The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-07-11
AGRICULTURAL

of corn.
SUGAR BEETs.-Whoeyer is wise
enough to undertake to grow n 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 il the ground is freshly
worked. Roll in plaster and SOW in
drills, ten quarts Of seed to the acre.
Thin out to siX inches,
McoNoMIzE THE WAsrR,-A large
quantity Of valuable fodder may be
secured by saving the lcavcs Of tur
nips, beets or mnugles by buryinE
them in tho ground. They should
be packed tightly and covered close.
ly, ~ that air IL excluded. In this
manner they will keep until spring.
In the same way the pulp of heets
from tho sugar factory had been kept
good Tor Il heightened period.
SALT FOR CATrLE.-Cows now in
full flow of milk absolutely require
salt, without which their milk will
MT be pclfec 1t is not only because
the COWS are fond Of suit that it
should be gwen to them, but also
for tho fact that il they alo deprived
Of it either tho yield Of milk win be.
come diminished or the quantity de
Perforated. Further than this, salt
IL an assistant to digestion, and us
such IN conductive to the health pi
animals.
Why Do ANIMAL Ned SAIL. Pro-
tessor james r. johnson, of scot.
land, says more thnn lnu of tho sp-
line mattcr Of tho blood 80 per
cont consists Of common Gelt, and
rs tins is partly dissolved every day
through the skin and kidneys, the
ncce' slty o. continued supplies Of it
to the healthy body is sufficiently
obvious. The bile also contains soda
Zone OF the ingredients OF salt) as n
spccia and Indispensable constituent,
and SO do all the cartlIagcs Of the
body. Stint the supply Of salt, and
neither will the bile be nbIcproperly
TO assist digestion, nor the car'ilages
be built up agai% as fast as they nat
urally waste,
New VARIETY OF CucuMnER.-I
Limit and |I0i,r we have II figure and
description Of what il called lhcncw
white spine cucumber. This, when
raised on II %trellis, grows to an enor-
nous size, one vine having three
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 pcods;
and the flavor very fine. This meth
OF OF growing Gu mnbcrs recon-
mondcd us furnishing II much supc-
rior result to thHt Of allowing them
to trnnl on the grouui, Ns they thus
grow finer, straightor, AVID with d
larger yield, This new cucumber
has the skin perfectly smooth. 1t il
very short i'll the neck, and it is con,
sidered II decided gain to the rosour.
ccs of the vegetable garden.
OvERGRowN HoGs.-Thcrc is no,
II single advantage to be claimed
in favor of big hogs. There never
was II monster hog which did not
make the man who raised him pay
for every pound he weighed. They
do not furnish an ounce Of meat
gratis, but charge full price fol
every atom of their carcass. Whcl
slaughtered, it takes II long time t.
get onc cool TO the marrow in tn,
bone, and then when the hams ar,
put in salt, it is troublesome to fin
ish them to tho center. Four hun
drcd pounds live weight ii Us larg,
as hogs should be to make good ba
con. Beyond this size there Is
loss somewhere. Either the feeder
butcher or consumer is cheated, an,
IN II 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 rs til,
smooth, nice hogs Of only35O pound
weight. A small head, with It'll,
upright ears, and legs and ears deli
cate to perfection, arc marks whicl
Indicate the greatest amount Of foo,
consumed; and will always draw
more readily the attention of tn,
butcher.
WHEN ro USE \ RoLLER.-A cor
respondent Of the Rur0i Wort,
writes: at may seem like prcsump
ton to attempt 20 tell a man whcI
and how to use II fam implement
but no man knows II thing until h,
lcarus it. A very mistaken motion
prevails as to the effect of roIlin.
land. The most common one is tha
INV
it packs the soil. This is never tru,
except when the surface is smootI
and the soil fine, and then pcrhap.
only an inch deep. Usually the
land to be rolled is uncvcn an,
rough, as the pillow leaves it, or i,
lnmpy us after the harrow. Tn,
roller will crush the Jumps in on,
caso Git they are not too hard,) and
the Jumps, although crushed, hay,
buoyed up the roller SO that an cx.
animation shows that the loose soil
is not packed only the Jumps are
crushed. But to roll directly after
the pillow is, above all, the proper
time to do it. Even when the soil
isss apparently dry and hard and
comes up in chunks, there is IL little
1ompDpss in n that nnaLl,s b,,r,.