The Bossier banner., 1892-03-31
HERE AND THERE.

Geese are very hardy, and shusIE
be kept on every farm in the sumner
They will require nothing else but
grass.
1T Is said that sweet potstoes mar
be kept by placing in box q layer d
potatoes and layer of dry sand, aliR
nately, until full.
In a suit over six geese in Staup
Creek, Ca, when the costs bad amount
ed to about $40, the fnstter was con
promised and settled by dividing b,
geese.
Coarse light hay thrown over sFB
ach will usually carry it through sn
winter in open ground, provided HHt
does not stand on the land.
Paint the cheap and rough farm
implements, harrows, rollers, the grind
stone frame, etc, with hot coal tor
there is deal of salvation In It.
Where a garden is planted -
should be for horse cultivation Il an
easy matter to keep it free from wesd'
Start early and don't allow then !
grow.
Fathers and mothers. stop grzn
bling about the miserable lives yoF|
lead. Teach the boys and girls ioRl
the beauties surrounding them on ever
hand, and which are inaccessible tc "
city dwellers.
The use of the horse 81 . HieaR
power throughout the country is rape
ly diminishing. During the paA yssI
more than twenty-five thousand hAs''l
have been taken from the numeva
street car lines in the country.
The flavor of young and tenda
roasted chicken is greatly improved y
placing inside piece of fresh buils
the size of a walnut, together win I
small onion and pinch of parsley.
There are too many roosters On cH
farms. An exchange says thasin "
United States it is safe to say there y.
20, 900, 900 roosters, and l9,OO9OQO 6
these are a positive and expensive nhl
sance.
The descendants of single wae
number as many as $4,000 in one -
son. November is the fatal molN
which kills them off. epttwo Or inla
females, Gu whom depends the perper
alton of the race.
Milk for the calf should nes '
colder than niuety-six degrees. Eis
its dam the calf receives warm nil>
and this fact should teach those w
raise calves by hand the importanes Z
avoiding cold milk for them.
1t will pay to keep young eaii Y !
til it is three months old, to oe sos.
veal, more than to sell It when II y =
few days old. A calf grows W.
rapidly at first, often gaining ~
pounds a day, if well bred, ana " n
fed; but even an ordinary calf Wlh 4. k-
well if kept until it is three o. y.
months old.
Never keep a young tree out o. =. =
ground after it arrives from tne = y.
sery. The greatest misfortune sna''s 4.
happen to a young tree is to expOse !. s s
roots to dry winds. II not reals 7
plant it in it's proper location ie' III 4
''held in" by covering the roo's -
with moist earth.
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George J. Kellogg says the ~ a.a
small fruits, including grapes 80 49,
be rich enough to raise one ns. .,. M.
bushels of corn per acre. Side nun .s.,s "
wash should be avoided; yet soas-ss 49,,
slope for grapes and early straw u y.
is best. and northern slope Tor ia''
ries. I.
Leave nothing to be done = ~
spring that can be done bcf0fs 81 81
time. When spring opens wOs. IN
crowd upon the farmer, ana - Sn
find that time is too valusoie = y. y
attention TO many matters tEas : - sree
portant. Much of this delay an - q
ance may be avoided BY kespss psssu
work done mp to time, snG GU. ss' s
everything ready when sae s4''s
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