The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,

By the way, how clean do you keep
your cows udders2
The farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to faint his pastures is not a sue
cess.
If fowls have a large range now, the
grain feed may be cut to once a dag.
Let them hustle for the rest they have.
If the milk can is old and corroded
with rust, buy a new one for the milk,
use the rusty one to bring whey from the
factory.
Keep your chickens growing from the
shell, and they will be ready for the
table or market any time after ten or
twelve weeks of age.
The good layers are active and gen
orally on the move and scratching aoout
are the first birds out in the morning
and the last to roost at night.
Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
of flesh in the form of poultry than it
does to raise 1000 pounds in the form of
beef2 Which sells for the mosta
The agricultural experiment stations
and dairy schools ought, in each State,
to note the appearance and spread of
weeds that cause an unpleasant flavor IN
milk.
The wet season makes very 'sslushy"
grass. The cows, the milk and the but
ter will be better if some grain is fed.
Bran is better than corn meal for hct
weather feed.
The Malta bees are noted for the
purity and delicious favor Of their
honey. They extract most OF it from
sulla, or clover, Of which there is an ex-
tensive crop.
Do not feed a lot of cockerels till they
become cold ROSTERS then sell on the
general market. It is hard to make them
pass as ssspring chicken" even If the
dealer cuts the spurs of.
Glover il valuable in the winter feel
ing of hogs as well as for summer pas
ture. Stow away a little that is cut
young and nicely cured, and feed it to
the stock hogs that you carry over.
Many horses that are unruly aud have
bad dispositions are made SO by bad
treatment when they are colts. Gentle
ness is q first requisite in training and
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The dairyman who feeds only home
products, corr fodder and corn meal. for
instance, does not always practice econ.
omy. Better vary this one sided ration
BY exchanging some corn for llnseed
meal.
A full and strong stock of bees at
swarming time contains about 30, 600
workers and one prolific queen, the
mother of the whole colony; also 800 to
800 drones are about the number to be
tolerated.
The best profit to the stock breeder
always comes in breeding for special
purpose animals. Select your purpose,
the dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the
horse for the road or the saddle, and then
stick to it.
Apple growers can take q profitable
step forward this year by abandoning the
time-honored barrel and packing their
finest fruit in small boxes " crates. The
market is quite ready for this departure,
and such packages would undoubtedly
prove popular.
care snouid ps taken TO keep tne pas
sage to the hives as free as possible from
weeds, briers and other distractions.
Many valuable bees, returning home
with q full load, are lost within a few
yards OF the hive by getting entangteu
in the briers or weeds.
There should be q good supply Of wa
ter near the hives these days. When
bees come out of the hives in the spring
they usually look for water the first
thing, and the nearer the supply the less
danger there will be of their getting
chilled to death on their way home.