The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-08
HERE AND THERE.

III very rarely, II ever, pays 10 SUR
the ground when it is very wet In I'M
usually rainy weather it is better to use
the hoe and scythe than the cultivator
The boy on the farm will not go to
the cities if he is given an interest in
the work. No boy cares to work for
nothing. He is not required to work in
the cities without pay.
-"Over production of inferior pro-
| ducts causes some men to fail as farm
ers." If everybody determined to try
| to produce first-class live stock and
crops, every body would be benefited.
Two or three poles, fifteen to twen-
| ty feet long, set up at as many conspicu-
GUS points in the cOrn-tield, and a bar
rel inverted on top of each is said to be
an unfailing protection against even the
best educated crow.
Farmers, who are intelligent, read
much and think good deal, and take
hold of the farm as if they meant bust
ness, are prosperous. Just look around
among your acquaintance and sec if
this is not fact.-Southern Farm.
Any person living near city mar.
ket can make quite lot Of money in a
year selling absolutely fresh eggs
and nice fat fowls ready for the pot, to
select customers who want good things
and are willing to pay for them. Study
the art of marketing.
"A neatly-clipped lawn is thing to
be desired, but it does not help matters
any to clip it close down to the ground.
Set the mower to cut as high as it will,
and your lawn will look just as we'll,
and there will be less danger of killing
out the grass roots during a period of
drought.-Home and Farm.
Good tools and plentiful supply of
them are essential on the farm. Choice
work can not be done with old, half
ruined TOOLS Keep the tools under
cover out of season, and give the wood
work coat of paint every year. Scour
and oil all polished iron work. such as
plows, cultivators and hoes.-Home and
Farm.
Never overload colt or require
him to do anything likely to discourage
him. AS long as he accomplishes easily
whatever he undertakes he is ready to
undertake anything, and while you are
at it you might as we'll apply the same
principle to the boys. 1t will work-the
principle willard so will the boy
Southern Farm.
Alfalfa is undoubtedly one of the
most valuable of all forage plants, but
many have given it up in disgust be.
cause of the difficulty in getting it
| started. If you have tried it and failed,
we would suggest that you try it again
upon a new plan. Put out only little
and SOW it in rows, and keep clean by
hoeing until it has made good start.
After that it will take care of Itself
Home and Farm.
The man who can make 100 BUSH
els of corn grown on piece of land
that formerly raised but 40; the man
who produces a cow that yields ten
pounds of butter where her predeces.
sor produced but five; the man who
raised a hogothat weighed 400 pounds
on the same feed that formerly produced
200 pounds OF pork; the man who raises
a 1900 pound steer on the feed that
formerly raised scrub; the man who
breeds horse that trots mile in 2:20,
where the plug goes three miles an
hour, is human benefactor. He makes
the road easy for others to follow and
puts millions upon the road to counter.
nd wealth. Breeder