The Opelousas courier., 1892-07-23
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Dig around the rhubarb plants.
Be on the lookout for early narrowing
sows.
Make a second planting Of early gar
den crops.
Milk and grass are the best feeds for
young pigs.
Trees should be set out before they
start to grow.
No hog is quite SO ravenous as a SOW
that is sucking pigs.
At first give a sow bran and milk, and
and then add corn meal.
Keep all colonies strong. This is the
secret Of keeping bees for profit.
Gladialusus come true when pro.
pagated from the small bulblets.
There is no special advantage in
setting out strawberry plants early.
Any of the leading breeds of hogs are
good if they are given proper treatment.
The only safe plan of being sure of
saving all of the pigs IS to be ready for
them.
The Dawson rose, it is claimed, is a
valuable addition to the list of hardy
roses.
Seeds of hardy flowers ought to be
sown as early as the ground can be put
in order.
Good pasturage Of any kind will help
the brood sows materially to give a good
flow of milk.
The fiat cover is the best for all bee
hives. Itcosts less than the gable cover
and is more convenient.
Do not take the winter packing out of
the second story of the bee hive till
time to put in section boxes.
The best remedy for the cut worm is
to put a piece of tin or stiff cardboard
around each plant when it is set out.
When stock are first turned out to
grass care should be taken that they
have access to all OF the salt and watel
they want.
Sheep may be rid of ticks very salts
faetorily by feeding sulphur, which
should be given in small quantities and
not too often.
If the acreage in meadow is not suei'
cient to furnish a full supply of hay for
winter feeding it viii pay to SOW mile
or Hungarian for hay.
In nearly all cases it will pay to har
row the potatoes thoroughly before the
plants make their appearance above
! ground; it will help kill out the weeds
The fat in the milk is the most potent
factor in determining the yield and
quality of cheese, and the quality ol
cheese is largely affected BY the amount
of fat contained In it.
Let the bees alone as much as posi-
BILE. Decide upon some method and al
here to it. The double hive method is
| the best, and win give the best results,
if properly carried out, if there be any
honey in the fields.
When cattle are turned in on clover il
viii be best to turn in for n or two
hours the first day, two or three the sec.
ond, so that they may be somewhat &C:
customed TO ID. In this way the risk o
bIoat may be greatly reduced.
a Rochester commission merchant
addressing the Western New York Hol
ticultaral Association on points i
Shipping, ? said that il growers woul
sort each one hundred barrels down I
seventy-fve, they would receive just a
much money, and q ' the extra barrel
and freight.
A valuable grain to feed chickens dul
ing the first three weeks of their lives j
Golden Millet. Very small chicks nee
very small seeds. They constantly scare
for the seeds of grass or any small seeds
Mature is the best teacher. Small Who'll
seeds are the best thing in the graf
line that can be fed to very youn
chickens.
The farmer who has . bit Of marsh
land near his house where the grass
not of much value for cattle feeding ma
do well 10 enclose it with q fence and p,
cease there. They like such feed. an
are profitable poultry when rightly mar
aQed. a small yard to themselves an
feed carried to them ID better than ALLOW
ing them to roam.
me resuIss or trials at tie Maynal
agricultural experiment station for ts
wears Indicate that for fall or winter pig
which are to be killed when about o
year old, it il more profitable to let the
run in pasture or woodland during I
warm months, and shift for thensely
until within eight or ten weeks Of kiilil
time, than IL ID to feed them in eondn
mert during the summer.