The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-11-18
HERE AND THERE.

The difference between the weight
of milk from scrub COW and one of
the best of the improved breed is the
difference between 1000 pounds and
10000 pounds.
Under the law of the last legis-
laturc of Tennessee persons who are
using thoroughbred animals for bneed-
ing purposes must have them registered
in the county court clerks Office.
House the implements now. Order
the needed repairs. Oil the steel and
iron work, paint the wood work and
then store away, ready for immediate
use when the hour calls for work De-
lays then are tiresome, annoying and
expensive.
The finest sheep are developed on
high, dry lands, in {, dry atmosphere,
on sweet, varied and nutritious grasses.
On wet ground or on monotonous, dry
and hard vegetation, sheep will exist,
but they will not yield to the trne
farmer fair profit a.s .,5e. .s.
Encourage your hens to lay in No
vember Early spring pullets should
give a good many eggs in November
and December when the days are
bright, and IA dozen eggs then are gem
orally worth two or three dozen next
spring or summer. Feed and keep for
fall eggs.
Select now the pullets which you
will put in your breeding pens for next
year. If you have pure stock of any
breed be sure that the pullets come up
to the standard Of that breed in form
and feather. as we'll as in size and con-
dition. If it is mixed flock select for
size and form rather than color OF mark
ings.
In selling out the flock of turkeys
select the best hens for next year.
Keep those only which come up to your
ideaof what turkey should, be- Sell
off the long-legged, long shanked ones
Sell those off in color Keep the plump
and' smooth-looking birds, both hens
and gobblers. Change your gobbler,
but never an Inferior one. .-Farmer's
Home Journal. ssar
In the making Of good country
roads, there often occurs difficulty in
the removal of stumps, and because
| thereof, many are permitted to remain
in 1.-THE way, an eyesorc and a nuisance
SO long as they last. There need be nt'
difficulty in removing these relics of the
past, if dynamite is called into requis:-
ton when the road is in process of con-
struction. Farm and Fireside. :,
According to a paper by Mortimer
Whitehead, of the horticultural divi
sion Of the census. it appears tina:
507, 736 acres are devoted to peaches,
with au annual product of 676, 100, 40,
bushels, and that s36, 900 persons are
employed. Upwards Of 500. 900, Ooo ars
invested in peach growing. There ar-
4,5l0 nurseries. valued at nearly S42
600, 900, with over half billion of fruit
trees. The largest acreage is devoted
to apples,
The ice-house question can be
summed up as follows: Any cheap
structure with good drainage and no
circulation below; good ventilation
above; proper space between ice and
Sides filled with non.conducting mate.
| rial. The bugbear of expense peed deter
no one from storing ice. BY providing
a proper bottom ice can be piled on it
and building put over it later.-Farm-
er's Home Journal
Our own rule in regard to selling is
to let thing go when it will pay fair
profit above cost, whether it be a crop
or some stock. TO hold for an advance
beyond such a profit constitutes specula-
ton, the risks of which are quite as
likely to result in losses as in profits.
A boom is quite generally followed by
a reaction. 4 good time to sell is when
folks are anxious tg buy.7-Ney Ep
gland Homestead.