The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-03

. i"uu WIN a disk harrow in.
stead of a plow this season.
Raising horses is a profitable industry
Tor the farmer, as a rule. where the colt.
are produced from mares kept for work.
In England there is a standard size
Tor eggs. All which require more thar
nfteen to make a pound sell at q re-
duced price.
With practical p~oultryrnen the Minor.
cas- are steadily growing in favor as COO
producers. Among other good Qualities
they lay large eggs.
The surest way to lessen your "
particular agricultural depression is to
reduce the cost Of production. Make
this your constant study.
A good clover field. cut once for a
hay crop and again for seed, will give a
net return that is not excelled in many
staple branches of agriculture.
Eastern truckers talk with easy conf
dence about raising 500 bushels of toma-
toes to the acre, and getting twenty cents
a bushel for them at the canneries.
The time to begin the regular picking
of the feathers of ducks and geese has
arrived This can be made profitable
without interfering with che egg produc-
ton.
The only reason why whits oats are
better than black for feeding is that the
latter have a little thicker hull. This
makes a difference of about five per cent.
in nutritive value.
When you harness a team see If the
collar is free from dirt and hair, and be
sure it fits properly. Always speak to a
horse when you approach him, espe-
cially from behind.
In potato growing, don't imagine that
new varieties and high-prioed seed can
take the place of rich land and careful
cultivation. A potato crop will resent
such neglect about as quick as anything
we grow.
Bookkeeping, is the beginning and
end of profit in diversified farming. The
beginning, for il enriches the soil. The
end, for It affords a profitable means for
disposlng OF many crops.
If a dairyman depends upon buying OF
much feed he must have a most excellent
head to enable him to turn it intp a
profit. The farm should supply most Of
what the cattle consume.
For the cure of chicken cholera the
fowls should have mixed with their food
once a day a solution OF carbolic acid
and water. One dram of acid should be
used to two gallons of water.
Beginners in the poultry business will
often do better with ducks than with
hens, as they are better adapted to be-
ing kept in large numbers, and do not
sucumb so quickly to disease.
1t is well to have plenty of drinking
water near at hand for ducks. In eating
they are frequently choked, and the man
ner in which they swallow the water dis
lodges the matter in their throat.
If. when afeld with a m,chine, you
take tools out of the tool bog, always
leave what you do not want in the box.
Don't place them on the ground where
you are liable to forget and lose them.
Aday spent in planting or blowing is
expected to eventually pay some return
for the labor. But day spent in fence
building pays nothing, and we know
that by and by the same work must be
done owe, again.
The first thing to ascertain. in order
To make far ming profitable, is the cheap
est source of fertility. This will be
found, with few exceptions, in growing
clover and feeding it with grain, bran O
oil meal to good live stock.
The cattle and other live stock feel tn
benefits during the winter weather Of
shelter belt of evergreen trees around tn
farmyard. Norway spruce will form
rood screen in a few years. Take younE
trees and plant them about eight Tee
apart.
Oats should be substituted as much a
possible for corn during the summer
The corn should, however, be given q
the evening ration. Corn, as IS vel
known. u a heat. producing food, ant
for this reason ito use in tbs warm sum
mer weather should be limited.
Do not neglect to build q silo for th'
poultry. The green food given then
during the winter will not only be
delicacy to them, but will greatly All
their eeg productions. A silo four fee
each way will contain enough ensilage t.
su,nIv over 100 fowls during the win
ter.
Red raspberries, to the taste OF thou
sands, lack character. Ihey may Q
called fabby as contrasted with straw
berries. blackberries, cherries, or eve
blackcsps. Some people complain
the seeds of the latter, but their fave
makes them superior to the red varietie
after all.
Do not attempt to use the standin
i. frame, for where it stands may De
sscatchall'' for dust and o nursery plac
Tor moths. Use the frame that hans
free from rabbsts, and has shoulders
stsslf-space." There Ia econo1ay IN q
use of the selfapacing frame, and 30
ieral other points of excellence.
A good wsy to treat q broken horn
to wrap che h~orn;core in a strip OF cote
cloth srneared with common tar, but n
gas tar. This protects the tender CO
from the air, and the new covering
made in q short time without any mo
attention. The bandage may % lett
until ii falls OF, or it may DO renew
seek or two.