The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-19


vided the land is rich enough, pro-
duce a greater crop per acre.
Clover seed on winter wheat
should be sown early. But we have
sown it as late as the middle of
May, and had a good catch. Much
depends on the season and the con-
dition of the land. We prefer to
delay sowing until the ground is dry
enough to harrow. A Thomas
smoothing harrow is best for har-
rowing the wheat Immediately after
the seed is sown, but an ordinary
heavy harrow may safely be used to
break the crust on the soil before
the seed Is sown. The most thor
ough narrowing with common for
ty-tooth harrow, early In the spring
provided the soil is dry, VIII not
pull up the wheat to any injurious
extent. Such a harrow may be used
before sowing the seed, and
Thomas harrow after sowing, with
excellent effect.
Grass and clover seed should not
| be covered more than half an inch
deep. Far more seed Is lost from
covering too deep than from being
left wholly exposed on the surface.
A fine mellow soil is the great es-
sential condition.
The roller is not used as much as
it should be In spring, though it
is sometimes used where it does
more harm than good. It is easier
to break clods when wet than dry,
but if you can break them when dry,
the pulverizing effect is far greater.
ClaYey land rolled when wet forms
a hard crust. Sandy soil that needs
compression may be rolled when
quite moist No amount of rolling
will injuriously pack or consolidate
a perfectly dry soil.
Horses, after their winters rest,
should be worked only moderately
at first. Look to their shoulders,
and wash them frequently with cold
water. Poor-ftting collars are the
: chief source of gals.
, Working-oxen should be well
carded every day, and be literally
, fed. They have a much larger
! stomach than a horse, and do not
!, need as concentrated food, but they
! require more time to eat. Cut the
: hay into chaf, moisten if, and mix
a little corn meal with it-say one
: quart OF meal to bUshel of chaff
Horses may have two quarts (and
, at noon three quarts) of meal to 9
| bushel.
Cows need much care and extra
, feed this month. They are longing
= for green grass, and he is a fortu-
> nate farmer who has a plenty o.
: mangolds for them. But bran anC
= good hay, with a good carding
); every day to keep open the pores
, will keep mich COW in good condi
: ton, and prepare her giving a large
: mess of milk when grass comes.
= Raise your own calves, and Lei
= them have good care, nutritious
= food, plenty of it, with the kindes
, treatment. Cows will be high agar
= in year or two. Good COWS ART
always scarce.
POULTRY. the house, sprin
: kle with crude carbolc acid anc
= water. Carbolic soap, rubbed OF
= to the roots, finds its way to thu
- feathers, and kills the lice. White
!, wash all the woodwork, and if lit
tie carbolic acid is added, so mucl
the better; absolute cleanliness il
one great success in keeping pouI
= try. At this season of the year far
mers should see that their fowls ar
! regularly fed. There is not much fol
. them to pick up, and it is impossi
= BILE for them to furnish an abundan
! supply of eggs without food enough
= to manufacture them. When tn
= ground is forzen, so that they can
not get worms, they should hav
2 fresh meat, bones, &c. See tina
, they also have plenty of fresh water
SHEEP.-Nothing is better TO
y sheep than clover hay Let tn
- breeding ewes have all they can eat
And those with their lambs at thei
= side should have a pound of bral
- each per day, in addition, and fey
roots, if they can be spared. Max
% small pen in the yard, with slat
! about ten inches apart, or Just wild
- enough TO allow the lambs to g
= through, and put in a few smal
= troughs, and keep the lamb sup
- piled with oats, corn meal bran, an,
i sliced roots. This one secret il
- raising good lambs. The that tn
ewes and the lambs also have a,
- abundant supply of fresh water
: The ewes will drink nearly twice a
l. much water when giving milk a
= before lambing.
Z PIGs.-Last falls pigs should hav
:. liberal allowance of corn meal an
= mangolds, to keep them CROWN
Z rapidly until they can get clover
= Breeding sows should be kept i
= good thriving condition. SuccuIen
- food, and bran or fine middling
=. are better than cord. It is desira
>, BILE to keep the bowels somewhat re
y Taxed. Daily exercise is vey desira
= BILE. The young pigs should b
taught to eat from a small trough
- separate from the SOW, as early a
. possible, or at any rate when thre
2 weeks old.-American Agrjcultlrls
= Gas T,TATR ann WrRE- VVOp1ru