The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-05-14
FARM AND GARDEN.

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market, and at the same time carry on
his farming operations, is something
we Will not do. But there are hun
dreds and thousands of farmers who
have q natural taste for fruit-growjng,
and to whom farming has become
drudgery- especially that class who are
not strong, to whom a change IS de-
sirable and necessary. To these we
would say, if you are living within
three or four miles of a good home
market, and cities not far away by rail
or steamboat, a change to fruit growing
will be both profitable and pleasant.
The first thing to do is to rent out most
of your land or let it out on shares, re-
serving your home, and say ten to
twenty acres of land for your fruit
growing operations, and If you have a
love for the business, and go at 1t sys-
tematically and theoretically, you will
make more money from ten acres OF
land than You have ever made from
your farm, and that, too, with less real
hard work.
Plant only leading, dwell tried sorts,
that are hardy and productive, give
them good cultivation and plenty of
mulch, and you Will reap larger re-
ward ; and, too, this kind of work
folks, and, besides, supplies the table
with fruit daily throughout the year.
There are farmers who have no liking
for growing fruit but, as a rule, these
have sons or a son who have, and who
do not like farming. These are very
anxious to keep their sons on a farm,
away from the city. To such We say
let such a son have the use of q few
acres to grow small fruits and the
| longer he is engaged in it, the more he
will like it, and consequently his at
tachment for home strengthened, and,
too, by this the table is supplied with
| luxuries you would not dispense with
after one seasons experience. There
are so many inland towns not supplied
with fruit and vegetables that we advise
the readers of this paper to take adj
vantage of such openings. -FraJjt Re
cOTdeT.
TREATMENT OF SICK ANIMALS. The
| Live Stock Journal says: NEARLY all
sick animals become SO by improper
| feeding in the first place. Nine cases
| out of ten the digestion is wrong.
Charcoal is the most effective and rapid
| corrective. It will cure in a majority
/ of cases, if properly administered. An
example of its use: The hired man
came in with the Intelligence that one
of the finest COWS was very sick, and a
kind neighbOr proposed the usual drugs
and pOisOns. The owner being i'll, and
unable to examine the COW, concluded
| that the trouble came from Over-eating
and ordered a teacUpfUI of pulverized
! charcoal given in water. It was mixed,
! placed in a Junk bottle, the head held
| upward, and the water and charcoal
poured downward. In five minutes i'm
| prOvement was visible, and in an hour
| the animal was in the pasture quietly
| eating grass. Another instance of equal
| success occurred with a young heIfer
which had become badly blOated by
| eating green apples after hard wind.
! The bIoat was so severe that the sides
were almost as hard as a barrel. The
| old remedy-saleratus- tried for
! correcting the acidity, but the attempt
| to put it down always caused coughing,
and did little good. Half teacupful
| of fresh powdered charcoal was given.
! In six hours all appearance of the blOat
| had gone, and the helfer was well.
STARTING SWEET POTATOES. Sweet
potatoes are started IN a moderate hot
bed or forcing pit. When but a small
number of plants are wanted, make a
! bed of fresh horse manure twelve inches
thick and two feet wide, and longer
than the frame to be used. Then cover
with three inches of old rotten manure,
put the frame in lis place. and spread
in it two inches of very light, sandy
soil; rake level, and place the tubers
close together over the surface. Small
tubers may be used whole; large ones
should be cut once lengthwise, and the
cut side laid down. Fine soil is then
sprinkled over, and between the seed so
that it is covered about one inch. Pat
the sashes on at once, and keep the bed
rather wet. There IS little danger of
keeping the bed too warm as long as
sprouts have not started; after these
appear above ground the bed has to be
filed up again with two or three inches
of fine soil or mould. When the sprouts
have pierced through this layer plenty
of air has to be given during the warm
days to make strong and thrifty plants.
In about five or six weeks from starting
the sprouts are large enough to be sepa-
rated from the tubers, and fit to be
planted out. After this is done other
sprouts will start which can be pulled
in a week or ten days. In this way
three or four crops of slips are raised
ftOm the same tubers. When sashes
are not at hand and the plants are not
wanted early, frames covered with mus
lin may be used instead, and the whole
covered with boards in cold nights.
The young plants are very sensitive to
cold, and should, therefore, not be
planted out before all danger from frost
is over.
PLANT A GRAPE VINE FIRST. Not one
farmer in twenty Will buy grapes o.
} other fruit, except apples for himselt
and family; but grapes are so easily
and cheaply grown that no family witt
a square rod of ground should be with
, out a few vines. Grapes can be got il
, bearing earlier than any other fruit
excepting strawberries; and with we'll
rooted layers have had one bunch O
grapes the first year after setting. Ye
j many a man spends $50 or 500 in set
ting an apple orchard, which will no
bear till six or eight years after, who
would begrudge S. for a dozen of vines
of the choicest grapes, which he nigh
eat within two years and have an abun
j dance before five years had passed.
do not object to extensive and early
! planting CT apple orchards " this ough
We to have done, and not have LETT tn,
, other undOne." 1t seems to me tina
j the first duty of a settler on new Ian
is to plant Immediately half a dozel
grape vines, and after that as many a.
he can afford. Fresh fruit is a neces
sity to the health of family, and moth
ing Is more quickly, easily or cheaply