The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-01-07
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when he neglects the poultry; it is the
best paying stock he has.
So 1t would seem that the poultry
business would be hard to overdo as
long as eggs continue to be imported
into this country every year.
g. Clover is rich in albuminoids. and
for that reason. it is the best for cows.
as it,contains larger proportion of the
elements that compose milk than any
other hay.
Gardeners around New York apply
| seventy or eighty tons of fresh man ure
per acre, and three quarters to one ton
mixed commercial fertilizer in adj
dition, and expect about fifty tons of
early cabbage
The best disinfectant on the farm
is the well-known Douglas mixture. if
the cost is to be considered. This is
made by dissolving one pound of cop
peras in two gallons of boiling water.
and adding, when cold, one ounce Ia
|'gill) OF sulphuric acid to the solution.
AN experienced peach-growcr saws:
Don't force a too rapid growth while
young, as it tends to produce tree
subject to early decay. Apply no fer
tilizer upon the peach orchard in good
Soil until the bearing period"
Give the sheep plenty of dry, clean
bedding, SO that the wool will not be-
come foul. We don't believe a sheep
can be healthy that always is carrying
dirty fleece around, and we know the
dirt does not improve its quality.
Manure for trees should be well
rotted. Experiments show that theuse
of fresh stable manure around fruit
trees sometimes leads to disease. as well
as providing harboring and feeding
places for many insects, the manure
protecting them from frost. -
"A good COW should produce milk for
nine or ten months in the year before
going dry. Some cows will keep up
their full flow to the period of calving,
but it is of no advantage for them to do
So 1t is better to allow a cowoto re-
main dry from four to eight weeks at
least.
The surest W az to make profit is
to keep down the cost. There should
be mo hesitation, in producing that
which is needed. but waste should not
be allowed. The cost may be lessened
by doing all work at the proper time
and by the use of the best implements.
Before the November rains begin
gather up all implements and tools
about the place and put them under
shelter. Polish the shares on the plowa
and give them a coat of tallow. Some
rainy day give all the wood work of
implements coat of paint. If the tools
are worth buying they are worth taking
care Of.
The economists who in the early
part of this century feared a growth Of
population which could only be checked
by war, pestilence, and famine took no
cogpizance of agricultural chemistry.
Apparently mo limit can be placed to |
the product that may be put at the dis
posal of man, providing he keeps pace
with the methods Of science.
= Breeding in and in may tend +, fix
the characteristics of certain strains. or
families, but sooner or later the results
will be lack OF constitutional vigor.
Those who adhere strictly to pedigree |
are better enabled to avoid in-breedino |
Of the stock than those who do not. |
While pedigree of itself adds nothing to |
an animal as an individual, yet it dis
sinctly points to the family to which
The individual belongs. and enables the
owner to arrive at partial knowledge
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