The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
SOUTHERN Farm AND HOME.
As zIruLrURAL NOTES.

as AZ tbt GAAL NONEsr-
Sheep tatten quicker when lose in
pens OF halt 4 dozen, IMAM any melhOo
OF stsIling or tying up each sheep
A farmer must be something besides
a lshorer. He must he a man OF re-
sources, and raise by his own energy 10
any emergency.
Pick M the odds and ends that are
Going To waste around you. Hides, horns
hoois. bones, wax, mos and many other
Irihes have cash value.
"Ifsll the banks in New York tailed
their failure would not inf CT 80 great a
los on the nation d the failure of dairy
ing for a single yesr. = Ex-Governor
Seymour.
ID not grumble st the low prices OF
your products. II don't help the matter a
bit. Just 20 to WORK and see ii you can
not lessen the cost OF production SO ~ TO
leave you margin for profit, even at
low prices.
Sheep growers in England claim that
& feed Of cotton seed an tuTnips is not
only the sa'est Tor istteniDg sheep, but
viii put on the most far and make the
best mutton al the least cost. II also
produces the strongest manure.
Do not attempt to keep too many
fowls together. One hundred in single
yard will not produce nall the eggs they
will If divided into iCur parts. 1t will
cost no more 10 feed, bat IL will be little
more trouble 70 attend % them.
The average age OF sheep is tea yesrs.
Cows have an average OF fifteen years.
Hogs have been knewn 10 live forty
years. The average Of the horse is twelve
years The elephant lives to a very great
sge There is a white elephant now liv-
ing in the Imperial M-Dagerie in Russia
that is said 10 be over SO years old.
Tae manure from q ton of clover hay
is estimated To be worth 1864, or about
as much ~ the hay is worth in many
places. IL should be well understood
Jhat clever hay ought to be fed on the
farm aud never sold il any hay is to be
sold let it be the English meadow, the
manure from which is only about half as
much.
For winter feeding, where cattle are
kept IN stalls and heavily ted, there j. no
better divisOr for cornmeal than wheat
bran. IL is also chesp, and furnishes
what the cornmeal lacks When cattle
are ted on cOrnmeal SIS the principal food
for isttenlng, it is apt to cioy If led In
TOO large quantities, hence our best
feeders are In the habit Of using bran as
the cheapest ana bsst means for render
ing the meal ted more digestible. In
this each feeder must use discretion a.
70 the proper quantity used.
1t is well known by all hunters that
rabbit is never found in the same bed in
which Que mas been killed the same sea
son, especially if one particle OF blood
mas been split; therefore, if you will
kill a hare and rub the blood. even 3
very small portion, on the tsty OF s
fcuit-tree, it will not be moIested by
them that winter. have one hundred
trees / have treated thus Ior fourteen
years, and never had them bsrked, IN
less ] happened to miss one. One hare
il sufficient to rub itty trees Colmsn's
Rural World.
To aid farmers in arriving st accuracy
in estimating the amount OF land in dit
terent fields under cultivation, the lol-
lowing table is given: , wards vide by
96S long contain acre; 10 yards wide
by 4S4 long contains ! acre; % yards
wide by PAP long contains ! acre; 40
yards wide by l2l .ong contains / acre !;
20 yards wide by %! long contains
acre so yards wide oy 90! long contains
] acre 90 feet wide by 72S long contains
] acre; 10 feet wide by 397 long con-
tsins acre; 1870 feet wide by S69 long
contains acre; 30 feet wide by ISL!
long contains acre $40 feet wide by 81
long contains / acre.