The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Tomatoes should not grow too much
vine.
Potatoes should be kept in the coolest
and darkest place possible.
Low-growing vegetables may be cul.
tivated between berry bushes.
The wool from well fed sheep is much
better than from half-starved ones.
When transplanting, have the root:
straight and in their natural osition.
There is no profit in letting bee;
make al Honey is what is wanted,
not wax.
Tomato leaves are also said to make a
good insecHcide if stepped in water and
sprinkled over plants.
Poorly kept sheep will not make the
owner rich, nor do much towards build
ing up the fertility of the soil.
The wood queen-excluders do not
| seem to take much. The bees enlarge
the cuts and the queens go above.
If the weeds have started up in the
wheat fields in many cases 1t will be
found q good plan to turn in the sheep.
If the fowls get too fat give them
some grain NOT rich in carbohydrates.
Oats as o single food will tend to Lessen
the fat.
Juicy grass, in addition to preventing
many diseases to which swine are heir
to, improyssys the quality of ats flesh
greatly.
See that the poultry exhibited at the
fairs have airy coops. II they are neat
and uniform in size the display will show
off better.
Excelsior - the material used by
upholsterers-is said to be an excellent
thing for beekeepers. When jgnited il
makes a dense smoke.
After careful experiments it has been
found that a hog should never be fed
beyond eight or nine months of age, as
there is no profit in it.
If you have late Matched turkeys ii
will be well to see that they do not get
into the grass until the dew is of even
though the sun is bright.
The cause of the death of bees in /.
hive is quite often due to starvation.
And what may seem worse, the owner oil
the apiary rarely knows the cause.
If the yards and pens are not naturally
drained, let them be drained artiically.
Stagnant water is often the beginning of
serious and fatal diseases among poul-
try.
The unsightly little toad is useful. il
mot ornamental. Knats, bugs, slugs:
and moths vanish qrickly when he il
around, 50 lethim make his home in thu
garden.
Do not wait until winter before ths
cleaning out of the hen house. You
may have been neglecting that s'chore'
during the s'busy season" of harvesting
Neglect it no longer.
In shipping poultry do not crowd tho
coops too full. Besides the sufferlags
caused the fowls, the death OF two or
three will take of the expected profits
and cause disappointment.
C~ult;yatelate potatoes the same as the
spring crop. As an advantage u sna
notsto. level cultivation is best, but
when slightly ridged or billed thes can
be more easily pioWed out.
If the garden is well planned three
crons can be secured in one season, bul
| the ground must be kept occupied. a.
soon Is d crop has matured another
must be ready to take its place.
10 aive permanency and uniformity
to the ideal type that has been adopted,
selections for breeding must be ssrlcsly
confined to animals having the desired
characfers. within the limits Of Q Gus
finct breed, or of q single family OF
distinct breed.
Where the attack on corn py ni.l-pugs
i limited to small areas the application
If ! handful Of sand saturated W.,
kerosene around each Of the AUS VII
efectually rid the field Of them. ram,
carving the oil down into the sou an0
killing Tho haga.