Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-30

Land intended for spring crops
should be plowed In the fall.
Have the holes for the trees to be
removed dug wide and deep
SQUAD raising seems to be a IA
vorite occupation with suburban peo-
pie.
Large trees should be taken up
when the earth is frozen around the
roots.
A farmer can tell the value Of corn
slower without making any serious
mistake.
Land intended for roots should be
plowed as soon as the ground is dry
enough to work.
Mix poultry droppings with an equal
quantity Of fine earth, and put ore
handful to the hill.
AS soon as the calf learns to eat
hay. place one handful Of whole oats
In the feed box once day.
A beautiful hedge Is made by using
zinnias in the back row, then calliop-
sis with white phlox as q border.
MangIes and sugar beets are the
best ROOTS to grow for cattle, sheep
and pigs. and Belgian carrots for
horses.
| Asters can be planted in rows OF
white and lavender, with very pleasing
results, provided the same kind 10
used In each row.
Young turkeys usually have black
feet, which after two years turn gray
and dull. and become paler and more
sickly as age advances.
Surplus suckers in blackberry or
red raspberry patches should be treat
ed just like weeds; don't let the rows
get too wide nor too thick.
Hens in good health having access
TO the dust bath win usually keep
free from lice. The house should be
swept clean every morning.
In most all branches Of business
competition is generally recognized as
great stimulant. but In the creamery
business 1t has been overdone.
The storekeeper who keeps eggs In
his cellar from a week to month
needs to be looked after. Eggs should
be shipped along as fast as possible
Let the calk suck the COW few
days: this milk is not At for human
feed and is what the calf needs to
cleanse the bowels and tone up the
system
II Is said that naval oranges
sprung from single tree that wa
, found growing on the northern shore
; OF the Mediterranean sea. nearly 80
years ago.
In dipping pigs great care must b
exercised to cover every part Of hi
I body from tail to snout. II a patch a
| big as a thumb nail Is left untouched
It may contain the nuclus OF q new
crop.
Look wen after the water. Keep !
: always before the fowls. pure AM
9 clean. and renew II frequently. d
8 not allow them to eat snow. Do no
> let them drink water grown tepid u
tho sun.
q More insects win be killed In
v greenhouse II fumigating apparatu
q be placed near the roof so that tn
J. fumes win descend. rising vapor
|. leaving the lower part Of house pal
TALLY fumigated.
r In careful tests made at the severa
: xa.ions 1t is found that there Is littl
/ O. 40 difference In the feeding valu
3 of the dry matter of roots and ems
q lage and the general opinion is =
favor Of the silage.
d Honey is the purest and the leai
q harmful of sweets. The honey Gro
h is mostly gain. for no fowers nee
4 necessarily be raised to pasture ii
) bees. They aid in the fertilization
fruit trees and the smaller clovera
q Hog cholera is estimated to hay
g been the cause Of losses Of over -
Il 600 900 to farmers of Illinois. but
d the future this loss viii be greatly lov
q cred. It Is firmly believed. now tia
n serum Is being manufactured and use
extensively, says the Swine breede
g. A cellar Is an excellent place fc
le an incubator, because It is usual
8. of an even temperature, especially
sr the cellar is one that win preserv
Of roots and fruits; but the atmospher
le should be pure. which viii not aiwsJ
L be the case in winter. Any plae
will answer fer the Incubator thu
is of an even and regular temper
IT ture
Of If the incubator is in room whe'
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