The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-24


muda sod the same as white or burr
clover, alternating with the bermuda,
doing it no harm, but rather good.
Where the veteh occupies land to IT.
self, after it dies down in the early
summer, . crop of corn can be made on
the land. snd in the fall the vetch will
come up again after the corn and re.
new the pasture and be the means OF
supplying hnnius to the soil: Haf.
rowed in with Il heavy, sharp tooth
harrow on Bermuda sward in October,
1T makes very good pasture in the
early spring, and as soon as it dies
down in May or June, the Bermuda
will renew it's growth more vigorously
than it would have done without the
vetchs influence for good. Mixed
crops make more per acre, and mixed
food is better for stock of ali kinds:
1 have never seen weather severe
enough to damage vetch in the winter,
when it was sown early enough to
catch a good hold before the freezing
weather.
On good land rye and vetch together
give a very heavy crop for forage very
early in the season. These remarks
apply exclusively to the winter vetct,.
Southern Farm.
Killing. wee,us.
A correspondent requests the pub
location of the most approved method
of killing weevils and other insects in
grain: AS this is the season for crib
bling corn, and as much of it has veevils
already, this publication is timely.
Carbon bi-sulphide is the simplest,
cheapest and most efficient remedy in
such cases yet discovered. 1t is a color-
less liquid with very offensive odor,
which, however, passes off completely
in a short time. 1t readily volatilizes,
and the vapor, which is very deadly to
insect life, is heavier than air and settles
and fills any compartment or bin in the
top Of which the liquid is placed. 1t
may he distributed in saturated rags on
the top of grains in bins, and the gas
will settle throughout the mass. In
large bins, to hasten and equalize the
operation, put Il quantity of the bi-sul-
Phide in the center of the grain by
thrusting in balls of cotton or rags
tied to stick and saturated with the
liquid, or by means of a gas pipe loose
ly plugged at one end down which the
liquid may be poured and the plug
then loosened with rod. In moder-
ately tight bins no further precaution
than to close them we'll need be taken,
but in open bins it will be necessary
to cover the top with a blanket to pre-
vent the too rapid dissipation of the
vapor.-Farm and Ranch.
Grass Hogs.
About this time in the year we see
quotations in. the market reports of
''grass hogs" and it will be noticed
that the prices quoted for these are al
most al Ways lower than those for regu-
lar fed stock. This is because the flesh
of hogs fattened out on grass or slop is
not as firm as that of granted animals,
and is not valuable in the eyes OF
packers or users. 1t does not pay to
send such stock to market one time in
ten, and this year. when the wheat
crop is large and the price is low, it is
an absolute waste of good ma erial tc
sell grass-fed hogs. a hog that is well
fed and in good condition from grass
feeding may be made to put on weight
very rapidly if fed cracked wheat with
a little corn, and at present prices OF
hogs there is no way in which a greater
price can be realized for wheat thar to
feed it to them. a well-fnished lot OF
hogs which has been fed out on wheat
and corn will make the best Of pork,
and in market will bring the top prices.
Farm News.