The Opelousas courier., 1892-08-27
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Two-year-old grass seed is not worth
sowing.
"stump the World" is a popular Few
Jersey peach.
In light soils level culture is far the
best for corn.
Sowing clover and timothy together
increases the yield.
The columbus" is a new g~ooseberrv
attracting attention.
Corn should be cul rated oncea week
until too high for it,
Drill.plantlng of corn increases the
yield o34 to fifty per cent.
The EGGPLANT is a pretty annual for a
rockery or hanging basket.
Fertilizers are better for corn than
manure, unless the latter is plowed in
the fall.
Nearly all of the improved breeds of
cattle originated within-a stones throw
of one another.
All young animals need exercise in the
open air. Too close confinement is sure
to breed disease.
Cut out the old wood from the hard '
roses and shorten last years growth, but
not too severely.
Ii the sows can have comfortable
quarters in which to farrow, February
| pigs are better than March.
The ration that only sustaius life with
out growth is always fed at loss and
should always be increased.
Separate the brood sows and feed
them less corn and more bran and oats.
Make the change gradually.
Keeping a dairy is a business that the
farmer should know something about
before investing too largely.
Dry air slackened lime scattered over
the foliage of roses, while the leaves are
wet, will kill the rose slugs.
The deeper the blowing for corn, so
long as the soil is manured or fortified
to the full depth, the better.
Economical feeding involves a knowl-
edge of the needs of the animal as well
IS of the composition of foods.
Most grass seed is bad. Not more than
City per cent. of that sold will germin-
| ate, and In some cases not more than five
per cent.
A popular orange in California is of
pear shape, and is called the Joppa orange,
because the seeds came originally from
Palestine.
Green manuring is an economical and
effective meth cd for restoring worn land,
and rye is one of the best crops to use
for this purpose.
Powdered white hellebore is the remedy
for worms on currant and gooseberry
bushes and should be applied promptly
at their first appearance.
A hen that costs 81 to keep, and pro-
duce 100 eggs per year, besides raising a
brood of chickens, pays as good q divi-
dend as any stock you have.
One noted wheat grower says that for
wheat he wants the ground fine and firm,
and that there is little or no danger of
having the ground too firm.
Barnyard manure contains every ele-
ment that is found in plants, hence it is
the one complete manure. Don't waste
1t, and then buy commercial fertilizers.
A week may be gained in time by
stepping seed corn in a solution of four
ounces of saltpeter in a gallon of water
and having it all soaked up by a peck of
seed.
Diversity the poultry business, as well
as the balance of the farm industries.
Ducks, geese aud turkeys give as good
return as hens, and sometimes pay much
better.
Do not be persuaded that there is no
profit in washing your sheep before
shearing. If well done the added value
OF the wool will pay excellently for the
time and labor required.
A number of small pastures are better
than a single large one. They go farther
and give more feed when the cattle can
be changed from one to another, thus
giving each q period of rest.
lie is said that IN nrm ianc enc frost
will go much deeper than in l1nd that is
loose. As il is desirable that the frost
should 60 deep it would appear very adj
vantageous to have the land as firm as
possible.
Draining is generally admitted to be
the correct remedy for wet lands, and for
the bad effects from wet seasons Now
We must learn that it is almost equally
efficient in preventing damage from
cessive droughts.
Dairying has a fourfold advantage
over most other branches of farming. Il
brings spot cash, it yields more money
for the feed consumed. it saves the
natural fertility Of the farm, and it makes
increased fertility easy.
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