The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-06-26

The crow destroys more grasshoppeys
than any other bird.
Iron nails thrown into the drinking
water will make a good tonic for the
fowls.
A farmer who has tried it, speaks in
the highest praise gas tar or painting
wagon wheels, stating at it tighteDs
tires and spokes better than anything
else that can be tried
The West Chester News says that in
1923 the first tomatoes were eaten in that
town. a gentleman in 1919 brought
them from South Carolina and planted
them in his yard, where they were looked
upon AS curiosity and praised for their
beauty. Tomatoes were then called Elove
apples"
fnt best soil for beans is mellow clay
or sandy loan Prepare the land as For
corn, fitted in the incest manner. Plant
ten days or two weeks a. ter planting
corn. Marrow beans require one and
One>eighth bushels Of seed per acre
mediums, three iourths OF bushel pea
beans. One>halt busAel kidney or other
large beans, more, in proportion to size.
tair crop is twenty bushels per acre.
One of the new industries OF Germany,
reported by DR. Stutzer to be now in a
ture of an artificial clover seed. Frags
ments of gravel are silted until partic es
OF suitable siza are obtained, and the
substitute for the seed is then shaken up
with some coloring substance until it
acquires the desired hue An ordinary
pocket microscope is quite sufficient,
however, to expose the cheat
had a mare some years ago that had
large wart on her side where the har.
ness rubbed and kept it sore. In sum-
mer the flies made it worse To prevent
this l put on a gOlu daub of tar, and in
few we ks the wart was killed and dis
appeared. / have frequently tried it
since on cattle and horses, and seldom
had an occasion to use q second applies
tion TIE remedy is simple md ef-
tectual-[Cor. Prairie Farmer.
Potato water, or water in which pots,
toes have been boiled, is now recon.
mended in various quarters as not only
an effective but an immediate remedy
for lice on COWS and OIL er cattle also
for ticks Ihe affected parts are to be
bathed with the potato water; one ap
plicatiOn is generally sufficient. Thi,
remedy (if remedy it prover) has the
merit of being exceedingly simple, easily
employed, and without danger of injury
to the cattle New York World.
The use of cows milk in nervous dis
oroers Is very highly recommended by
our best physicians. They prescribe i
to be used st all hours, and recommend
the patient TO drink as much as fou
quarts per day if agreeable. The con
slant and exclusive use of this articl
after time becomes very tiresome, ant
the milk acquiEes an unpleasant taste
Il may IN a degree be avoided by heating
the milk and adding enough salt t
flavor it in this form doing as nue.
good as in any other.
A correspondent in the Rural WOrl
shows come points of diffe ence betwee
British and American methods OF ieedin
stock, as follows: In Great Britain tuI
nipsare cut, reduced TO pulp and mixe
with cut hay or straw, and allowed
ferment. Hay and straw are always Gu
up and mixed with meal. Stock raiser
in England buy oil cake, which Amer
cans consider too expensive. They We
and use it with cut hay and straw an
meal and pulped turnips. The msnul
from such feeding is regarded as gre'
value.
perience with the Colorado beet
should prompt the early planting of pc
tstoes; also abundant manuTing an
good preparation Of the soil. The latte