The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-11-28

gardeners very best friends, from the
fact that they are mortal enemies Of ia.
sects and worms that depredate on gar
den vegetables.
In England forty bushels of wheat per
acre il not an unusual yield, and fifty or
sixty bushels per acre is often realized rs
the result OF hign farming. Neverthc-
less England il Obliged to import each
year about 100 GOO bushels in adil-
ton to her own crop to feed her people.
The latest in amusemont line, and one
very popular among the Vermont far
mers, is the "cOrn roast" The getter-up
invites his friends, builds large fire in
the yard or field, around which all gather
and proceed TO roast green corn ON sharp
ened sticks. Songs, stories and jokes are
aandwiched in until WEAKNESS drives
them into the house.
A sHEEp's front teeth, the first year.
are eight in number, appearing all OF a
size. Second year two middle ones are
shed out and replaced by two much
larger than tie Others Third year two
very small ones appear-one on either
side of the eight. At the end Of the
fourth year there are six large teeth. At
six years all begin TO show wear-not till
then.
w. j. f. TELLS the Country Gentle
man that some OF our best farmers intend
TO COW only four or five pecks OF wheat
per acre. Their idea is to grade tho
wheat, selecting all the large grains,
This, they think, will give as good u
seeding ~ two bushels sown in the usual
way. Using some concentrated manure
where the young plants can get it will
cause them to stool" and cover the
whole ground.
The easiest way to keep roads in good
repair is by frequent scraping. This
fills all little holes, keeps the water off
the surface, and allows the travel to pack
the ground hard. A quarter or more of
the road tax of any district should be
used in buying a scraper, and in using
it just at the right time. The bet time
for scraping IL soon aftera rain has nearly
dried off, Every neighborhood which
has never tried this method will be sur.
prised to zee how far a little work will 20.
Once tried, they will not abandon the
plan for any other.
ONE OF our horses had tender feet for
ward and WAS lame. Mr. Van Guysing,
who happened to be at the shop while we
were getting him shod, advised having
shoes put on without calks. "Get the
foot as near the ground as possible, 80
that horse can step onto natures calks,
the frogs" said he, "and the horse viii
go all right" Old Jim has not been
lame since this valuable advice was prac-
tically carried out. Another horse has
been lame year; one blacksmith after
another had tried his skill, but all in
vain. At last shrewd fellow suggested
that the animal had been shod too much.
These artists" he said, "havo cut his
feet all away" This was not literally
true, but each one had pared and cut un-
til the naturally large feet were reduced
almost to the quick. By preventing any
more cutting away this animal was
cured.
MANY persons have remarked that
after having, as they supposed, protected
roses and other tender plants with straw
for the winter they have come out from
under the cover in many cases worse
than those entirely exposed; and it is
common TO hear people with this experi-
ence say that protection is an injury.
But in many cases the injury is not from
the projection, but from the salt it CON
tains. Fresh strawy matter from stable.
yards is one thing, and fresh straw from
the barn another; and, while straw is II
benefit, rank fresh manure is an evil.
For small things dry leaves, with lit.
tie earth thrown over, il excellent.
Where the crowns of the plants are hard
and woody, the earth itself drawn over
n few inches is good; for larger things
straw or even oorn.fodder protects adj
mirably, but should not be too bulky or
twined round too tightly, or it may
smother. But always beware of fresh
strawy litter from the barn yard. Thous-
ands of young plants, especially young
evergreens, have been destroyed by it.
FAR less attention Is paid to providing
suitable roosting places for fowls and
chicks than is given to host of other
less important matter connected with
poultry and poultry houses We have
seen neat, tasty poultry-houses, which
from an outside view, to be the
most comfortable places fowls could
wish for, yet an inscription of the inside
revealed the To)sts from five to six feet |
high-iar too high for heavy fowls. In
".ye olden times" when the light bodied |
fowls were to go, 1t did well enough to
iet them roost high, especially il the
hcn'house was not carefully closed ut J
night to prevent the visits of predatory
RAYS weasei', and other animals with a /
natural relish for chickens in the rougb
NOW We have heavier fowls are more
particular In regard to the condition nj |
their piumsge, and take more pains with |
them, 30 these aerial roosting place, can |
readily be dipenseu with-s subst;,nta
being readily found in the now.nonuiar
TOosting.benches, which can ne mada
with but a small outlay of time. Iabor
and money, and are moveabls, PERMITTING
the fancier 10 move them wherever
necessary. These benches can be made
from twelve TO sixteen inches high, and Of
two by one inch slsts. There Is M regular
length for these benches, from Eve 10 six
teet being very convenient s,za though.
II the compartment be not too wide, thew
can be made 10 conform TO the width of
the house, being careful TO make them