The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Speed still commands good prices.
Too much mulch about mutt trees is
injurious.
Soak the r6osts with kerosene once
every week.
Linseed meal will make the coats of
horses sleek.
A horse suffering from collie should
be kept quiet.
AS trainers of trotting horses, Amer.
leans beat the world.
DoB't let the colts lose flesh when
first turned to pasture.
Corn should not be made the only
food for horses in summer.
Horses will not drink too much water
if they are given it frequently.
Scatter the grain well SO that the
fswls will have to scratch to get it.
Whitewash the inside of the house
well once every three or four weeks.
Hens relish pepper. Mix a little with
some soft feed and see how they go for
it.
Do not overfeed; hens when fat do
not lay as well as when in prime con-
dition.
If the milk of the mare is insufficient,
the young colt should be fed milk warm
from the COW.
Crossing a thoroughbred sire with a
hackney gives q horse that combines
courage and style.
Those varieties of cabbage having
firm, close heads are least affected by
the cabbage worm.
Feed your refuse meat to hens and
you will be surprised at the increased
production Of eggs.
. Lime is death to lice. Air-slacked
lime placed in the nest boxes is excel
lent to rid the hens of lice.
There is now o saddle-horse register,
and a breed of horses especially for the
saddle is being established.
Keep the hen-house cleaned out well,
for there is where disease is sure to
breed unless properly cared for.
If farmers would remember that the
exhaustion of their fruit trees comes
from maturing the seed, they would
thin their fruit. The remainder would
be better, and better prices would re-
suit.
Professor Beach reports that expert
ments show hat timely and thorough
applications of the copper compounds
or Bordeaux mixture are effective with
the common plant diseases except fire
blight. Fungi develop most readily IN
wet seasons, so most spraying should
be done then.
The first spraying If Bordeaux mix
ture should be made Shen the leaf buds
first open. Paris green may be used
here for the bud moth; Bordeaux mix
ture alone just before the buds open
A combination just after the blossoms
fall, to be repeated at intervals OF
about ten days.
To protect young trees from rabbits
it is recommended to stake a bucket
with two gallons of water, put in two
pounds of -four of sulphur, add one
pound of wheat or rye -four, still
thoroughly apply with a whitewasf
brush. This is said to be good for the
trees, and the rain will not wash it of
for several weeks.
There are many diseases to which
hogs are heir, and no doubt great sui
fering is experienbid by porkers when
those who have charge of them have
not the remotest idea Of their afiie
ton. The best and most successful
swine men are cognizant of this fact
and means and measures for wardine
off or curing these diseases are care
fully looked after.
The National Provisioner says thai
abnormally fat hogs are fast becoming
o drug in the market, and no wonder
Some farmers seem to think leannes'
in hogs is undesirable and hence then
aim is to put as Ieany pounds OF fat OF
their stock as possible. The result 1
that they do not reap nearly as mucl
profit as they would if the lean and ia
were properly intermingled.