The Opelousas courier., 1892-05-07
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

r e. .tAhA1 AND SANILLf
The hotter the climate the thinner the
fleece Of sheep.
1t is well to know exactly what each
COW profits you. Make inquiries at
once.
At least until grass makes a start to
grow it is usually best to feed the poul-
try regularly three times a day.
In ordering seeds get a supply of sun
flowers and plants so as to have the seed
next winter to feed to the poultry.
Ducks should hate dry straw on the
floor of their quart rs every night, es-
pecially after t~heytoegin to lay eggs reg
ularly.
If the hens get s'off their feed" let
them do without one or two meals and
then give them a decreased ration for a
day or two.
If the snow stays loEg on the ground
1t will pay to clean off a place near the
poultry house so as to give them a spot
for exercise.
The best profit in raising poultry for
market is in Matching carly, pushing the
growth as much as possible and thus
marketing early.
1t is of more Importance to supply
plenty of grit during the winter than at
any other season, as the fowls are then
confined more closely.
Push the young chickens now by Civ
ing them all that they will eat. A quick
growth IS essential in making early
broilers most profitable.
T. III. Hoskins thinks the time VT
come when apples will be generally sold
on the tree, thus relieving the grower Of
the trouble of marketing.
w. Werner says that the mealy bug
may be destroyed by dipping a brush OF
rag in alcohol and saturating the insects
and infected part of the plant.
When tth. hens are we'll fed and com
fortably hlrIcsed, and yet do not lay, a
little cayellue. pepper in the food as a
stimulant Ill often be of benefit.
1t was pNw.d at a meeting of tae Mas
sachusetts horticultural Society that ap.
Pios Sio"te, Al grass iauo ho0' iohSet
than thosege5rown in cultivated land.
If properly managed incubator chick
ems ought not to cost more than ten
cents when ten weeks oil, and should
weigh on an average two pounds each.
ALI kinds of stock should be housed.
1t is said to be difficult to get blood out
of a turnie, but they furnish a much
greater supply than an east wind in win
ter.
A speaker in a farmers meeting in
Boston noted that many of our wayside
shrubs and vines, which we call weeds.
are sent to Europe, taere grown in hot
houses, and highly priced.
An icehouse ought to be ventilated at
the ends, toward the top, SO that hot
air, which always rises to the top, may
escape in summer. In the tigltest ice
house more or less hot air will always get
in.
The drivers of trotting- horses and
roadsters feed well-rpened timothy hay.
Unless the cows and sheep are to be ex-
perimented with as ~trotters and roadsters
they Lad better be fed on something
else.
1t does cost to feed hogs when mill
stuffs are SO high, but pigs and pork
usually keep their places in the pro-
cession of prices. Take good care OF all
the manure and you will be sure to come
out happy.
The root knot is q disease especially
prevalent among the peach. walnut,
chestnut and some other trees. This fact
should be borne in mind when selecting
trees for t~ransplanting: reject those that
have knots on their roots.
One of our progressive horticulturists
advises fruit growers to dip taeir trees,
root and branch, in disinfeeting liquids
before planting them. If this were uni
~versally done, he claims that the ravages
of many kinds of diseases would be much
reduced.
It has been observed that there has
been more and more inquiry in regard to
good varieties of black currants by fruit
growers and gardeners, showing that
there is a growing demand for them IN
the markets, which is gratifying, since
they are of the earliest cultivation and
productive.