Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-19
HOME AND FARM.

| Cow SUCKING HERsELF.-Take a piece
of tin cut out In half shape and bound on
the edge With wire. The wire is cut and
bent over at the two ends, for the pur-
pose of slipping it into the cows nos
trils. The bit of tin il always IN the
| way when she attempts to suck, but
does not prevent here from feeding
The ground raises the lower edge, and
the tin slides along as tho COW eats. Ii i
very convenint to put on Calf's nose
] when IL Is weaned and turned 10 grass
with the herd. They may be made
of sheet iron, tin or zinc, and cost but
little.
THE RIGHT TALK.-Ths farmers are
complaining of terrible hard times. \
great many of them say they are toe
poor 10 even take paper. We say to
you, that you cannot afford to be without
At least one good newspaper and ssmo
! good agricultural Journal. The Informal
| ton obtained from two such papers, II
| put in practical use, will, in the course OF
the year, pay back in dollars and cents
| more than twenty times what they cost.
! The farmers, on an average, work with
their hands too many hours day. We
have said before that brains will outstrip
hands every day in the week. Think,
! plan, and after your plans are mStursly
! laid, let nothing deter yOu from carrying
| them TO a successfuE sonclusion.-Spirit
/ OF hdnbaS.
EDIToRs RURAL WOaEB: When the
hog cholera is carrying of so many tens
| of thousands OF hogs, and it eOnld be just
| as easily avoided as not, . do not feel that
! / am doing right to keep silent, but will
| give sure preventive Of te5 disease, If
directions are followed.
First, give regular feedtRs; second,
give ashes and salt every Sunday morn
! ing; third, give stone coal every We'd
nesday morning; fourth, sprinkle coal
tar once month around Ihs- feeding
places and in their beds. / have been
keeping hogs ali my life, and by believing
hog cholera. Tho Rural World f. doing
a good work for pork raisers. J. G.
st. Louis, Jan. ID, rs.
SOWING SEEDs.-The proper distrIbu-
| ton of seed in sowing Is quite Important,
| and there arc few who can do it just
right. Machines have been Invented for
| the purpose, and many Of them do the
| work more evenly than It can possibly be
dene by hand. Some seeds, from their
| peculiar formation, have TO be sown by
! hand. It is 4 difficult matter to give di-
/ recti0F.s fer sowing seeds, and TO say how
mnch Is required TO the acre. Much de-
ponds upon the season, and also upon
the freshness OF the seed-and even seed
known TO be new, may be deficient in
| terminating properties. The best rule Is,
| wheA sowing In rows, to be governed
/ by the character of the seed and relative
strength of the young plants; for in
stance, carrot, parsnip and sOTne others
have light seed, and the young plants
! are feeble. Such should be sOwn shick-
| ly and afterwards be thinned out. 9th
er plants, such as cucumbers, melons, etc.,
are liable to be attacked by bugs, and it
| is well to make some allowance on this
account. Most heavy seeds can be sOwn
thin, especially if broadcast, the chances
being that they will be too thick in case
( they are sown by inexperienced hands.
| Take, for example, the seed of the HAT
! turnip, one pound or which, in measure
but little more than pint, will SOW an
| acre of land, but IL requires very Riee
| calculation TO get she seed evenly distrib-
uted and make such aImaH quantity COW
er so much ground.
Seed sown by machine may be reSHla-
ted by sowing first on = cloth or floor,
and setting the guage to the proper grade.
Some seeds arc variable in size; such
should be divided by sitting, and, if sOwn
by machine, put in separately. 1t 10 adj
/ visable to always SOW as soon as the
/ ground is prepared, while the surface
| soil is still fresh and moist; and when
I covered by raking, always draw the rake
| lengthwise with the rows. Very fine
! seed must not be covered top deep
Brill's Farm Gardening.