The Opelousas courier., 1892-01-30
FARMLAND GARDEN NOTES.

LOOK Out lOf pee nouns.
Look out for queentess bee colonies.
The Pekin is the best duck for the
farm.
Having the nest dark will. help to pre-
vent egg eating.
Mares excessively fat usually give
birth to weak colts.
When turkeys are kept confined they
need heavy feeding.
A good dust bath gives the fowls g
chance to clear themselves Of lice.
Sulpher and tobacco burned in the
poultry house will rid it of red lice.
Yellow dropping in poultry often
means indigestion rather than cholera.
Are you ready for, winter? If not,
why not, and why not commence at once
to fix up?
Too much salt or salty food at one
time often proves in INJURIOUS; a small guam
tity is beneficial.
Hitch your colt by the side of q good
sensible horse, for he that walketh with
the wise shall be wise.
Guineas are kept largely for their
eggs, of which they lay a large num-
Der in the spring and early summer
If the turkeys were Matched early
and are in a good condition it will
be better to market early than to feed
late.
While geese should be allowed to III
out every day that the weather will per-
NIT, they should be we'll sheltered at
night.
Pounding up old bones fine and CIV
ing them to the hens to eat is a good
way of supplying materials for egg
shells.
Eggs always sell at a good price
from this time on through the win
ter, and it is an item to keep the hens
laying.
Only a little skill and considerable
patience are required to add to the
beauty and value of almost any saddle
horse you can buy.
One of the principal reasons why
women are more successful poultry rails
ers than men is because they are more
p~ainstaking and patient.
While good windows are necessary for
health and comfort, too much glass in
one place is often injurious. The best
plan is to avoid extremes either way.
One advantage with poultry on the
farm is that it is rarely necessary TO con
fine the fowls except in cold, stormy
weather, and for this reason it will cost
less to raise them.
The man who owns and works a good
team has more confidence in himself, o
better inspiration of life, and efforts to
improve the condition of self and family,
than does the person not thus equipped.
The hog pen should be always liber-
ally bedded with straw, not only where
the pigs sleep, but the yard Outside,
where they run. Unless this yard is we'll
bedded much of the liquid manure will
be lost.
A horse should always be watered in
the morning before being fed, otherwise
it might wash more. or less of the food
Just eaten undigestel from the stomach.
After a few minutes let the horse eat
little hay and then give the grain OF
meal ration.
A mixture of lard aud snuff i the
California remedy for lice on stock.
This ointment does not need to be ap-
piled to the entire animal, but a ring oil
il two or three inches wide male COM
| pletefy around the neck will have the
| desired effect.
Galen Wilson says a microscope shoule
be as much of a creamery implement a.
a Thermometer, to study the filth from
the seams or corners OF milk receptacle:
or from filthy floors. The Wrlgglins
animal life brought to view will be al
incentive to cleanliness.
a farmer of Atchison, Kan, Wantet
to dig a well, SO he plowed a lot of lane
and planted it with oats. Every day h
watched the oats, observing the spot
that showed the greatest moisture
Finally he selected a spot and sank
we'll. At twenty-four feet he had a fin
stream of water. It it said to be til
best well in the county.
The mares should be bred in tn
fall rather than in the spring, as foalinl
late in the season does not prevent tn
mare from being used to better adyan
tage IN the spring, the colt being weane'
when the dam is likely to be required
IL is also more economical to care TO
the colt during the winter and turn j