The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-12
AGRICULTURAL.

with corn. AS the result of his ex-
perlence, he found that his hogs fat
tened earlier, with a material saving
Of corn.
SUGAR BEETs. Whoever is wise
enough to undertake to grow a few
beets for his cows next winter will
lose no time now In getting them in.
Soak the seeds thirty hours before
sowing, and they will get up ahead
OF the weeds if the ground is freshly
worked. Roll IN plaster and SOW in
drills, ten quarts of seed to the acre.
Thin out to six inches.
EcoNosuzE THE WAsTE.-A large
quantity of valuable fodder may be
secured by saving the leaves of tur
nips, beets or mangles by burying
them in the ground. They should
be packed tightly and covered close
ly, 20 that air is excluded. In this
manner they viii keep until spring.
In the same way the pulp of beets
from the sugar factory had been kept
good for heightened period
SALT FOR CArTLE-Cows now in
full flow of milk absolutely require
salt, without which their milk will
not be perfect It is not only because
the COWS are fond of salt that it
should be given to them, but also
for the fact that if they are deprived
of it either the yield of milk will be-
come diminished or the quantity de-
Perforated. Further than this, salt
is an assistant to digestion, and as
such is conductive to the health of
animals.
Why Do ANIMALS NEED SALT.-Pro-
lessor James T.. johnson, of Scot
land, says more than half of the sa-
line matter of the blood $50 per
cent? consists of common salt, and
as this is partly dissolved every day
through the skin and kidneys, the
necessity Of continued supplies of it
to the healthy body is sufficiently
obvious. The bile also contains soda
Zone Of the ingredients Of salt) as a
special and indispensable constituent,
and so do all the cartilages of the
body. Stint the supply of salt, and
neither will the bile be able properly
to assist digestion, nor the car ilages
be built up agaiR as fast as they nat
urally waste.
New VARIETY OF CUoUMBER.-In
Land and Water we have a figure and
description of what is called the new
white spine cucumber. This, when
raised on a trelis, grows to an enor-
nous size, one vine having thre>
specimens, each of them three feet
IN length, besides many others over
two feet long The flesh is said to
be very solid, with but few seeds
and the flavor very fine. This meth
cd of growing cucumbers recon-
mended as furnishing q much supe-
rior result to that of allowing them
to trail on the ground, as they thus
grow finer, straighter, and with q
larger yield. This new cucumber
has the skin perfectly smooth. It is
very short in the neck, and it is con
sidered a decided gain to the resour.
ces of the vegetable garden.
OvERGROwN HoGs.-There is no
one single advantage to be claimed
in favor Of big hogs. There never
was monster hog which did no
make the man who raised him pay
for every pound he weighed. They
do not furnish an ounce of mea
gratis, but charge full price fOI
every atom of their carcass. WheI
slaughtered it takes a long time t.
get one cool to the marrow in tn,
bone, and then when the hams arr
put in salt, it is troublesome to fin
ish them to the center. Four hun
drod pounds live weight is as larg
us hogs should be to make good ba
con. Beyond this size there is
loss somewhere. Either the feeder
butcher or consumer is cheated, an
as n general thing every one VIII
has anything to do with the big no
will find, if he observes closely, tina
they are not so profitable as tn
smooth, nice hogs of only $50 pound
weight A small head, with littl
upright ears, and legs and ears del
cato to perfection, are marks whic
Indicate the greatest amount of foo
consumed; and will always dra,
more readily the attention of til
butcher.
WHEN TO USE A RoLLER.-A COZ
respondent of tho Rural WoTj
writes: at may seem like presumI
ton to attempt to tell man whe
and how to use fam implemen
but no man knows q thing until /
learns it. A very mistaken MOTTO
prevails as to the effect of rollin
land. Tho most common one is tn;
it packs the soil. This is never tru
except when the surface is smoot
and the soil fine, and then perhaI
only an inch deep. Usually til
land to be rolled is uneven an
rough, as the pillow leaves it, or
lumpy us after the harrow. I'll
roller will crush the Jumps in or
case Of they are not too hard,) an
the Jumps, although crushed, hay
buoyed up the roller so that an e.
animation shows that the loose so
is not packed only the Jumps al
{ crushed. But TO roll directly aftC
the pillow is, above all, the propC
time to do it. Even when the SO
is apparently dry and hard an
comes up in chunks, there is n lit
dampness in it that enables a heav
Weighted roller to crush it; but
IL be DELAYED six hours, and eve
three sometimes, it dries out so raj
idly that it is past cure. A ver
foolish idea prevails among man
that il tends to form crust Al
bake. This can never be the cas-
1.-,,,,o 6,.ef ono cannot roll Ian