The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-29
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

leu Exclusively W laying uSus'
The queen cells are elongated and are
the nes in which queens are reared.
Suniowers and sorghum can always b.
fed to advantage without threshing.
Remember that the Lyringas will
thrive and do well in almost any soil and
situation.
A tablespoonful of ginger in a quart
of water is a good remedy for securing
in poultry.
Small colonies OF young bees winter
better than large g composed of old
or WORKOUT bees.
If you give the sheepa good warm bed
these cold nights they will stop that noise
and let you sleep.
"Ripe" honey is honey which has by
evaporation become sufficiently thick to
be sealed in the cell.
Ground or crushed bons is an excellent
egg-food for poultry. 1t may be given
once or twice a week.
Sprinkling fine ashes Of lime over the
/ LA nv 4OOSto II TX III tA0 AO0pGS
and best remedies for lice.
When bringing the horse in on q
muddy day, always wash his heels out
and thus prevent scratches.
Soft soap rubbed on the legs and al
lowed to remain on a short time is a
good remedy for scaly legs.
If you can get manure for furnishing
straw for bedding OF the livery stable in
your town it may pay you to do it.
Vigorous, thrifty fowls that are given
q good variety of food will rarely need
anything in the shape of condiments.
If properly managed geese will lay
about as many eggs as turkeys, while
they will cost about one-half to raise.
One of the poorest places to fix the
poultry house is along the side of the
barn or sheds for any Of the other stock.
Some breeders claim that by feeding
the hens literally on corn at this season
it will aid materially to make them
broody.
The feet of the sheep should be care
fully looked after. If the toes are long
cut them off. Do not wound the feet in
80 dong.
Fowls that are healthy and thrifty are
invariably early risen, and at this time
should be fed as o 0 as they fly down
from the roosts.
IL the fowls are healthy to begin with,
and are well fed and cared for, no arti-
fetal preparations are necessary to main
tain good health.
The Polyantha roses, which bear their
small double flowers in clusters, are what
is known as perpetual bloorners, and are
q good sort to have in ones garden.
At a recent meeting at st. GATHERINGS,
Canada, a vote was taken on the ques-
ton of outdoor versus indoor wintering
of bees. The majority favored packing
on summer stands.
Seeds should always be planted in
fresh, most sol. II the soil is dry, ID
draws the moisture from the seed, if it
contains any, and the seed has to lie and
await the necessary moisture before IL
can sprott.
a calf can be prevented from having |
horns by an application Of crude potash
to the spot where the incipient horn
can be felt. The cost is next to nothing.
The plan Of dehorning is gaining in
favor and done in this way has much to
commend it.
Thomas G.. Newman urges the import
of making bee and honey exhibits
at the agricultural fairs, and gives some
very good reasons for so doing. There
Is no doubt about the attractiveness to
average fair goer of bees in glassed
hives and honey in glass crates.
A herd Of eighteen cows in Vermont
produced 162 pounds of butter per year
ior each COW. The amount is not a large
one compared with the records of noted
COWS, but it is excellent for d herd, and
what dairymen can do by using
vell-bred lows and giving them proper
A New York farmer raised an acre of
for seed, and found that the
eed was an excellent addition to grain
or the use Of hogs and poultry, a small
mill being used to grind it for hogs.
Fhe stalks made excellent kindling-
wood and the heads and seeds were
round together.
Il you cannot grind or pulvarize the
Id bones you a reduce them by laying
hem in wood ashes, and keeping the
damp, not wet. "A small quantity
t urine, poured over the bones and ashes
OCCASIONALLY, will hasten the decomposi-
ion OF the bones. Ifyou cannot do this
ury the bones around the fruit trees
nd grapevines.
Thefood that is purchased and brought
n the farm is so much manure added to
land. Many farmers experience but !
tile gain in the sale of extra milk or |
utter. but they become richer in the in
reased fertility of the soil, due to the
quality Of the applied, al ]
lough such results may not be apparent
n several years. /
a wool grower advises sheep owners 9
keep . well trained Scotch terrier in !
y sheep barn. he will clean up The 9
Is and give notice Of the approach Of =
owing ours or thieying tramps. The
leep soon become familiar with his I
essence, and he may run between their r
gs or over their backs without exciting Z
ern il the slightest.