The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-07-16
AGRICULTURAL
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DO not neglect to cut seed potatoe
ten days or two weeks before planting
Harrow the wheat and rye fields
Better harrow twice, about Il week apart
and then sow the grass seed.
The value of a COW depends mucl
more upon the length Of the milkin.
season than upon the quantity of mill
given for few weeks.
Roll all the grass lands as soon az DIR,
enough to get on. One hundred pounds
of land plaster to the acre on the clover
fields will give a big money reward.
Worms at the roots Of plants can be
exterminnted by watering with a solu
ton made of fresh lime and water Use
after the lime has settled. 1t will i'm
prove the plants.
Pigs are frequently subject to partial
paralysis Of the nerves of the lumber
region, by which motion Of the hind
quarters Is rendered difficult or impos
sblc. 1t sometimes results from infam
nation of the covering membrane OF
the spinal cord, caused by exposure to
cold. The remedy is to rub turpentine
or mustard paste upon the loins, and Il
give Il teaspoonful of saltpetre in the
food once day. Dry pens, and protec-
ton from rains in the hot season are the
best preventives.-E Exchange.
A good remedy for lice on cattle is
water IN which potatoes were boiled.
For every one Of your cattle take two
quarts Of water and eight middle-sized
potatoes cut in half If YOU have ten
cattle you must take eighty potatoes
and twenty quarts Of water. When the
potatoes are soft take them out Get a
large sponge and wash them freely,
n currydomb, and you will be astonished
to sec the effects Of the potato water.
A months feeding on turnips and
clover hay has effected a remarkable
change in the condition of a few old
sheep we know of Poor and strinry
mutton is what helps to make Amcri-
cans dislike it. Turnips assist in thick
ching the loins and rendering the meat
tender and juicy. This is the secret Of
the superiority Of English mutton, and
when American farmers combine turnip-
raising with mutton, more Americans
VIII have taste for mutton-chops.
Baron Liebig says Of agriculture
g Not merely for its utility, but on ac-
count Of the very intclligentnature
Of its pursuit, it stands above all !
occupations, and lis practice procures
to the man who understands the voice /
Of nature, not only all the advantages /
for which he strives, but also those pleas /
ures which science alone can afford /.
There is no profession which, for its sue
ccssiu practice, requires larger amount /
of knowledge than agriculture, and none /
in which actual Ignorance is greater"
\ correspondent Of an exchange has /
tried soaking seed corn in a solution of
chloride Of lime, and saws of it: " BY /
soaking seed corn for seven hours i'm |
very strong decoction Of chloride, corn /
can be forced ahead to maturity two or |
three weeks sooner than it will mature /
otherwise; besides, he thinks, it renders /
the seeds almost proof against the depre- (
dations of gophers. The lime warns up /
the germ of the seed, and sends it up
quickly, giving it two or three weeks the .
start of corn planted in the ordinary way. |
thereby insuring against the frost at the /
close Of the season"
Grade pigs are preferable to any pure /
bred ones for the farmer As rule, it /.
will be found mistake for farmer to
keep Pure-bred animals except males to
produce grades Highbred animals are |
nearly always smaller and more finely .
organized than their grade progeny. I
Their greatest value consists in produ- /
cling an improved progeny from our
common stock This Is large in size,
and in every way more valuable for the
market or for home use than the pure
bred sire would have been. In no kind .
of stock is the fact more manifest than
with swine. No matter what kind of a
breed of pigs is kept, this rule will hold
good.