The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Cleanliness is the key to success in
poultry raising.
Celery is a profitable crop at from ten
cents a dozen upward.
Several small pastures are always bet
ter than one large one.
Early sown beets make a good feed for
the hens and chickens.
The t~ranscendent is a beautiful variety
of the Siberian crab-apple.
Whole wheat and corn mixed form the
best grain food for fowls.
Fowls to do best should have a plenti-
full supply Of earth, grass and gravel.
+! The best plan is to feed the poultry
only so much as can be eaten up clean.
Successful experiments have been made
n.s forcing early vegetable S1'y the use of
, Regularity in management is as i'm
portant in poultry raising as regularity
in feeding; both are necessary.
A good tarm-yard fowl must have
stamina and vigor, as it is supposed to
pick up a good portion of its living.
If youleave the stable doors open these
nights be sure the granery door and feed
boxes are safely closed and fastened.
There is a way of making each cab
bage stalk do double duty in provid-
ing material for sour-krout and cold
slaw.
Fowls are so provided'that they can
grind any kind of food eaten. 1t is not
strictly necessary to grind their food for
them.
On the majority Of farms during the
spring, at least, there is more or hess milk
that can be fed to the hogs to an aivan-
tage.
Law out now an acre or so for carrots,
to diversity aud enrich the feed OF your
cattle, horses and hogs next fall and
winter.
The farmer that cannot make hand
some profit with poultry when he has
| good stock aud gives them good care Is
an exception.
An ounce of butter has seasoning
power in it than a half-pouad o.eo'
margarine. to say nothing of the superb
ority of flavor.
The day of big pastures is gone by for
ever. They are toe wasteful and expen'
| siye to compete with silos aud concen-
trated food crops.
Sour feed is no better for pigs than for
other animals, and many diseases can be
traced to its use. Among these are black
teeth and blind staggers.
Both Yorkshire and Suffolk pigs are
| white, but the Yorkshire is. heavier,
stouter, and has a very short snoot. Its
hair is longer and coarser.
tits often the case that if the hens are
well fed during the spring and summe)
| they will moult early in the season AM
make good winter layers.
If you have not brush. handy for tn
peas, spread straw between the rows fol
them to fall on 1t will keep the pea
clean and the ground cool and moist.
There is no danger of the chick;
| crowding on top of each other in th'
7 brooder if the temperature is kept even,
It is when they get cold that they crowd
1t is a wise farmer who diversiies che
food for all his stock as much as pos
sible. A small patch planted to carrot:
will come good for the horses thi
winter.
If experimenting with sugar beets, d
not try to grow large ones. The suga
decreases as the size increases. Ont
pound to Ii pounds each is larg
enough.
Careful statistics which We hav
recently examined show that the whit
corns produce larger yields than the vel
low. Most farmers hold to a diferen
opinion.
The farm team may be left to go bare
foot. When the shoes become loos
take them off carefully, and hang wher
they may be easily gotten when needle
next fall.
It is folly to talk about wheat pro
ducing sscheat.n Like produces like
ana wheat produces wheat. Cheat o.
chess comes up because you don't hav'
clean seed.
A bare lot, hard floor, hard ear cor
and water, are not the most pro6tabl
pork producers at this time Of the yeal
especially if you have month old pigs t
work with.
In setting out plants, trim away a
s%uperfuous leaves. 1t is Oh the sa n
principle as setting out a tree. Don
give the roots too much to do until the
have a chance to get hold.
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