The Osceola times., 1879-04-05
SOUTHERN PARn AND HONE.
AensCulrUsAL norss.

The hogs OF this country are douph
ths value Of the sheep and half the vsin'
sf the cattle.
To save the pos.s from decay, dip III
ends TO bs set in the ground In petro
leum or psiut, or char them.
Sheep fatten quicker when loose 1,
peDe Of half q dcsen, than by sp,
method Of stalling or tying up esoi
sheep.
Lay plans for the year without delay
The iosehand man works to great sdvsn
tage. He loses no time; everything i
done ct the proper moment
Pick up the odds and ends that a.,
going 70 waste around you. Hides
horns hoofs, bones, wax, moss and man y
other tribes have cash value.
A farmer BY the name Of Dunning, In
Cook county, Ill raised last year one
hundred tons OF squashts from forty
acres Of land, and had good corn crop
besides
A small quantity OF sup~rphosphate
dropped upon potatoes when planting
inciea-es the yield, and Is . remedy
against worms and insects, by which scab
and other diseases are produced.
Az soon - warm weather comes on
lice and ticks become active, and annoy
the animals greatly. A mixture OF lard
and kerosene oil, put ON the back aud
brisket OF cows, calves and shesp will
have good effect.
II you own but forty acres Of land, or
only ten, be content with 1t. Improve
it in every possible manner. Push pro.
duction to Its utmost limit You will
soou find that "littIe farm well TILED"
ID better than gold mine.
Whether the evening or morning milk
Of the COW is the most solid In butter, lie
what is engaging the attention OF scisn-
tists II is claimed that the evening
milk produces nearly twice the butter
that the morning milk does.
Never try to beat colt into dcing
thing; or, II nervous, he may turn out
vicious horse, and II stupid, be may
become stubborn. Remember that by
patience aud ge1tleness he can b. got 20
do any thing that will not hurt him.
Farm harnesses should often be we'll
washed 10 CASTLE sosp, and after being
nearly dried, treated u liberal amount
OF the best neatssoot oil, we'll rubbed In
TO perform the work properly the hsr
pess should be taken entirely apart.
In order to properly fumiests the
poultry house, put into burning sulphur
Q pound Of old tobacco leaves, or q piece
OF common resin twice - big ~ an egg,
and Close the house perfectly tight. In
sects can not live In that kind of sn
atmosphere.
To make hens lay the whole year, give
e,ch hen hall an ounce OF fresh meat
every day, and mix . small amount of
ned pepper with their food In the winter
Give them plenty of grsin, water, gravel,
and lime, and allow no cocks to run
with item.
Fattening beef animals pays; but
trying 10 fxtten inferior animals Ia A
waste Of energy, time and lsbor. The
animals should be selected with special
references TO the rapidity with which
they will fatten; to the quality Of the
beof, Hneness of bone, compaclness Of
body, and small amount Of offal which
the carcass will yield.
The man who plants an apple orchard
does not expect TO get any return OF
consequence until IL Is ten or twelve
years cid bat he plants for all. He
Knows that, II be wants TO sell hi. land
before the trees bear fruit, the statement
on the sale bills that the arm contains
IAN orchard Of fruit trees lust comipg
into bearing" will help the bidding
wonderfully and 1t will be the same
with trees when orce the exact position
OF the timber question i understood A
piece OF woodland properly planted and
well located will come into Us, be or. nn
apple orchard will sni a farm OF one
hundred acres which could advertise
that 1t had i've acres of young iore.t ten
years old would bring far more than in.
terest on cost.
Country folks are In general 90 fully
occupied with Affairs tha, they have no
time TO discover how Lonesome they
really are. 50 far "A this is concerned
We think 1t q misfortune. We are too
busy; We work too hard we take too
lew or no holidays read and think too
little, and DO not spend ,uffi cient time
In social culture. There Is no reason
why those who plough the soil, or whose
talk Is OF bullocks," should not expeTi-
ence the refnements which are the result
OF formal social lie. In business. Al
bargains, In pursuit Of dollars. no man
is seen at his bsst. He /. thorny, .piny
with his back up, as q porcupines might
be, at his business. Let one doe hi.
working clothes, and enter a rom full
OF his neighb,rs men aud women
youths and msidens-a and he il ssmsn OF
another kind. He naturally falls into
the ways OF an intuirive kindn,s,: the
doing to his companion what be would
that he shsuld do TO him. He "lets
himself out" TO please, and, after an
evening spent In social converse, he
Ietires with many rough corners snd
asperities toned down. For a few dsy,
the influence remsins. II would b. per.
msoent II it could be reinforced now and
then, and the good results would he
most agreeable aud useful There /. no
dimculty in bringing these good iphu-
ences 10 bear. Two or three psrsops with
energy and some msgne ti-m about them
can put them In motion with ease Now
Is the time TO begin tine effort -rRaral
New Yorker.