American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-28
AGRICULTURAL.

LIBERAL FEEDING.-i bought ma
tive or scrub COW some time in Febru-
ary last, which was in low condition,
and was yielding about one quart Of
milk per day. She had been in milk
about one month. began Immediately
a tolerably liberal system of feeding, u.s.
ing all the economy possible with the
feed, having to buy it all. I gave her
about two gallons of boiled cotton seed,
and about as much of savings from the
kitchen, together with all the corn
husks could get. Now, near the close
of three months, she gives from two and
a half to three gallons of milk per day,
with fair yield of butter. OF course
this is inconsiderable in comparison
with what thoroughbreds and grades
do, but it demonstrates the fact that,
even with common natives, good feed
ing will enhance the yield of milk and
butter in no small degree. In our
Southern country cattle are left to do
their own foraging winter and summer,
and the little flesh accumulated in sum-
mer on wild grass, is lost in winter, the
poor creatures having to take the snow,
rain and chilly blasts of the entire sea-
son. In the South, improvement in the
of live stock is the great
est need.-Country Gentleman.
TRAINING RATHER THAN BREAKING.
The easiest way to get a quiet, kind,
animal is to first have our
minds imbued with the idea that the
animal has a will. 1t can be Influenced
by kind, rational treatment more easily
than by rough, brutal treatment. The
calf may be handled and petted into a
quiet, kind COW, or it may be kicked
and beaten into a nervous, cross brute.
The quiet COW will give comfort and
profit at the pail. The restless, kicking
thing is an uncertain quantity. She
may sometimes give a good mess of
milk, but it is likely to be kicked over.
The colt may be trained to follow, and
submit to the gentle, kind handling of
a loving groom. Such groom will
have quiet, docile, well-trained young
horse in q short time, and one that loves
to trot or pull just for the fun of doing
what it is told. That sort of young
stef never knew what it was to be
" broken" His will, and wind, and
nerve have never been strained and
hsrassed. He is a natural colt, and his
work is well and kindly done. He never
broke halter, or a tug, or singletree.
He does not know what it is to be afraid,
because he was not subjugated by fear.
His groom was not q fool, who ever
boasted that if the colt did not do this
or that he "would make him do it."
There is a world of difference between
and making Com
In THE ORCHARD.-Watch for insect
pests. II the trees are infested with
bark lice, take them at the time the
young are moving forward, and kill
them with a wash of strong soapsuds, in
which little carbolic acid is mixed, as
heretofore advised by the Prairie Farm
sr. When canker worms are infesting
The trees, syringe thoroughly with Lon
don purple and water. Set traps for
eodliDg moths, or use hay bands about
the limbs of the trees. Look for the
first appearance of tent caterpillars ear
y in the morning and late in the even
ing, when they are clustered in their
nests. After they get size they are not
o. II
along, fastened to a suitable pole; with
his the worms and web may be easily
AIKEN away. Kill them in any manner
hat may suggest itself. Beating on
hard ground is pretty effectual. Do not
'crape trees because the bark is rough.
Many people keep their trees scraped
Town to the quick. They think it looks
lice. 1t is wrong; the bark is for pro-
ection. If the trunk is messy, it shows
he tree is not doing well, and that it
wants fertilizing. Scrape the old scales
way in this instance, wash with very
trong soapsuds, and cultivate and ma
lure the orchard. So if insects have
ound q Judgment in the rough bark,
CLdPO IL away SO CuC u uuAS may U0
'asily washed. Do not scrape to the
quick; the bark is the skin of the tree
md should not be wounded. A light
craping is good, but moss shows that
he soil is too wet, and probably poor.
Under drainage and manuring will help
his. In going over your orchard, keep
n eye out for bad shaped heads and
brading limbs. When you find them,
rune. Do not wait for the regular
running season. There should be none
UGH in a well regulated orchard. Let
our pruning be as light as possible.
The more top, the more root; and in
be West a thick head is not objections
lie. In fact, the thicker the better, so
II parts of the tree get fair amount of
ght. There is, as a rule, more dam
ge done by idjudicious pruning than
y no pruning at all--Prairie Farmer.
TRELLIsEs FOR PEAS AND GRAPEs.-l
he difficulty with the tall-growing
cas- is that of providing sufficient sup
ort, so that their tops may not lop over
nd smother the main portions, be-
ides stopping further growth and bear
lg. "Pea brush" is rather unsightly,
ven at the best, almost intolerabie at
a worst. and in manv cases hard to pct