St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-09
HERE AND THERE.

| No better nse Gan be made Of sur
plus clabber. skim milk and butter
milk than feeding i: to the pigs and
poultry.
| Remember, you can save great
deal of spring work in your garden by
thorough blowing of the ground now.
! A quart. of cracked wheat and a
pint of cracked corn well soaked and
added to two buckets Of thick slop is
highly recommended as hog feed.
When grasstakes the place of half
our cotton. and stock takes the place
Of half thes cotton pickers, farmers
will not have to 60 SO far, and get so
little. @t t4.J+9
| To give your stock the full benefit
Of the corn you feed them, you must
grind it. Even the cobs, when ground
with the shucks and grains, are valu-
bic addition.
Feed young animals abundantly.
Keep them growing. You can not stint
and starye them and reasonably ex-
pect them to develop into anything but
| runtS.
ALI nursing mothers should be
abundantly fed on good. nutritious
food to insure the rapid development
Of their young. Tins rule is applica-
bic to all farm animals.
|. A farmer can realize money quick.
err on hog than on any other do
nestle animal. A good hog on good
feed brings a good price in good time
co. &l,a rr.,,I IA
Don't neglect blowing your garden
thoroughly before the cold winter
rains set in. provided you have not al
ready done 50. "A good supply Of ma
nure should be plowcd under, too.
-Eeautify your grounds With shade
trees and shrubbery. The most lovely
picture of rural life is a farm home
with green lawns. shady groves flower
yards and orchards. while we live,
let us live"
Throw away nothing that can be
utilized on the farm. Wood ashes
make !, fine addition to the compost
heap. and a compost heap should be
found on every farm, where all waste
material can be utilized.
kinds, but do not tray to carry more
stock than you can feed abundantly.
You have no right to own an animal
YOU can not make entirely comfortable
by good feeding. +A &e#
knowledge is power This prov
erb is strikingly true in agricultural
life. 1t is the intelligent, progressive
farmer who reads agricultural books
and papers who leads the van Of the
procession.
CLEANLINESS is next to Goodness"
This proverb applies to clean sur
roundings about your lots and barn as
well as cleanliness Of person. It is not
only gentecl to be clean, but absolute
ly necessary to health on the farm.
The sheep Of the future, if he
profits either grower or feeder, must
carry . good carcass to the butchers
block. and leave the fleece rs an incl
dent of the process. People are tired
of dry, tasteless chops. and will not
pay anything but beggarly prices for
such.
While the heretofore all-cotton
man is looking around for other crops
upon which 70 lavish his time and en-.
ergies, he should not forget the Ps arc
popular. powerful and prolific promo
tors Of prosperity: Pigs. poultry. po-
tatoes. peaches and pears. Give the
P's trial.
"A farmer will take day to sharpen
up his mill stones whenever they be-
come worn, and he will not buy mill
that will net grind well and ''hold its
edge if he knows it. bat he will keep .
COW that would not give more than .
gallon Of milk day if stabbed in corn
crib md the door crammcd with fod-
der. You don't have to philoscphize to
SEQ the inconsistency IN this.~Tsxss
Sasm snd Aanea.