The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-09-10
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They require more than twice as much
as the other hogs when the pigs arc
three weeks old, and if they do not
have it both the sow and pigs will suf-
fer
The division of pastures, so that
cattle can be changed from one field to
another, will enable you to carry more
stock on given number of acres than
If they Craze over the whole at once
AS rule the more valuable the
crop produced the greater is the drain
upon the soil. In growing special crops
make your plans to expend portion of
the profit in restoring the denuded fer.
tility.
Agriculture and chemistry are 80
closely allied that every man who at
tempts to practice the first should make
some study of the second. That is what
our boys at the agricultural colleges are
doing
What are you going to do about it,
my friend, if you have at the harvest
ing time, in the fall, nothing but few
bags of cotton, and that to be taken in
at five cents the pound to pay the mort
gage given in the spring?
What the southern farmer needs
this year, above all earthly things, is
the good crop of grain. With an abun.
dance of oats, wheat and corn, the cot
ton question is secondary A big crop
of cotton and no corn will be the next
thing to absolute ruin, as far as our
agricultural interests are concerned
Southern Farm.
Start silo, If you have none. An
eminent authority-a teacher and prac-
ticer of agriculture in one of our big
gest agricultural colleges-says it will
pay any farmer who has five head Of
live stock-horses or cattle to feed
through the winter if he will construct
a silo, and fill it in the proper time with
ensilage.
There should be no rule about the
number of times that a given crop
should be worked, either upon the
farm or in the garden. The need varies
with the season. Keep careful watch
and let the eye be the guide. When
the weeds show, when the soil is not
mellow enough, or when the crop
seems not to be coming forward as rap
idly as it should, then is the time to put
the cultivator in.
Its almost impossible for the dairy
man to have more sweet corn than he
can use to advantage, and not quite
easy to grow any other crop that will
pay him better. 1t may be used for
pasture in the fall, when the grass is
failing; for green soiling through the
summer and autumn; cut for dry fod-
der and use in place of hay, or put into
the silo. For any of these uses it gives
a large product per acre, has a large
feeding value, and is economical
Commercial fertilizers may be used
with more profit in the garden than
upon the farm, because the crops pro-
duced are of greater value, and, beside
that, the action of the fertilizer will
sometimes stimulate quick growth
that enables the gardener to harvest his
product some days earlier than he could
otherwise, and this extra earliness be-
comes source of added profit. With
NCat VI COAh thCAC ID IlO SUCH cOnSlueId-
ton. and the expense must be repaid
solely from the increased amount of the
crop.
If you wish to have hornless cattle
without dehorning them, begin with
the calf. Rub the horn and around it
as it begins to bud out with a moistened
stick of caustic potash. This will eff
fectually destroy the growth, and the
operation appears to be nearly painless.
There is no doubt that hornless cattle
are quieter and more easily handled
than Others, and the majority of cattle
feeders would at once adopt the practice
Of dehorning if they were satisfied that
it did not torture the animal, but there
can be no cruelty in doing it as we have
suggested in the foregoing. -Soutbsrp
Farm.