The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-05-06
4ow TO UTILIZE SQUIRRELS.

3 efd OF sElcLE DDFa EDAlA lstA6 IO14 and
! Kill them Of. 4 market can be found
for Gn that ere killed. Should You
/ think well Of this you might have it
/ published in some Of the papers No
l doubt many ways could be found for
/ bringing the skins 10 market If this was
/ generally known.
/ IMPROVED EUT TREES.
/ The New York Tribune says In our
\ country, where 50 many valuable nuts
I are to the manor born, It seems as If
/ man had no desire TO assist nature IN
/ developing new forms bat IN less
/ favored regions AZ much attention has
/ been paid TO them as to any Of the finer
classes of fruit. Abroad the list of
. hiberts, walnEss. and chestnuts ap-
I prOaches IL length the list Of apples,
I and includes some which are 50 far re-
moved from the parent type IS to s1g-
I gest the idea OF distinct species. With
/ Us we have black and white waInuts,
/ chestnnts, and ehinquspins common
( and besked hazel nuts shellbarks, pc
! cans, and 20 on, but no cultivated vari-
| cites. Are they OF such little import
! anee, or IS It an iLnpOssibiliEy 70 improve
I them These are questions for our
| cultiyators TO answer. As a proof that
I the matter Is IL the mind OF at least one
/ person, it is noted by the Home journal
I that q lady near New Orleans has sue
/ ceeded IN raising q remarkable pecan
and what one can accomplish surely
others may equal, and in all probability
excel. Here IS also ample scope for
the hybrIdizer's enticIng art.
LAWFUL FENCE.
TIE Farmers Home Journal saws
We remember some years ago, hearing
an old farmer define a lawful fence to
be one that vas ''hOss high, bull strong,
and pig tight" Undoubtedly such a
/ fence would answer every purpose, and
he q lawful one bat when a farmer has
a horse that viii jump over a fence
seven or eight feet high; bull that
viii knock or butt over any ordinary
wooden fence, and a litter OF pigs that
will root under q stone fence, the ques-
( ton VIII present itself 10 his neighbors
If not 10 the unfortunate owner Of such
stock What kind of a fence, under
I the above definition, must be built to
| answer the purpose of protecting CROPS
4 from tTespass from stock, and what
remedy does the law give for damage
done? Under the general statute of
I Kentucky, every strong and sound
fence OF rails, or plank, or iron, five
feet high, and being 50 close that cattle
or other stock cannot creep through, or
made Of stone or brick four and one
. half feet high, or a ditch three feet
I deep and three feet broad, with a hedge
two feet high, or rail, plank, stone, or
/ brick fence two and half feet high, on
the margin thereof, the hedge or fence
being 50 close that cattle cannot creep
through, shall be deemed to be a lawful
fence.
OIL TIE HARNESS NOW.
4 4 4. 1.
erly used and cared for viii last a good
many yeats. If neglected, It viii soon
! need repairs, and IL a short tine be
come utterly worthless. In caring for
a harness, one great point IS to see that
IL is kept suitably oiled. A work har-
ness IN use on a farm should be
7 oiled twice each year, ii the
I spring and fall. 1t should be taken
/ entirely apart, the places where sweat
I and dirt have collected, cleaned with
| chip, or an old case knife, then washed
/ clean IN warm water in which a little
! CASTLE soap has been dissolved. As
/ they are washed the straps should be
/ hung on pole to dry. When the out
/ side Is neaEly dry, but before the
/ moisture is all out of the leather, the
/ oil should be applied. This may be
/ done with q clean paint brush, which is
the best thing for the purpose, a sponge
\ or a wooden cloth. A moderate guam
tity should be used, and il 1t does not
soften The lea her enough, another
1 light coating may be applied when the
/ first one Is well dried In. This IL bet
ter than it is TO put on a great deal at
I once. Care should be taken to obtain
/ good quality Of oil. Poor oils ara Of
[ little use, aud sometimes are injurious.
Meats foot IS the very best kind Of oil
for leather.
A BREEDING MULE.
The greatest Curiosity at the famous
acclimatizing garden IN the Bots de
| BoulOgne, near Paris, is a mare mule
which drops a fosl every year. The
| Chase Hlilstree publishes In issue of
Oct. 81, an excellent likeness of the mule,
her two colts, and their sire, an African
barb. The mother Is an Arabian mule
admirably formed, and gray IN color.
/ The SIRE Of her colts Is a light bay, with
a star. The frat colt, a FLY, now
/ nineteen months old, was foaled at
I OrleaGsviile, Algeria. on the 23d of
/ April. 1873. The period Of CESSATION
was ten months and twenty three days.
/ Her next, also a FLY, was foaled at
/ Paris, April p, 1874 TIE period of
/ CESSATION was eleven months and nine
7 teen days The same mule is nov IN
/ foal TO the handsome white Jack 90
l much admired At the Garden Of
/ Plants. The two FLIES, both iron
/ gray, with stars are rnuch more ike the
sire than the dam
/ In Scotland they are holding a series
I Of seed shows, the object being 90 en-
Z courage the production and sale Of
pure, choice SEEDS for the farm and
/ garden.
Grasshoppers have turned up, if the
/ spring is backward This time they
/ are In Texas. Put in an extra amount
/ Of seed 70 help out the prospective suf-
I feFers ia the Lone Star state.
I Is is said that the price Of manure
I taken at the stables in Philadelphia is
| from two To- three dollars per ton.
I Many farmers haul this manure ten
/ miles, paying tolls and ferrlage IN addl-
I ton.
/ The most hardy aud robust fowls,
I saws DR.. DickIe, before the Pennsylva-
MIA Poultry association, are Dominiques
( and Plymouth Rocks after these come
/ the BFahmas, light and dark, and the
/ Cochius.
The farmers IN KenucEy are prepar-
ing to plant more tobacco than ever be-
fore. People can get along without
bread aud meat, but they must have
tobacco-
/ BrOOm-corn wss introduced into our
country by DR.. Franklin. While e1-
amining a corn whisk CimPorted) he ac-
cidsutally found a single seed, which
he planted IN ms gardeu, and from
wheuce the corn was pEopagated-
An egg producing feed for fowls,
highly recommended BY a fancier who
has tried it, is wheat and white peas,
ground and naked together as stiff as
possible the night before, and used only
as a morning feed.
writer in a New York paper says
Cut-u crnls and wire worms may be kept
from corn by the foiloEing method /:
Soak .he seed in cOpperas water for
tvaeaty.four hours before planting,
keeping the water warm, say 20 degrees
Fair, il convenient, using one pound