The Bossier banner., 1892-03-10
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1T is estimated from yerv NJ
sources that last season Vir,i,s.
100, 600 acres of land devoted to n
culture. Rural World.
A farm, to be profitable nm.
self-sustaining. If some one ~
tains it he must be paid for itiiNs
all the cotton raised on The Il,
Texas Farm and Ranch.
That part of the garden Viii
not occupied with winter yeg.i,
should be deeply plowed and thcv
manured, so that 1t will be re.aE
early planting as soon as springe M
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Hiram Sibley, of Rochestsr. \
who made much of his money II \.
life upon a farm, once said thers
was a dollar made fattening an aDH|
If you make any money. it must
the growth and not on fat
"A West Virginian saw an adyss
ment how to run a truck patch wsl
being bothered with potato bus
sent fifty cents and received thhr|
"Scrape the moss off your back M
II
it over the ground and plant 4
poles. Rural World.
During the past ten months i
have appeared in England more
5000 outbreaks of swine fever aa
900 pigs have been attacked by ih
ease. The disease is steadily ina
ing, largely owing, it is SAID, b
chaotic condition of the laws com
ing such matters.-Rural World,
Debt is one of the greatest
that ever afflicted people. 1t ia
ing as true as Scripture, that the
rover is slave to the lender"
debtor labors for the creditor nd
of his wages can be claim as htOl
long as the debt exists. Texas
and Ranch.
While the United States has
en- Toying unusually fine weather
autumn and early winter, Eurcp
been scourged with q successlt
storms of great violence, and hs
weather unseasonably cold, besid
unusual number of rainy days :
World.
During the winter, as opporl
may offer, haul out the ashes fro
old heap and scatter shovelful
under each tree in the orchard
post of coarse manure and wood
is excellent food for hungry trees
them and they will feed you
them and you will search for fru
get none.-Texas Farm and Rane
The farmers who are success
those who never lose sight OF I'd
that the farm is q home-thst
thing done toward beautifying 3
proving the place is enhancing ~
With this fact uppermost as u
be, farm work becomes labor
something more than doil'
cent struggle. Rural World.
"A man with a love for fine q
has one qualification for sue
farming; and a man who iove'
life better than town life has q
The art of creating a fine LANDS
greater than the art OF paintin
Good farming creates good lana
Rural World.
AS a rule a dairy farm can De
as soon as the eye falls upon it
of increasing fertility, OF ian
We sts. So, too, may one read at 2
the story when the hay is sold,
not so promising, there are 2
same evidence of prosperity.
at the farms should settle the ?
with the individual farmer
World.
Every gardener should icy
good supply of seeds as early
season as possible-not less tlsl
the quantity that will ProOa
needed. There is no extraVsg'
this-it is common prudence.
planting is always advisable !
always some risk in early planu
prepared for the worst Eitn
enough to plant several times
be.-Texas Farm and Ranch
Country schools, II proper
Quoted, might impart a taase g
try life. Instruction TO chiIdrel
animals, plants, flowers ana iru.
interest them, and timely inss
as to the vagaries and aosui'
fashion would show them tnas
life was happier, in the main, "a
life.-Rural World.
Because a farmer takes ~
part in politics is no reason ", :,
neglecting his farm any more y
business man is his business "
interests himself in that on
Neither should the farmer DC Z
any more than the bushes \
cause he wants things run toI !.
Ct once ip awhila.-RurA Mes''