The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-14
Farm Notes,

For warts on horses, tie q piece of
strong Irvine around their base, drawing
tightly and repeating the operation until
the wart drops of.
FROZEN plants, says the American Ag-
will often recover If taken
to a room where the temperature is just
above the freezing, and allowed to thaw
very gradually. The change to a very
warm room would be very injurious.
FARMERS should have a diversity of
crops, so that if there is a failure in one
there may be hit in another. The in
teligent farmer lays his plans as much as
does the military leader. He looks ahead
to see what will make him money and
he don't put all the eggs under one hen,
for she might leave the nest and all
would be added. Farmers should plan
wisely and carry ont their plans to the
best of their ability.
A WRITER in the Practical Farmer
says he kept his young orchard well cul-
tivated with hoed crops for several years.
They grew eighteen inches to two feet in
a season. Only one tree died. A neigh
Dor set out an orchard at the same time,
and seeded it to grass. In three years
one-thiTd of the trees were dea }, and
those which lived grew only from two to
six inches in year. This is about the
usual experience.
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if
rye fed to a mare in foal, or to any breed
ing female, will cause a premature birth
Well, rye is dangerous; it is apt to con-
tain ergot, a powerful medicine used
by physicians as an aid in midwifery
and to prom te contraction of the womb,
and is, therefore, apt to cause abortion
or a premature birth, Hence, it is not
safe to feed rye promiscuously to breed
ing animals Michigan Farmer.
SOME persons believe in planting po-
tatoes whole; some cut them in quarters
or halves, allowing them TO lie a few
days and dry, after cutting before plant
ing. A number of years since / had Just
the eyes taken out singly and let to dry,
and then planted one eye every ten
inches in the row by pressing it down
with my finger to depth of nearly four
inches. The ground being level, was SO
kept till the second cleaning, when the
pillow was runto throw the furrow toward
the roTcof potatoes and leave it about
one foot, 4sYel across the top. From the
single eyesI gathered a larger crop than
from potatoes cut in halves and whole
the land and the culture being the same
INCOMING COWS, mere especially those
high bred aud well fed, should be Judi
ciously starved for two or three week.
previous to calving, and for a week after
| it. Feed such COWS only dry hay and
partly cut straw, with little bran and
| a handful of salt. The milking of an in
coming COW, just previous to her calving
should be avoided, as tending to unduly
stimulate the organs and produce the
very trouble that is sought to be pre-
vented.
Where the calf is to be raised, the COW
should go dry ten or twelve weeks but
If the calf is of no special value, and the
COW is we'll fed, she can be MIXED up Il
within a few days OF cslving without
damage Some cows of dairy breed
never go. dry, but give milk up to the
| time OF calving. The milk is fit fol
! family use in three or four days afte
! calving il the animal is healthy and Their,
is no milk fever. 1t is popular opinion
among dairymen that it q heifer b,
MIXED the first season up to within
few days of caiving she will always re
tain the habit if it be desired.-[ Country
Gentleman.
Few men who handle horses give prop
er attention to the feet and legs. Espe
ciallyssis this the case ON farms. Mucl
! time is spent of 8 morning in rubbing
brushing and smoothing the hair on tn
sides and hips, but at no time are tn
feet examined and properly cared for
! Now, be it known that the feet of hors
] require more care than the body. The,
/ need ten times as much, for in one respec
they are almost the entire horse. Al
the grooming that can be done won
avail anything if the horse is forced t
stand where his feet will be filthy. Il
this case the feet will become disordered
and then the legs will get badly out 6
! fix. and with bad feet and bad legs Their
is not much else of the horse fit for any
! thing.