The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-17

8 wire, and stretch from post to post
outside, fastening with staples made of
wire driven into POSTS. Place three
wires one itch apart, one foot from the
ground (; another three, at three feet ten
inches from the ground, another three
at top of posts. Take common laths
and weave in, leaving three inches space
between sides of each. This makes the
fence four feet high. Then take other
latbs, picket one end, and chamfer the
other like a chisel blade and Intervene
among the top wire; then shove the
chamfered edge down beside the top
of the bottom lath tapping under wires
two inches. This makes cheap, dura-
bic. pretty fence, that is seven feet
and ten inches high, and fowl-tigbt
Wires should be left somewhat slack,
as Interviewing the laths viii make it
up.-POstItry World.
foFATo ROT.
Francis Gerry Fairfield writes, in the
Scientific American, that bland solu-
ton of csrbolic acid in common whale
oil or kerosene is the scientific remedy
for the rot. He says
The best way to use it would, think,
be to dip the potato, just before plant
ing, in the solution, which Is very mex
pensive and very easily obtained. I
may add that my experiments convince
me that carbolic scid in this bland So
linton, In no way impairs the germinal
activity Of. the tuber; but by way of
certainty, let me recommend your
farmer readers to first try the expert
ment on few hills this spring, and, if
successful, to adopt it as remedy for
the blight.
WHEN TO Buy SHEEP.-As a rule the
best time to buy is in the late simmer
as hockmasters who have kept their
sheep through the winter prefer TO shear
them before selling. It is usually most
profitable TO do so. After the first to
middle of August the lambs are ready
for weaving, and the farmer knows
pretty well what the increase of his
flock is to be, and also what his crops
Of grain and grasses viii allow him to
winter properly. The seasons yield at
home also affords the buyer a better
opportunity for, gauging the number of
stock to suit the probable contents of
barn and grsnary. Ordinarily, where
one seller of store sheep can be found
in the spring, ten can be found in the
late summer or fall.-NGtiOqs0 LiUe
Stock Journal.
THE following remedy is given for
blight in pear trees: To half a bushel
of lime add four pounds of sulphur,
slake to the consistency of whitewash,
and, when if is applied, add to each
gallon of the wash half an ounce of car
bolic acid. Apply this to the deceased
part. Where the bark is diseased, re-
move the outer portion before making
the application.
THE American Agriculturist says the
rich farmers are those who raise grass
and roots, make produce, stock, or but
Grand cheese, and make manure enough
to raise occasionally big crops of grain.
The poor farmers are those who de-
pend on corn and wheat alone.
AS newly-set grape vines begin to
throw out shoots, attend to them, and
allow only one to grow, and not half a
dozen feeble ones spread cut over the
ground. Only one vine should grow,
and that will be strong and vigorous.
The total number of short horn cattle
sold last year in the United States was
2,676, the amount paid for them being
81, OBJ, O05, an average of $407 head.
A WRITER in the Oskaloosa Herald
says he is informed that one bushel of
salt per acre will always save a crop
from the chinch-bug.