The Opelousas courier., 1894-01-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Orange Judd Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN VI
Comb honey IS more salable nan
extracted.
Aluminium hotseshoes are worth E
thorough trial.
The objection to fed honey is its
tendency 10 candy.
Big horses with style and quality
are still commanding remnnerat're
prices.
A horse with a sore mouth will pull
harder on the bit than one with G
sound mouth.
If the fall is favorable to honey
gathering the colony will store enough
to winter on.
A fast walker possesses the essen
tails Of courage, energy and nlmble-
| ness Of action.
IT is harder to find a irst-elass road
or carriage horse to-day than it has
been for many years.
Bees are fond Of salt and are said to
make more honey when it is provided.
There are said to be four distinct
varieties Of honey-bees in India. They
are all different from the honey bee of
this country,
When q sheep is to be sold put it in
| the best possible mutton condition.
| Never think of selling a thin, poor
sheep on any account.
A hen that lays a large number of
eggs is never sleepy or droopy. She
is too busy supplying the different
foods that nature and the eggs de-
mand.
Feeding too much soft slushy feed
| is often q factor in bringing on the
gapes in young chickens, as the fer
mentation taking place tends to create
the germs Of the. disease.
On the farm, at least, the fowls
| should have q good range, as they will
pick up much that would otherwise go
to waste, and in this way the cost OF
feeding be greatly lessened.
. Chicks that give promise of proving
| standard fowls will thrive much better
if the culls are removed and more room
| in the quarters and a freer range given
to those that are to be kept.
Don't allow the boys to tease the
stock ram. A butting ram is a great
nuisance as we'll as a dangerous ami
NAL, and the boy that taught him to
! butt does q mischievous act.
An English farmer timed his horses
when blowing, and found they walked
! at the rate Of nearly 144 miles in eight
| hours. It requires a eleven miles walk
to pillow an acre in ~nine-inch burrows.
If half the trouble were taken to
bring out the walking gait of work
| horses that is bestowed on the trotter
or runner to bring out their move
ments, the farmer would be astonished
at the result.
Good draught horses are bringing
good prices on their merits, and the
scrubs fnd no market at cost Of pro-
duction. Is it not time we gave up
raising scrubs and breed for size, style
and beauty.
If increased yield is the objectchoose
the most persistent layers and mate
them with q cockerel of the best egg
LAYING strain to be had. Then givetee
hens sufficient exercise and plenty II
egg-producing food.
Diarrhoea may often be mistaken FOL
cholera, as the symptoms at the start
are nearly the same. As soon as the
birds are affected they have q down
cast look, become sleepy, lose strength
and have more or less fever.
The advantage with the Italian bees
over the black is that they are much
easier to handle, being much gentler.
They also produce a much larger in
crease of bees, and under the same
conditions make more honey.
In most localities the use Of honey
is nothing like so great as it would DO
if those who keep bees would put up
the honey in a more attractive form
and take more pains to bring it to the
notice Of the better class of consum-
ers.
Foundation is an indispensable
article in the apiary, and every keeper
Of bees should have a good supply OF
it on hand. With it we canhave nice.
straight combs, and say the bees con-
siderable work, as well as consumption
Of honey.
Look for q market for your small
fruit near home. Long shipments sci
dom pay the smaller growers, as the
commission ON small shipments arc
high, and II is only4he larger growers
who can make any profit by shipping
long distances.
Properly managed, an Incubator will
hatch fully as many eggs IN proportion
as the average hen, especially during
the winter. But it ID necessary fuiiy
to understand the machine and to give
proper care i'll order to obtain the best
results. Now is q good time to buy
and try III incubator, as it will give
plenty of time to get accustomed to
managing it before it is necessary te
fIl for Matching.
4 Faulily's Fortune in 2 Thimble
A family Of Lettings. in England, u
said to owe it's wealth to the tumble,
which, called then the ssthun1b bell, ;"
Is il was worn on the thumb, was
first made by ono Of their ancestors in
London less than 200 years ago.
It is said that on an average ever.
champagne cork is utilized for tire
separate bottles before it gets broker
OF thrown aside as useless. Englisl