The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
An excess of manure is injurious to
rapes.
A sharp, steel rake is a good weed
dller at the start.
Cultivation will benefit the trees for a
eW years after setting out.
Pruhe the trees in the orchard; keep
n good shape from the start.
Good returns are made when the skim
milk is given to the young pigs.
Pull up all dead stalks Of plants from
:he fower-beds and keep them neat and
rim.
1t is useless to try TO keep pigs strong
md healthy without plenty Of proper
food.
Keep the tomatoes well picked off the
vines. Every one should be removed
when ripe.
Glover and corr cut in the milk fed to
young pigs is an excellent thing to pro-
mote growth.
Strict attention to your own business
will be more dollars in your pocket than
the election of any ticket in the field.
No plan of management will be best
in all cases; the owner must adapt the
treatment to the condition of the orchard.
If second or third crops are to be
grown in the garden, be ready to plant
them as soon as the first crops have ma
tured.
On clay land especially the applying
of course fresh manure is beneficial on
account of the mechanical effects pro-
duced.
There is nc profit in pigs that receive
no attention. To make them pay they
should receive some care and be fed in
the most economical way.
Wick says that bulb planting should be
done as early in the fall as the bulb can
be procured-though it is not too late
any time before winter closes in. I
Supplying all of the essentials Of a
crop, such as a good soil, thorough
preparations and good seed are of mora
Importance than the signs of the moon.
One reason why some men do not sue.
coed in fruit growing is that they grow
nothing else. They buy fertilizer, meat,
grain and everything they use. This
takes all the profit.
Flower pots can be rid of earthworms
by pouring on the soil a warm decoctiol
of wormwood aud powdered horse chest
nj is. The worms will come to the sur
face and can then be removed.
Nothing delights a pig or benefits him
more thatR a feed of roots. It is worth
while to give them a ration Of potatoes,
beets, turnips, or artlchokes at least
once a week, or as often as possible.
Fruit tree borers do not like to work
where the fruit grover plants the trunks
near the ground with cart grease that is
made up of a portion of pine tar. Some
employ gas tar, but this often does great
injury, says Meehan in his monthly.
Any man who has spent hours of valu-
able time trying to locate a stopped up
drain tile win appreciate the advice
never to make under drains without
making a map locating them, and indi-
eating the depth at which they are laid.
The brood SOW should be given plenty
of food in fact. she requires about twice
as muchSs an ordinary pig. II she does
not have enough food to keep herself
and farrow in good condition the owner
will be disappointed when the little pigs
are full grown.
According to Professor L. e. Bailey
eight and perhaps ten species of native
cherries are In cultivation; of these
three are grown for fruit AMI all but one
or two are cultivated for ornament.
None Of the species have gained much
prominence under cultivation, and most
Of them are of comparatively recent in.
PRODUCTION.