The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-06-23
HERE AND THERE.

Every horse that is expected b
work on the farm during the spring ap {
summer should have a collar and set
harness properly fitted to it. This E
lessen the risk of CALLED shoulders
An observer says that in raising
squashes the main vines should be kent
pinched back to encourage the forms
ton or laterals. The reason is that The 5
blossoms on the main vine are male and .
those on the laterals are female. Sod
course, only the laterals bear fruit
"A farmer in Cavan county, ireland /
applied half ton of salt to an acre 4 !
oat stubble in January. In spring h /
planted potatoes ON it. The pOtats /
on this sailed land were a good croplu
free from disease, while those on w
sailed land were hardly worth Ih +.
ing"
Let the farmers wives and daugh
tiers study the science of poultry raidHg
if the farmer himself has not the tine
or inclination to attend toit WeMcE
that in the greater number Of cases b /
farmers wife does not need this sugga
ton, for she has learned the valuesoih
household of the poultry yard.
I'm feeding milk cows on cake CT Oh /
meal an experienced authority says you
must begin gradually with one-hai
cornmeal and increase to two parts d
the former to one of the latter The
amount fed must be regulated by ohsr
walton of results. Buy the steam-ecOEa
linseed meal if possible.
AT the beginning of growth aplsHi
lives upon the substance of its seed, Dol
it can not do that long. Itsoon reaena
out for something more. That is WhsH
and where we need available plani
food. The food may be there tor V
plant, but it is not available il w
soil is coarse and lumpy. That Is HnT
we need filth before planting
Never allow the pigs to sleep N u
manure pile. They choose to DO 50
cold weather if allowed the prluRs4
because of the warmth generated IN "
manure while undergoing deconPT
ton. The escaping gases are decideall
injurious to the pigs and are PROM
source of some of the most fatal Nv
eases.
We know of gentleman VINO -
seventy cows and four hundred hen
He cares for them both in the very Os'
ways, and his hens pay him the gre.
est profit. He does not crowd them
feeds them properly, and ne nas
stream of eggs going to the market y
winter when the demand is gres. sM
the prices high. Enough early cileA.S
can be raisen to supply the table VI
delicious broilers, which is WnO1
some change from the old-fashlO,r
diet of salt pork.-Cor. Farm Journal
Here is an immense amount OF g.
advise from an exchange, IN ~
space: Drink nothing without 80
it; sign nothing without reading n =
make sure it means nothing more -
it says. Don't go to law unless you |.
forced to and have nothing to lose
any business do not wade WneTs y!
can not see the bottom. Put ~
pendence in the label of dog s.
count money before you receive y
the sack before you buy what : !
for he who buys it in the dark ssA'
be cheated"
Did you ever notice what me- "A
influence feeding has on the snap ~.
character of hogs2 Pigs that arg W. Va
ally fed on a variety of wholesome 7,
though perhaps their anceslo us
not perfect specimens-deveiop -
shapely hogs, much superior 70 lns ~. -
emit stock; while pigs from sn0e "a
perfect in form degenerate IN lori
character below the parent stoeL
poorly fed. The professional hog
is cognizant of this fact, and lmP' \, !
his herd by proper feeding as E'
by proper principles Of breeding