The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

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Give ducks as much liberty as pos
sible.
The fall is good time to apply manure
20 asparagus beds.
New oats are too laxative for horses
which do hard work.
With nearly all kinds of fowls the
final fattening is on corn.
The fall is the time to sell off all birds
that have passed their prime.
For early spring Towering SOW migno.
nette seed in light, rich soil and keep in
a warm place.
No class of business presents a reason.
able chance for success unless due at
tention is paid to the details.
Peach buds can be protected by bend
ing the trees over to the ground and
covering with some light material.
When prices are low, loss can often be
made to give place to profit by an in
creased rate of production per acre.
The average farm horse would feel
proud if he received but a small part of
the care which is bestowed on a race
horse.
A eve that raises two lambs and fur
nishes in addition a good fleece of wool
will pay 2fD per cent. on the money in.
vested. "
When sheep are to be tattened for
market they should be separated from
the stock sheep SO that they can be fed
by themselves.
If the yards and pens are not naturally
drained, let them be drained artiically.
Stagnant water is often the be ginning of
serious and fatal diseases among poul-
try.
If desired to feed the early lambs so
as to fatten before marketing, it will be
found a good plan to feed them corn and
oil meal, as this makes a good fattening
ration.
Do not wait until winter before clean.
ing out the hen house. You may have
been ~neglsIting that "chore" during the
tsbusy season" of harvesting. Neglect
it no longer.
Using ewes that have borne twin
lambs, raising young ewes from twins,
and using rams that were twins, have
given good results in increasing the pro.
6ciency of the iocks.
Some people say that it is impossible
to keep a stable free from smell. This
is not so. If a stable is properly venti-
lated and cleaned with precision there
will be no foul odors.
In shipping poultry do not crowd the
coops too full. Besides the suffering
caused che fowls, the death of two or
three will take off the expected profits
and cause disappointment.
A dairyman said the other day that
the best herd OF dairy cows he ever had
were the ones which he had bred and
raised himself. There IS enough in this
short statement to cause some ~dairyman
to ponder.
Now that the morlting season is here,
see that the fowls have some fresh meat
in addition to their grain ration if they
are yarded, or if their range is not ex-
tended enough to give them a good sup
nlv of insects. TT
If you have plenty of apples give some
of them to the COWS. There are plenty
of rotten and gnarled fruit which can be
thus proftably disposed Of. The result
will be shown in the increased quantity
of milk and butter.
Zinc or galvanized iron should never
under any circumstances be used for
storing honey. Stone jars. tin tanks, or
wooden barrels may be used, but some
wood will faint the honey. Care should
be taken not to have this kind.
The Guadalupe bees are interesting.
They store their honey, not 10 combs,
hut IN bladders Of wax about the size OF
: pigeon's egg. The honey is OF an oily
consistency and does not harden, while
The bees are black and OF small size.
How to control swarms is the great
unsolved problem in Bookkeeping. Auto
matte swarmers give some hope, though
they fall far short of perfection. AS yes
no one can tell wnerner they wnt de.
velop into a complete success or prove
an ,,ttar failure,