The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-16
Farm NOGes.

A MIXTURE of guano, superphosphates
of lime aud potash salts is an excellent
fertilizer for beets.
THE Hessian fly only fourishes in
damp or wet seasons, while the chinch
bugs hourishes in dry years.
IT is estimated that over 300, 900 trees
were planted in Ote county, Neb., Arbor
day and the day previous.
THE bill to provide for establishing an
agricultural experimental station in New
York State has passed the assembly and
bids fair to become law. The amount
appropriated by the bill is $4,000.
PLANT Gala lilies in the garden in
summer, and in the autumn pot them as
follows: One-third sand and the re-
= mainder good garden soil; water with
hot water, and in the pot saucer keep
sponge saturated with ammonia.
IT is economy to feed ground grain to
work horses. A pailful of moistured cut
hay with three quarts of ground feed
mixed with it is good quantity feed
for one horse. Give it nearly dry. A
good feed for a work horse is equal parts
corn, oats and wheat bran.
AS soon as the upper portions of the
straw of the cereal become yellow, no
further increase takes place in the
weight Of the seed. If the grain be not
cut down soon after the appearance of
this sign, its quality deteriorates and its
weight diminishes.
THE Point Reyes estate in California,
is credited as being the largest dairy
farm in the country. 1t keeps an aggre.
gate of 4, 500 COWS, whose milk is worked
up by thirty diaries. Among the items
credited to this "ranch" is $50, O00
pounds of butter, valued at $4,000
1t is quite c5w pasture"
To KILL the Rose Slug.-Dust the
plant weekly with powdered or air
Stacked lime. road dust or asher, and
repeat as often as may be required; cI
the plant may be thoroughly sprinkled
and washed with a strong suds made o.
soft soap. Another excellent remedy il
whale oil soap, one pound to eight gallons
of water; bend the bush over and apply
with whisk-broom.
AFTER a wet piece of land has beer
Undetermined it may be best seeded by
blowing and sowing with cats rather
ihinly. Oats succeed well upon cold
moist ground aud upon a sod, and j
there are no more than two bushels o
seed per acre used, the grass seed viii
take very we'll with this crop. A mixtur,
Of four quarts of timothy, a bushel o
red top and a bushel of blue grass PEI
acre would be preferable American
AgricUltuIist.
FARMERS who live in sparsely settled
districts, Astounding in large, dry pas
lures, can afford to give the time of {
faithful and intelligent lad the whole
summer through, to be devoted exclu
sively to rearing turkeys The young
broods must be watched as constantly a
ever shepherd watches sheep in region
infested by wolves. Every night, Of
during the day, on the approach of rain
they must be driven to a roomy sheC
with tight roof The mother birds
and the young, can be soon trained to b
driven as easily as COWS are driven Il
pasture. Give good forage ground, anC
keep out OF rain and dew, and success j
almost certain The Poultry World.
HUNGARIAN grass, il sown for hay
should be cut before the seeds form
This will allow of its being fed regularly
10 stock, and will be found q profitabl,
r. aud gssd ierage. If allowed I,
crpen the seed before cutting, there j
danger in feeding il regularly, because o
strong diuretic properties of the seed
We had, last season. a report from
stock raiser in the blue grass region of I
serious and fatal malady among his stool
which we attributed to overlooking anC
pro,racted feeding on Hungarian hay
The hay was discontinued, and there wa
no further trouble. Seed may be sowI
at any season, as it only requires abeu
sixty FIVE days to mature if sown broad
cast, SOW three quarters to one bushei o
sci per acre. Louisville (Ky.) Hom
and Farmer.