The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AMI harden NOTES. O.
Plant deep in dry weather; shallow In
wet.
Ascertain the merits and dement's of a
csw before buying her.
Drive a horse with a rein that both
you and the horse can feel.
If you want your berry bushes to be
productive keep them cut back.
There is generally lime enough in the
soil, but its presence is indispensable.
There are few breeds but what will
lay well If they are well fed and cared
for.
Buckwheat hulls prodppe piles in pigs.
Therefore, it is not very well to use them
as food for the pigs.
1t is thought that pigs grown from old
dams exhibit greater vitality than others,
and are less liable to disease.
Set the first laying of both turkey and
duck eggs under hens; more eggs and
better fowls will be secured.
The cholera symptoms in poultry in a
nutshell are: Intense thirst, debility,
prostration, greenish droppings.
Young chickens will eat wheat or
sorghum seed when two weeks old and
they will be better than soft feeds.
In very hot weather see fhaE the chick
ems have some chance to get into the
shade. Too hot a sun is not good.
The en~terprising farmer, will hasten
the ~fattening of his hogs, SO as to have
them ready for the market in the fall.
Stone drinking vessels for poultry. are
better than tin ones during the sumter:
water will keep cool in them longer.
A wide wagon tire is a road maker,
not a rut cutter. One secret of the good
roads of France is the wide tires in use
there.
Lice always attack the poorly-kept, i'll
fed chickens first. Coal oil is said to be
destructive to them, bus must be used
with caution.
Having a system will save time; have
a time for feeding the fowls, for gather.
ing the eggs, for cleaning out the poul-
try house and for cleaning the roosts.
While liberal feeding is necessary to
secure a good growth, poultry should
never be so we'll fed that they will not
willingly forage for something to eat.
An old gobbler or pea fowl will often
get very troublesome in fighting the
other poultry; when this is the case the
quicker they are got rid of the better.
The cost of feeding a Thoroughbred
flock is no greater than for scrubs, while
such birds give their owner far more
pleasure and he ear occasionally sell
fowls or eggs at a good price.
The farmer who raises hogs the flesh
of which I3fue will be able to get more
than the market price if he once secures
q reputation for such. The big, coarse,
and over-fat pork will not bring much
money, for the simple reason that it doe;
not sell very good when placed on the
market.
All farmers do not use coal, but those
who do can make good use OF the ashes.
IL il well known that excellent walks can
be made of them: but they are valuable
for another purpose. The hogs will be
benefited greatly If the ashes are fed to
them. They correct the acidity of the
pigs stomach, and do a vast amount OF
good.
The Berkshires are one of the Oldest
breeds il. existence, and one of their
drawing csstds is a disposition to take on
from the start a great amount Of flesh
and fat. Another point in their favor IS
the immunity which they have from dis
ease. This IS not saying that they are
disease proof, but on account OF their
strong constitutions they are more able
to keep disease Of bay.