The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-16
FARM AND HOME.
FARM HINTS

thl ior Gfaihlhg VET gfVuhu. CHeHBS /
are now dry; work is not pressing; every |
loot o.. land a farmer Owls should be /
made profitable, and if the season Is
permitted to pass snd this work is
neglected, 3 year must elspse before the !
opportunity returns.
The horns Of cattle in South Africs are
said to be longer than even those Of our
Texan and are often CuriOusly bent and 1
twis.ad. This is effected by scFaping the |
horn On he sidetoWard which it is de-
sired t.atf Should bend, ara repeating
the operation until the wished for shape
has been attained
"A English farmer, very successful
during ten years IN isttening cattle and
sheer supplied aration made as follows.
Eigh- bushels corn soaked in ten pals
water two day., then simmer for an
hour. a.terwaTd mix with fourteen
pouuls coarse, cheap sugar, aud COM
mingle with cut straw, hay or other iod-
der.
Apples are 20 plentiful IN New Hamp-
shire snd prices so low, that the farmer
cannot afford to pay Tor picking Iaem'
Barrels. on the contrary, are in such de-
msnd that, when some thieves entered
bsrD in South SeabrooE the other
night. they emptied the apples upon the
barn floor aud carried on only the bar
rels.
But for the cactus, .reighting would
be impossible through some Of the s.er-
lie districts Of Mexico, as i furnishes
the hest OF uoulishnent 10 the cattle,
who end neither wa.er nor grass in those
regions. The cactus, on being cut of
and roasted over a fre, so that the
tborss become 50 tened, is eaten vo-
raciously by them, and they viii go Jour
or FIVE days without water when thus
fed.
A farmer Of Boise City, Idaho, catches
400 rabbits Gay. Along his fences he
places traps, boards hinged upon pivOts
above deep pits; the rabbitsjump over the
fences and light on the boards, which tip
up. spill their occupant and reset them.
selves. About 400 rabbits a day Is their
WELD. The farmer gets a cent bounty for
each ear. The rest Of the rabbit be feeds
to his hogs,
To BONE TURKEY The legs snd
wings can be drawn from the body, and
the fowl being thus fattened on table
may be covered with the force-me2t and
INGREDIENTS above named, placed in equal
thickness in every part, then tightly
rolled, bound firmly together with 8
flet Of broad tape, wrapped in a hin
pudding cloth closely tied at both ends
and dressed cook about an hour and a
half
The east Is increasing her aIea Of
wheat. According to the Maine Farmer
one farmer, in Somerset county, Ne, vii
have this year nearly 100 bushels o
wheat. where two years sgo he had bu
80 and in his neighbOrhood are 100 acre
of wheat. In one neighborhood neal
South Thomaston, 1000 bushels were
harvested this season, where, only sil
years ago, scarcely any wheat was raised
Mr.. Crandall, near Burlington, Kansas
will iced this winter 400 head OF cattle
aud 100 head of hogs, and is still owne
of the mammoth OK, Bucephslus, weigh
ing 1850 pounds This animal was takel
to the Neosho Falls and Emporia Fairs
where he made clean sweep, and carried
of all the prizes. His girth is 163 feet
four feet in diameter; six feet high; fOu
feet across the brisket, and his length
from tip of nose to tail l53 feet. He i
in splendid condition, and will be KEEP
over another season.
Teach the boys to love the farm, bu
do not prove hard taskmasters Do 70
make their farm life one of drudgery ans
and toll if you would have their thought
in after life turn lovingly to their ok
homes and happy young lives. Tescl
them that something more than 'muscl
and physical endurance is required, tina
indeed agriculture is a science or art tina
should he conducted according to ciesrl,
defined laws and we'll established p in
cipIes, and success III in proportion 20 III
intelligence that directs it.
WINDGALLs in re horse are the II
suit Of severe work. the hsck sineW
are eucased in a fine sheath which con
tains synoyia. OF as i. is commonly
called, joint-oi. line Use OF This oil j
to facilitate the mouon OF the two great
fexer tendons, one upon tie other s.,
when the pace Is y0O laaJ OF tie labor Toe
energetic, The delicate membrane which
sacrer5s the syDovia become, irr,tated
The consequenceof irritatiouis increase.
secretion. More joint OH is poured out
than the sac can contain. The mem
brane, Therefore, bsgs CUT at those parts
which are weakest. NNildgas IS generally
appear on the hind ltg- because thee
members generally do the heaviest Fsgt
Of the horses work, The-e may be ole
OF three on both sides of each leg.
NrATSIss ON TIRE FABM-Nea-