The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

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Fork World.
FARM M GARDEN NOTES.
Wage war or weeds now.
Clean out the fence corners now.
Crowd corr cultivation continually.
Reduce tue number of fences on YOU
farm.
Fences on a farm like corners in a
house are what cost.
Raise your own dairy stock; there are
many advantages IN it.
The fertilizer applied to any crop is
never all taken up by it.
Better have grass than weeds along the
roads through your farm.
Always cut away all lead wood. It
may be done at any time.
When you feed, do you know the
weight of a forkful of hay2
Drag the potatoes before high enough
to cultivate with cultivator.
Planting on poverty-stricken soil is
A1AS uSiiIu1 III DdITGu WdLGES.
No COW that is kept all the while in
doors can be perfectly happy.
The farmer can grow vegetables
cheaper than he can buy them.
Clover, corn and skinned milk will
grow pigs and make nice pork.
The clematis provides a handsome
climber for arbors and yerandas.
Try on your own farm to make home
production overbalance home consump-
ton.
The surest way to improvement of
stock is by the introduction of improved
blood.
Remember that in ordinary good soil,
the best crop of potatoes is gained with
fiat culture.
If you do not get all the manure out,
pile it up where it will not leech or fire.
fang any this summer.
To save radishes from the attacks Of
the fly sprinkle the leaves with SCOT or
wood ashes just as soon as they are above
ground.
To know what to feed saves the pocket
book, how to feed saves the man; when
to feed saves the pig; the combination
makes afeeder.
american Garden calls attention to the
Merkel. a new red raspberry, wholly dis
tinct from all other varieties and possess
ing several valuable qualities.
Farmers do not use the harrow
enough. Keep it in the corn field from
the time the corn is planted till You can
use the eultivator to advantage.
Ducks need looking after frequently
during the day as they are apt to get on
their backs, and in this position they are
entirely helpless and Will die unless
turned on their feet.
The crab apples are both ornamental
and useful, and may justly claim q place
in ornamental gardening. The single
and double Towering varieties from China
and Japan are splendid in flower.
In many cases it will be a good plan
to let the turkey hens hatch out the
second laying of eggs. The weather
! being warmer and more settled there is
less danger Of loss than with the earlier
brood.
In sending poultry to market remern-
Der that size aad condition count for
more than color or shade in skin. Live
and dressed poultry sell by weight, and
The price per pound is often determined
by the condition.
AS soon as harvest begins is the time
TO commence saving feed for the poul-
try during the winter. With q little
sare j good supply Of feed can be OBJ
tanned az d low cost and a good variety
be secured.
Mr. ". G. Barry tells that Nine.
Georges Bruant is n of the hardest
roses in his collection. Itcame through
he past winter without being injured IN
the least. So said the Rural NeD Yorker
month ago. So said Mr.. Falconer.
AT this time many chicks die il the
hell because Of too rapid evaporation
Turing incubation. Putting q sod under
she eggs al the beginning or ~sprinkling
he eggs with water the day before the}
are to hatch will help to give better re-
suits.
Cholera is always to be dreaded dur
ng the unmer. It is easier to prevent
!, han to cure, and all necessary
pains should be taken TO keep tht
fowls in good health. a SICK Tow
generally costs more to cure than u Y
worth.
On the farm a general purpose Tow
win be the most satisfactory one-tha'
will lay well. The hens make goes
mothers and the matured fowls are good
for the table. Special breeds are best
Tor those who make q specially OF tne
business.
Growing Lettuce BY Electric Ligl1
II i now believed that where Y
profitable % grow lettuce under glass s I
market. the electric light can be proft