The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-30
Fix Up.

TX Up
The farm. we mean, including the
house and grounds around it, the barn
and barn-yard, the shed, the poultry
house, the orchard, the fields. Don't
be slovenly any longer. Nail fast those
loose boards that have played the tune
of "Hard Times during every wind
storm for the last two or three years.
Mend the holes in the roof through
which the rain-drops have battered on
the barn-foor for so long time, ana put
new plank in the floor where these same
leak-holes have rotted it out. One of
the doors of the wagon-shed needs a
new hinge, and the door of the cow
stable has been lying on the ground all
summer fix them right away. And
we noticed when you drove out with
that last last load, that the hinge gate
post was sagged so much that yo1 could
hardly open it, and the frequent repeti-
tions of the effort have worn the ground
away in the shape of an arc whose radi-
us is the length of the gate. Straighten
up that post, and don't leave the job
until your four-year old boy can open
the gate with his little finger. Then
your front yard We drove by there
the other day and took an inventory of
it's contents. Three old boxes; one ash
leach two plows; an old bench a lot
of lumber, spoiled I; the wood-pile a
sixteen-ye sleigh; pile of debris
rags, old boots, shoes, ETC., and, worst
of all, a dog. You smile, reader, and
are ready by this time to accuse us of
exaggeration, but it is actually true.
The owner WIS an acquaintance, and we
called his attention to the dog, which
was fast becoming a nuisance to the
public, to say nothing of his own family
He informed us that the dog had died
the day before, and he hadn't found
time to remove the carcass yet.
"What will you do with it =? " we in
quired. "Take it to the woods, says
he. "Well, now, see here, my friend, ="
we replied, "the Scriptures say that a
living dog is better than a dead lion.
l would modify that little, and say
that dead dog is better than living
lion. Most of dogs are of no value
whatever till they are dead, and then
people lose all that ever was, or ever
will be of any use, by not knowing what
to do with them elbows that ?" says
our friend. "What shall I 60 with it p
"Take it to the manure heap, not to
the woods, where it will ill the air for
miles around with disease. Why, my
friend, the most valuable gases for ma
nurial purposes are continually escaping
from that dogs carcass, and if you will
bury it in absorbents you can save the
most of these gases and raise wheat
enough from them to pay for small
portion of the sheep he has killed, or
the cold potatoes and meat he has eaten.
You have swamp over there-just haul
out a wagon load of the muck and pile
it over that dead dog, adding bushel
of quick, lime, and the mass will become
the most valuable wagon-load of manure
you ever hauled out"
Our friend thanked rs for the advice,
promised to fix up the front yard, and
We drove on, wondering why farmers,
who have so many natural advantages in
their favor, should be content with such
Notwithstanding. Don't attempt
to sod the grounds about the house; it
involves too much labor, especially if
they are extensive. Plow them up,
manure thoroughly with well composted
manure, pulverize effectually, and then
SOW lawn grass Tricky, and rake it in
lightly with mandrake. If your work
is done we'll you will have far nicer
sod the next year, and much smoother
lawn, than you could possibly make with
sod.-OhjO Farmer.