The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-02-03

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,ow give daily ~
We'll, on good grass. aquart or more at
/ milking. | have known her to give
Mr.. Buster saved the expense of shelter
for his stock. Ms wcll az Tor hi farming
.oos, and there were evidences that he had
never saved 4 load of manure. BY thi.
time We had reached hi. pen Of fttcn-
ing hogs. lcannot give you an adequate
idea OF thcm--rpgullr corn mills
"Splendid hogs. these" said ]; but
will YOU get them fat by Christmas, dlink
youy'
Not heavy. / fear. They have eaten
I lirce or four barrels Of corn apiece now,
il seem, TO me; and they don't show II
much yet They are mighty shi'ty
hog. and as my father said got the breed
from lIm-,thry hold their own, well.
have not time to tell you all saw and
heard. impression, We're made. | made
IL point to leave before dinner. and rode
down to the SQiire's, Who received me
most cordially, put up 10Y horse In nice
stable with stalls, racks and managers. and
fed him on bright timothy and oats OF his
own raising; and as dinner was ready. We
went in and suit down to table on which
II clean cloth, crockcry, and an abundant
meal was laid. There were pork, beef.
chickens, and all the vegetables 0ftle sea
son--cabbage, beans, parsnips, potatoes,
the Goodrich ut that, sweet vans and rice
after these. the whitcst, incest new nonr
biscuit. with fresh. yellow butter. ana
honey from one of AdGir's section bee
hives, the purest and sweetest ever saw,
and goblcts of rich, sweet, unskimmed
milk. Such dinner! and every article,
| aitcrward learned. was raised on the
farm, and every dish cooked by the
'S,luirc's beautiful and tidy daughters.
Impressions were made upon me.
After dinner the 'Squircwalked me about
The first implements saw were Brlnly :
ploWs. single and double. his cultyator
and double harrow, under tool shed,
and his cart. wagons and grain drill un-
der auother--Out of the weather. In the
cornus of his stable-yard, for a stable he
did have, and shelter for every four footed
thing. we've huge compost heaps. composed
OF layers OF manure, leaves. straw, slakcd
lime, ashes, little salt and rich earth. To
make this was one old man. business.
What shall say OF his stock; Prettler
and iatter, one and all, never saw.
How many bushels of corn do You make
to the acre.
II have tor the last three years made
forty
Every ycar5 the last was very dry"
"YeS, each year. My corn was not thrown
back hv the drought. severe a. it'wus. !
first pillow and subso,l all my corn land.
and by frequent stirring the soil, II seems
Ia wa ter itself somehow"
Dr. Phillips, remembered says the soil
when. deeply plowc.l. take. up and retains
for long time an abundance of moisture.
and. ii often stirred, ab.orbs il from the
a,mo, phere at night. This was Buster
watering at night thought |. How
much cotton do sou make per acre.
"for three years past have averaged
twcnty-ilSe hundred pounds, with Dick
sons Prolific seed
"Ihi. i! an immense yield for sucls
ground as yours
YES; but it is not the ground alone. !
plow Thoroughly, and u.e compost and
cotton seed freely, keep clean, and top in
August. It is far chca y r for me to make
ten or twelve bales to the hnnd than TO
plant three or two acres for one bale q, the.
Busters do"
BY this time we had reached the "pc H.
and what a sight for pork-loyer six OF
the huirisomest siiVtcs ( ever placed my
eyes upon.
'..Nv d.,r air yb,t Loysr"
They are the improved Ohio Chester"
he quietly replied: "and expect ~ make
them average me, ut killing time, the tive
two-ycar-oids. seven hundred and fifty
pounds apiece These tatten TO sell and
che one year-olds, four hundred pounds
and viii not feed them onc-iuurth the
corn used TO feed my old breed that |
II,r,."
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bou, ,Snriro 49, :" ln,,, "'," .umai 70
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spro,,t.hi.,vlv sir am cl.,riug NOR.
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n.;.. al yn, s,n ,,Lat h,yH in iii. nom
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rorlb or.nrnr ,,nd nv own mrat Inc. i,Irs :"
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tors -,
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n u pLiIiins q no NJ U.,nnhis t,l w ali
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M sir sir Wy came into thi. nciyhhor-
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trm,h / was Not nmch in a,iy,nrr NJ The
Rmstnrs educated INV children. and
Ihcv we're n,wnvs willin" 70 learn. knit in
January. lsGG' !, friend sent me- tLc Iir.t
numhrr nr nh. southern Farmer and +
read il with a rus,o' knew thnt Dr
i.hillins and hi. a.sociatcs ourLt to know
i,r NOR. thnn did. Ready to Mil in the
mnyrmcnt / Sent twn Lnllms
inr thai n,nrr' resolved tn fnllnw their
teaciinys. sold Off nil NV old pIows
tool. and stock To the Eus,cr; for a GOOD
price and srnt to DR., phillins far Rrinly.s
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