The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-12-14
From the Mobile Register.
AG RICULTURAL BREyITIES.

NchTIy TWO lOhN~Nnu IOlS W Dttb" "a
at d cost Of S22000O0. A large per
cent. Of 1t goes from the Cni cd
States,
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald
says Mr.. +. y. Andrews, Of that
ueighborhood, has raised a crop OF
onions, many of which welgh a pound
and a half, and measure fo"r ana q
hall inches IN diameter.
Sore tcats in cows ma" be eIdctu
olly cured hy washing with water
and plyceriue soap, and then annolnt-
iug With u little pure glS c'rihe. n
soap ia an inexpensive article, now
to be md in every city and town.
Mr.. Henry II. Hunt, OF Mobile
County, has been experiment. u With
upland rice as well M cotton, this
year. H. sowed a crop for forage at
the uarsl tim, in the spring, and cut
Il when the grain was In milk.
N0ricing coon after that ahoots were
toickly springiog up from the stub
bic, he went TO work, gave 1t II thor
nugh culture, and now has q better
crop Just 10 the milk and ready 10 cur
diam tho first.
Some one has been approximating
he first cost Of all the tcnc. s In the
United States, putting it at 81 no
OUOOOJ. These must he entirely re-
ncwCd every ten years, making me
annual cost Of fences &l29,G0O,0OO
We might otrrthis ~ a pretty strong
argument in favor Of living fences.
ia not probable that a good Pyra-
cantha hedge would need renewal IN
4 hundred wears. One has been stand
| irp in the District Of Columbia for
over forty years, and ID still in IT.
prime.
Nix together one part fine sand,
ono part wood ashes, and three parts
limc ground up with linseed oil. The
sqn1 and ashes must be carefully sifl-
ed to remove vii lumps and coarac
particles. After thoroughly incOrpo-
rating Tie ingredients, thiu, with lin.
seed oil Or crude petroleum TO the
consistency OF cream, apply with a
brush, This, says II Cotcu pory, IL
one Of tho best paiuts over made for
coarse, work such as fences and roofs
II adheres irmly, is perfect impervl-
Qua to water, and entirely iire-propf
The Chalcga Farmer, in an article
entitl, d "Iiolrs in tho nokctH," rerite-
tho following rs some of them
"ShaIlow blowing; planting poor
seed turning ont good stock 'C mix
with poor; buying what You could
lust IA well mako in leisure hour
keeping bad fences and bad gates
and thus having bad n%eighbors
spending time aud money In drink
;na shops, md at the village store
leaving tools thrown about hero aud
there; Keeping worthless dogs; wear
ing duc c,othrs and aping manners
tiun' dnnot belong TO Il farmer"
"Iu yD1lrct the culture Of f%rni'a,'
SAY, TIA i'tnta'iOn, ii. I o forego on
ut The highest l,lensurra of y country
iiIr Ihry minister Doth TO pleasure
md 10 lrAilI. and ARE among orr n0et
p2uli',b" crops. Apples, pears peach
rr, p.umL grapes, straw berries, and
many other dc iCiouS 'ruil. grow n
cur 'r''."a 10 HA'Rn o'ar'o % ,Aco'
."H'', ,''''"' ','"1 ,"",, '"'''"'
fruit has been produced. This, how,
OVER, il attributed TO a clrs' culture
'lo 4"' t." aHY o~eAClf'c'es o. our sol
or ci'Hi't'
l. il we'll known that shade rank
tigh among the in rortlnt agents o
fertility to sDil. arl That a crop nfclo'
yer l. the beat th'ug that can be en-
pIuyrh for shH'inG. l. furnishes IN
mn-t perfect protection through III,
fierce, driving foajs Of summer. Ii'
leaves, boiDg constantly falling, soon
torh . dtli'a'e co'rr'hR 'or 'he e'Ilirr
son, suIIlrlch'IS lAlc" lor Snane,, hno
r,s'ly pe!r'Fa'eH AZ MI p"'h's oy me
ar, whlrh rarrie't" me worh'on, col
ilosH A'm' Plrr'r e'"n'eh'7 wh'er
"r' to GnIlc'' /: IN 'hi' way cover
nov Ui'iY ~rohlilou''t "~iiectl! 10 lne
r','''>'"E y" ~. y; u Nnn ho,
Wv" 'vu'' o",;no .mnJ
" ''"s ~ o"h nI,to'
""'o' ~, u,,i,,
,,rronn ,n,,I l"L"na,oI ,,oa, or,
,'' 'a"''S'! NV"
'.n,ou oor1or .,o,u sor. H.,
,n r,,I .,'yili Cnnn.,isL ihrno
,,n,L' az tLo c,nnd far tbn n,,iIv t,,
ii, months. and the most wholesom,
aud ]pllata6lc food, in all varieties. A.
that. Bat many formers, or planter
rather. Ivvr no tine for such bust.
ur.4. being alwavs Quorum with
work in the cotton field and a few
pole beans, and o%niuus, and long-lcg.
rrd colIarls are all their gardens AT.
ford through tho summer,
GThcso arc the same mon who
have no time to save the mauur,
from their lots and cOwpcns, nor t.
litter stables, nor mend broken gates.
andr o time for anything but cotton.
and genera lilruidatiou and shit
l~cssnc.s."
T,,r highost farm I'm th, world 4.
.otl a. he .i,no,cL FAM, milan from
SLar,n,n q, 10, h 10, pa