The Opelousas courier., 1892-10-01

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along the fence, if no other place is
open.
o. raspberries, the richer the ground
n Larger and better the quality Of the
berries. =
From this time On through The ,,nrne "a,
'tne average farm butter does not nav for
the making.
Manure from the pig pen is one of the
best that can be used around the rim.
barb plants.
Two IS company and three is i
crowd" applies to triplet lambs as vel
as to lovers and the gooseberry.
shrewd fockmasters put to use a eve
that has lost her lamb by making her act
as wet nurse for lost or discarded lambs.
If they are picked regularly during the
season geese should average a pound of
feathers each, and this should make them
pay.
On rich, level bottom land stock farm
ing can be made profitable, if anywhere.
Bat do not waste such an opportunity on
scrub cattle.
Hay that is cut, cured and housed be-.
tween daylight and dark does not often
lose its sweetness by being sun burned or
water soaked.
Often when the lambs are doing well
one is apt to think a little extra feeding
will make them do better, but this gen
orally proves a mistake.
Most of the disease which is reported
each year among sheep is the direct re-
suit Of exposure. neglect, starvation and
unhealthy surroundings.
It may not pay the majority of farmers
to make a speciality of dairying, but in
connection with other products it can
readily be made profitable.
Why not train the calves to lead and
train the boys to lead them, and if well
followed would often save much trouble
in the handling of the cattle,
Both the animal and vegetable king
,doms are subject to the same laws. Seeds
as well as stock may be improved by
careful selection and breeding.
The advantage of barn cistegns cannot
be yer estimated. Providing water for
the stock, they prevent water from the
roofs fltering through the manure.
There is only one way to run a dairy
successfully, and that IS to make a bust
ness of il. The farm must be adjunct to
the dairy, not the dairy to the farm.
Give the boy all the hard jobs and the
chores that you don't want to do your
self, if you want him to leave the farm.
It is a pretty sure way to accomplish
this.
On a majority of farms milk could be
used with more profit in feeding it to the
pigs, poultry, and calves than in making
it into butter and selling it at ten cents q
pound.
Are you thinking of feeding corr and
making s'big'' hogs for next winters
market7 If so, you have not observed
that eight bacon" hogs are the ones that
bring top prices.
If you plant a field of sweet corn, in
order to experiment a little with green
this fall, don't have it a half mile
away from the stable. A friend of ours
who did this found that soiling didn't
pay-n
When the farmer finds his cattle with
a husky cough he may attribute the same
to Indigestion from over feeding. Gut
down the supply fifty per cent. for two
days and the result will be Immediately
beneficial.
w should lend every encouragement
to steps that tend to develop new agri-
cultural industries. Even if VIZ do not
wish to engage in them ourselves it re-
land from the production of other
and that benefits us all very
A Canadian apiarist is of the opinion
that bees wear out and die more quickly
IN windy weather or in windy localities
han where the air is still. Hence Che
of selecting a sheltered
ocatity.
How Edward Burnett thinks that
.tcows are made; not bred" He says
AXE the best bred calf and put it into the
lands of one man, and a poor COW results,
while in another mans hands the same
,alf would make the highest type of dairy
Hence his theory.
Do not spray fruit trees until the
bloom has fallen. II you do you will
DESTROY the honey bees, who have been
working 50 industriously to make your
set. And your enemies are not on
hand to be destroyed until the little fruit
to lay their eggs in.
The man who wants to buy a Jersey
bull and who has not made a study of
pedigrees will have to trust q good deal
d the honesty of q reputable breeder to
supply what he needs. A trademark for
honesty is valuable property whether q
sells bulls, fertilizers, or -four.
Careless and unkempt attendants who
force cows into filthy stables are respon-
sible for the inferior il not poisonous
milk served 20 customers. Clean sur
roundings conduce TO good health,
whether Of man or beast. Time con-
sumed ID making q COW comfortable Will
Be as money i0the ~dairymau's pocket.
It is not a new fact, but yet a remark
able one. that if u fruit tree, apple, pear
or cherry, be stripped entirely Of is BARK
ID the second week In june a new SUIT
face of bark will Immediately take the
place of the older one. 1t is believed
that the chief growth. of deciduous trees
in our part of the world takes place at
Pound prodigal, Penny PenurIOus.