The Osceola times., 1879-03-29
SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME.
AesnCuLruRAL NOTES.

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Excessive moisture IL injurious to
shesp.
A lining Of tarred paper in poultry
houses Il recommended as preventive
for lice.
II yeu want manufacturing establish,
ments to come to your towns, reduce
your taxes.
The worst whisky Is made from apples.
b bad enough which Is made from corn.
Farmers this year should make de-
termined effort to raise the mortgage on
their farms, whatever else they may at
tempt to raise.
Potatoes cut ten days or two weeks
before planting, and sorinkled with
plaster, will sprout earlier and grow
better than when cut and planted on the
same day.
The finest wheat in the world is grown
In Barbary and Egypt, a fact which has
always existed and always will, on ac>
count ef climatic influences. The Scotch
Il the poorest.
It IL reported from jersey that the
demand for the island cattle Is in excess
Of al previous experience. France and
America are competing with England
sor any choice specimens.
urge farmers to associate that they
may have their inspirations kindled.
Farm life develops steadiness of char
acter; but isolation not only dries up
hm~~su .vu.n.tk;a. hut .ba ;ntallaot ha
becomes moldy, unless . spirit OF inqui.
~ h awakened at some time of life
lHon. Jas. Wilson.
II IL stated thrt Minnesota miller
has invented an entirely new process of
grinding wheat, which does away with
the millstones now In use and substitutes
therefor . vertically running granite dice
In direct combination with a circle of
French burr. This new process produces
30 per cent sf middlings.
The hland OF Jersey, In the English
channel, produces remarkable variety
oil csbbsge called the Jersey-cow cab
bAge, which grows 10 the height Of three
or four feet, and IL cultivated for fodder.
The stalk, which Is tall and very straight,
b often made into walking sticks and
when smoothed of and vanished 1t Is
similar In appearance to bamboo cane.
Three or four bushels of corn meal,
with . quart Of salt, In hogshead of
water, stirred occasionally for three or
four days until 1t ferments, Is much bet
ter and far cheaper than feeding either
meal or corn to growing pigs. You can
add bran or riidd!ings or slops TO II;
and when half used, fiji up with water,
and % repeat, adding meal when needed |
and little salt. This will bear q good |
deal OF thinning, and it's the cheapest
method known Of making pork.
Many orchards become unrroduc.ive. |
To restore them to productfveness SOW
them in clover, and when the cover Is
we'll established turn In the hogs and
sheep. Their droppings will fertilize the
ground. They will pick up all the worm. |
falls, and this will wonderfully lessen the
destruction Of fruit by worms. Top
dressing OF rotten manure, leaf mold,
ashes, lime, etc., are very beneficial to |
orchards that have been in bearing for
few years. Orchards can only be kept
BY good care, good manuring and good
pruning. Labor Is indispensable to sue
cess In fruit culture, as in all other
things.
Never put the hands into butter.
There Ia no excuse for doing 30, and
every sense of cleanliness fjrbids IT,
Even If the hands are clean, still az but
tel absofbs any and every impurity with
which 1t comes in contact, excessive per-
spiration OF the hands, or any humer of
the blood might thus be impaired to the
butter. A wooden ladle should be used
to lift the butter from the churn or 10
turn 1t over while being washed.
Previous to 1888 there were but few
mules in this country, AID those of an
inferior order It is we'll known that
Washington introduced into the United
States superior breed OF mules. As
soon as 1t became known that this illus.
trious statesman and farmer desired to
stock his Mount Vernon estate with
mules, the hing OF Spain sent him jack
and two jennies from the royal tables
and Lafayette sent jacks and iennies
from the island OF Malta.
Agriculture can not be carried on by
any rigid rule. The soil of no two fields
10 precisely alike, or would be alike
benefited by the same treatment. Ne
two seasons are precisely alike. All is
variety, change. Intelligent farming is
learned to adapt methods to condition
and circumstance. There are fixed
principles that apply TO csch condition.
The man who mas .ers principles can be. |
come a master in practice. Modify all
principles according to the soil and
climate.
Malt is eagerly eaten by all kinds OF
live stock, on account OF its sweetness;
but the result of many careful expert.
ments has shown hat the benefit derived
from feeding 1t do not repay the trouble
and cost in mailing the grain. Every
advantage from the mailing may be
gained by simply adding little mo.
lasses to The fodder or grain, and this is
much cheaper. In mailing grain there
Is lox OF substance, as well as change
OF lis form in termination, and this
reduces the actual value of the grain,
although 1t renders it more pslstsble.
Pomologists generally disapprove of
raising wheat and other similar kinds Of
grain in young orchards, on account of
the tendency OF such crops TO dry up
the coil in summer, leaving the trees to
suffer for want of moisture. In wet
soils the grain might be beneficial ,n-
stead of injurious, especially in wet sea,
sons; still, as a rule, we should prefer to
plant the land In orchards with some
kind OF crop requiring cultivation in
summer. Potatoes, peas, beans or ot er
low growing kinds are preferable 10 corn