that way,
and mixes more saliva with II.
Says a florist: HWere / restricted in
my gardening operations to the use OF
four species of pIants, = then, without
hesitation, I should choose hardy roses,
lilies, rhododendrons and cIematis.
Lilies / should give q second place in
importance, roses the first. BntifIcon-
slider results in proportion to labor and
expense then lilies should have the first
place. And IN every garden these four
| plants should predominant and should be
relied upon for grand effects.
The Economy oil tho Egyptians.
al curious illustration Of the domestic