Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-17
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
An Interesting Budget = Pertaining
10 IA to Agricultural Affairs.

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9 To cure sscab in sheep, rub it with
plain petroleum with asponge three
tunes week. Dogs can be cured of
mango in the same way. Il S88E
8 In cultiyating sweet potatoes do not
let the vines root at the joints, as "a
merous small potatoes will form there
at the expense of large oaes. 18E
Land laid down with clover is better
than money in bank, drawing more in
terest than any bank can pay, and com.
pounding the interest oftener.
AS q general thing, it is cheaper
and more convenient to get seeds OF
the regular seedmen than to save them
But if any are saved. let them always
be of the earliest. fairest and best
specimens.
The manure of COWS and pigs resist
decomposition for longer time than
that of the sheep and horse, both the
latter being dryer than the former, and
decomposlng more readily in the soil.
1t is stated that Indian corn charred
into charcoal will make valuable
condiment for poultry. It will put
the hens in good health, and cause q
general toning up of the system that
will be seen in more and better eggs
Being the last of the warm mon this.
September is apt to be overrated. 1t
is q matter-of fact sort of a month,
in which shrewd people discount the
remainder of the season and perpars
for the comforts of q long, cold win.
ter, so far as they may.
Gardening is regularly and practis
cally taught in more than &c, 600 pri>
| mary schools in France. Every school
house, has its garden, and teachers
must be not only good gardeners but
qualified to teach horticulture or they
can not pass examination. m
One Of the 7plainest indications OF
unsuccessful farming is to see manure
going to waste or unemployed. When
this is seen there is no need looking
beyond the stables and yards to find
out the condition Of the farm or to
judge of the success of its owner,
There is more money in good poul-
try-raising, cosidering its cost, by one
half, to be had annually, that can be
realized from the pigs or the sheep on
a farm. And yet the latter are, fed
and housed and bred every where, "a
the entire neglect, aImess, of fowl
stock
For kicking horse fill an old sack
with hay and suspend it from the loft
by means of q rope, in such manner
that the horse will be able to kick it
every time it swings against him. Let
him kick until he stops of his own &C.
cord, and you will have no more
trouble with him that way.
1t is believed by many that red clio
yer is one of the most valuable of soil
ing crops. A half acre will keep one
COW throughout the months of June,
July and August, if cut aid fed at the
stall !; while more than twice this q :
mount of land, if grazed, according to
experiments in England, will barely
subsist cow during the same time.
Cows that have access to water at
all times will drink often, but little
at the time. and return to their feed
ing. Cows deprived Of sufficient sup
ply of water fail in milk and flesh,
and when they are allowed to fail. it
is almost impossible to bring them
back to their proper yield of milk and
condition of flesh, at least without
extra expense or trouble. ggo
aa Almost valuable remedy for heaves
and said 20 be surecure Forty sum
&C buds, one pound OF Tosin,! one7pint
Of ginger halfa pound ofrmustard,
one pintof unslacked lime, one pound
ofepsom salts, four ounces Of gum
guiaeum, six ounces of cream tartar
MIX thoroughly aHd divide into thirty
powders, and give one every morning