Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-30
FOR THE FARMER.
Agricultural, Horticultural and
Other Items.

From the New York Evening MaiLi
-Bonham's s Rural Messenger Chicago
| Ill, says "Six bushels Of peas are equsl
to ten OF Indian corn, for fattening
swine.n
The American turner's Magazine
Cincinnati, Ohio, says: "R4d clover is
the great fertilizer Of American sgricul-
ture."
The Philadelphia Practical FdrnleT
says: "If you would have your trees
grow luxurianty, they must be
mulched."
The Gardeners Monthly, Philadel-
phia, Penn, says: " 1t is a scientific
truth that the root. fibers of trees are
produced annually like leaves.p
The National Agriculturist, OF
Pittsburg, Pa, says: "Sheep should st
or clay"
The Prairie Farmer, Chicago, H.,
says: " We neglect to feed our trees and
vines, and too often lose our expected
supply of fruit"
The Scientific american, New York
city, says: " A system Of mixed hus-
bandry is the only correct way to main
tain the fertility Of the soil.n
The Field and FIreside, Raleigh, n.
c., says "Stsgnant or foul water is
we'll known to be Injurious TO all animals
and to most growing crOps.n
The Southern Cttltivat0r, Athens,
Ga, says: "To extract from corn the
fat of swine, cattle and sheep, or alcohol,
does not ipjure it at sll for msnurisl pur.
poses."
The Iow1 Homestead, Des Moines,
Iowa, says: Zone plant of purslane
yielded, by actual count OF pods and esti-
mate of kernels, AIS, ITO good Seeds"
The Southern Planter and Farmer,
Richmond, Va, says Before Peruvian
guano is covered ia the soil it looseS q
large proportion OF its ammonia"
The NelO England Homestead, OF
Springfield, Mass, says: " Our stsll-fed
beef is equal in marbled beauty to the
bsef of England"
The Carolina Farmer, Wilmington,
N. c., says: Root crops must come to
the renovation Of American farms, just
as turnips have been the salvation OF
English agriculture.
The Turf, Field and Farm, New
York city, says: If manure is Of a nj
trogenoGs kind, dump it in piles and
cover 1t with soil to prevent the escape
of the ammonia"
The Maryland Farmer, Baltimore,
Md, says: "The best food for fattening
fowls is ground oats mixed to q dough
with milk"
- WhiHOck's Horticultural Recorder,
New York city, says: Horticulture
owes more to the press for its rapid pro-
gress than to all other causes com Oined." D."
The Kansas FIrRler, Lawrence,
Kansas, says: " Water being a universal
solvent, all spring and surface water
holds earthly minerals in solution"
The Central Union Agriculturist,
Omshs, Nebraska, says: "Ghe stmOs-
phere is O common carrier OF fsrtiliziDg
material to the seil.n
The Hearth and Home, New York
city, says: The best bank is bank Of
earth. IL never refuses to discount to
honest labor. The best shares are piOw
shares, on which dividends are always
liberal.n
The Farmer and Mechanic, Baltimore
Nd, says: 1.-The offal Of q peanut crop
is more profitable in feeding stock,
fsttening pork, ETC., than that OF cot
ton"
The FIrnlers' Weekly Cabinet, AM
herst, n. H, says: 4" No culture at all,
and iDjudiciOus pruning, have probably
killed more pear trees than all other
causes put together"
The american Farmer and School
Visitor, Rochester, n, Y, says: RED
clover is the most effectual reDovstor OF
impoverished land among all the plants
in the vegetable kingdom.H
3.
Mo-, says: Trees and shrubs need long
roots to go down deep into the subsoil,
to bring up moisture to the growing
stems in dry and hot weather
The Rurdlist and Ohio Valley Cult
Udt0r, Cincinnati, o., advises " every
body to collect all the toads OF the coun-
try into their gardens to devour the nox-
ious insects
The New York Observer, New York
city, says: at is habit of most trees
and plants TO send down long and
strong tap-r0ot into the subsoil to sup
ply the growing stem with water in hot
] weather"
The Northern FdrDer, Fond du Lac
Wis, says: The smallest bits of bone
should net be allowed to go to waste
about the house, while the soil Of the or.
/ RhAOCLf VI hCAeAf 10 III 6ACab ACCo
of such fertilizer"
The Model Farmer, Corinth, Miss,
says IA horse has the power OF swell.
ing out his lungs, Of breathing hard
trOttiDg or galloping, without inconveni
ence, provided his stomach is not gorged
with food"
The Western Rural, Chicago, says
I" If you will stick to the farm and labor
faithfully and diligently, the chances o
success will be ninety five per cent. in
your favor rather than ninety-tive pei
cent. against you, II you abandon the
cultivation of the SOIL"
The Columbus Miss Lnder says
4" AS the universally protracted rains
have thrown many farms late ia plant
ing corn, we give them little piece o
| advice which will secure them the ad
vantages of q week or ten days earlier
planting: TWenty-fJur hours befor;