The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-25
Home ana Farm.

CoRERD MUTToN.-Corned mutton is
Extensively used in foreign countries.
There is no good reason why it is not
In general use here. For cooking with
vegetables there is no meat superior
20 IL.
MILK Cow.-H by improper or iDju-
dicious feeding at any period in the
life of cow she was made to take on
g, excessive amount of fat, the COW
ould ever after be prone to the secre-
bn Of fat, to the detriment of milk.
Insects on ROSES. When it IS not
<prneticable to employ the disagreesble
fumes of tobacco, which otherwise are
the best remedy for insects on the rose,
EllHanger and Barry adopt the follow
ing: tsBoil four ounces Of quassia chips
Pen minutes IN a gallon of soft water,
md after straining add four ounces Of
oft soap, which should be dissolved
it cools, stirring we'll before using.
With small, clean painters brush ap-
ply 1t to every infected leaf and shoot.
In fifteen or twenty minutes wash the
plants with pure water. Tobacco may
be used instead of the quassia. For
some insects a sprinkling of powdered
white hellebore will destroy or dispense
them, the plants being previously well
moistened. The rose caterpillar, which
CLUES the leaves together, must be
killed by pinching between the thumb
and finger.
ERRORS IN POULTRY KEEPING.-A
correspondent says: although there
are many widely different breeds of
fowls adapted more or less to the va
Tied wants of the farmer, there are
some general rules for their manage
ment which are applicable everywhere.
Many fragrant errors are made by most
farmers. One serious error Is the Gus
tom of keeping hens until they become
200 old for profit because they were
choice birds and good layers when
young. A hen of any breed will lay
half as many eggs the second year as
the first after she commences laying.
All fowls kept by farmer after they
are two years old are kept at loss, as
far as money is concerned. When a
whole flock is allowed to run without
killing Of the old ones and replacing
them with pullets disease is sure to at
tack them. They become liable to
cholera, etc., after they become aged.
IL the practice of keeping only pullets
is once followed / am sure that no
farmer will ever abandon It,
GOLDEN RULES FOR FARMING. ii.
Never engage in any kind of work
without first well maturing the plan of
doing II, and then strictly adhering to
that plan.
2. Never engage in any farm enter
prise or trade without first carefully es-
fimating its cost and probable results,
and then pursuing 1t vigorously, with
IN eye single to the realization of such
results.
3. Strictly adhere to the rule of sell
ing the surplus az soon as ready for mar
ket-when q man holds for higher
prizes he seldom knows when the acme
has been attained, and holds until it
has risen and fallen again, wasted and
shrunken, when he realizes less than if
sold promptly on the market as soon as
ready for sale.
&. Never keep stock over winter for q
higher price in the spring, when the
feed and care will cost more than the
probable advance in price.
8. Never carry more stock than you
can feed and care for properly, simply
because you have it on hand and the
'iprice Is low. Better give it away even
and get your money back on the re-
maiuder by extra care and feed, since
{ all be retained, half fed and cared
for, none will ever be in condition to
command q good price. Better make
sacrifice OF part than of all of them.
6. Never cultivate any crops when
The cost Of production, estimated upon
the current price of labor, will be more
than the crops will bring. Better buy
Il outright.
z. Meyer refuse to sell live stock in
4he spring when offered as much as it
will bring the next fall, simply because
there is grass, and If you sell, you have
nothing to eat it. Grass grown up and
allowed to fall and rot upon the land,
Is worth more than when fed to stock
without profit.
8. Never retain q hired hand, how
eyer industrious, whose unintelligent
labor and awkwardness costs more in
Encouragement and broken tools than
nhis labor profits.
y. Never pay man for his time, but
pf bis labor. No mans time is worth
anything, unless he employs it in such
q way as to be OF little more produc-
tive value than he is paid for it.
10. Never pay man for framing ex-
cnses for not doing thing, nor accept
excuses, however plausible, since good
npologizer is good for nothing else.
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