The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-05-17
:farm and Aousellola.

Whatever crop your land may
produce, see that il does not grow
that most fatal of all productions-a
mortgage.
From a chemical standpoint the
roots of an acre Of clover contain
lS5 pounds of nitrogen, $40 pounds
of lime, 45 magnesia, Is potash, 10
soda, "A sulphur, and 70 of phos'
phoric acid.
To polish furniture, take of good
alcohol one half pint, quarter of an
ounce Of pulverized rosin, the same
of gum shellac. After this has been
dissolved, add one half pint Of hn-
seed oil, Shake well.
Coffee leaf tea is being written up
as substitute for the reel China ar
ticle. 1t is hoped that some portions
of the United States may be found
where the shrub will grow leaves if
not fruit
More grass and less grain, more
condensing food on the farm, should
be the motto now The plan OF put
ting more of the idle acres into grass
and raising more live stock of bets
ter quality will be a step in the right
direction.
In Prussia it is said the potato is
cultivated with peculiar success. AS
the stalk grows, the earth is heaped
up, leaving only three leaves at the
top; roots are thus greatly increased,
while the produce is said to be as
tonishing.
A house too closely shaded by
trees will be apt to suffer from
dampness. In building, let the liv-
ing ana sleeping rooms, as far as
possible, face toward the South, and
thus gain tho advantage of the sum
shine. The sun is great preserver
of health,
He "houses' his farm implements
in the corners of the fence, his fow Is
roost in trees during the storms Of
winter, his manure pile teaches into
a roadside ditch, and wiping bis
nose on his coat sleeves, he makes
plaintive complaint that farming
don't pay.
1t is fact worthy of constant
thought that the best men in any
trade or department of life are al
ways in demand. The indolent, the
inefficient and unreliable arc the first
to feel the pressure of dull times.
Industry and capacity combined sell
dom beg for bread,
The best thing to do with cobs,
says correspondent Of the Practical
Farmer, is to burn them TO nice
charcoal, pulverize, stir in little
salt, and feed to your hogs. His ate
the mixture very readily, and he is
sure it helps to keep them in good,
healthy condition.
Stwiue's flesh, when fat, is about
Is per cent. water, 10 Ter cent.
lean meat, 80 per cent. fat, and l l-2
per cent. saliuee, leaving a slight
waste. In 100 pounds of dressed
pork there is usually II pounds
hams, / Is shoulders, 40 pounds sides,
IL pounds lard, II pounds waste
and loss.
Every farmer should keep o pot
of mixed paipt in his Workshop, and
should apply it literally to plows,
wagons, harrows, reapers, and all
implements that are exposed to the
weather. This will cause them to
last twice as long as usual. Farm
ing tools and implements are less
frequently run out by hard service
than used up by useless exposure to
weather when they are not in ser
vice.
DR.. +. A. Holmes, of Taliaferro
county, gives the following cure for
hog cholera, and be pronounces it
iufallible: For every ten head of
year old hogs give table spoonful
of spirits of turpentine mixed with
pint of shelled corn once in every
three weeks; to younger hogs de-
crease the dose in proportion. DIR.
Holmes says he has tried this rem~
edy fer years, and he has never lest
but one during the time, and that
was by neglect.
Men who have good homes and
are prospecting well had better keep
them. The American people move
too much Let those go West who
need homes, and build up the coun
try there. But those who have good
farms, are out of debt, and getting
pretty well up in years, ought not
to face TIE hardships Of frontier
life. We need strong, healthy men
for this purpose, young and middle~
aged men, who can work and endure
the tolls and privations of new
country.
TIL Ctata Gaolnoist of Georoia