The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-08-28
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

A GRAVE mistake is made by farmers
who think that stock must not be fed at
home after the appearance of grass.
Stock viii show this false economy all
through the season.
CHARCOAL, pUlYerized and mixed
with water, is highly recommended as
an agent for relieving cattle suffering
from any arrangement of the stomach,
such as bloat or hoven, etc.
A MICHIGAN lady says that to kill in
sects she uses one teaspOOnful of kero-
sene to gallon of water and sprinkles
it on the plants with a hand-broOm. 1t
destroys green flies and other pests.
GUINEA fowls are the most active de-
stroyers of the Colorado beetle, a writer
claiming that one guinea hen will pro-
tect an acre of potatoes. Whether or
not they possess such a surprising ca
pacity of gizzard, they certainly prey
on the beetle as well as on many other
insect pests.
EARLY lambs may be pushed forward
by giving them a little COW S milk. They
will soon learn to drink this from pan.
The milk should be given warm from
fresh COW, quarter of a pint to a meal.
Do not Overfeed any young animal; that
retards instead of assisting growth.
MICHIGAN sets an example by appro-
priating So, 900 to establish a school
where girls may learn certain branches
of the pursuit of agriculture. The lead
ing course of studies proposed is the
making of butter, cheese and bread,
rearing of poultry, and the cultivation
of small fruits and vegetables.
THE thriftiest calves should be closely
watched when turned to pasture, lest
they be attacked with - black quarter -
This is the effect of two rank and waite
ry food, which impairs digestion An
ounce of EPSON salts may be given with
advantage to each calf when turned out,
as aprecautiOn against this frequent dan
ger.
A VERMONT farmer recommends the
use of sawdust as a bedding for cattle,
to keep them clean and absorb the liquid
manure. An experience of twenty years
in using on a large farm shows that it
does not injure the soil, being freely APP
piled in this way. Some soils no doubt
would be improved by the addition of
sawdust; others might be injured some
what for time until the sawdust de-
cayed.
The Chinese are said to preserve
grapes for a very considerable period by
| cutting a circular piece out of a ripe
pumpkin or gOurd, making an aperture
large enough to admit the hand. The
| interior is then thoroughly cleaned out,
the ripe grapes are placed inside, land the
cover replaced and pressed in firmly.
The whole is then kept in a cool place.
THE result of late experiments in
England show that fifteen and one-half
quarts of the milk of Shorthorns are re-
quired for pound of butter. The same
amount was produced from ten and
One-half quarts of Ayrshire milk, nine
and One-half quarts of Galloway milk
and eight and one-half quarts of Kerry
milk, the milk being produced, as near
ly as possible, under the same condi-
tons.
A FARMER says: ''Four years ago
my farm was fearfully infested with rats.
They were so numerous that l had great
fears of my whole crop being destroyed
by them after it was housed; but having
two acres of wild peppermint that grew
in field of wheat cut and bound with
the wheat, it drove the rats from my
premises. l have not been troubled
with them since, while my neighbors
have any quantity of them. >
THE following remedy for gapes in
chickens we find in the New York Times.
It's efficacy is easily tested: ''Put cup
full of slaked lime and few chickens
affected with gapes in a paper fiOur-sack,
! or any similar receptacle, and give it a
good shaking. The object is to cause
the chicks to inhale the lime-dust, which
either kills the gape-wOrm or elects it by
the violent sneezing which is caused.
That this method is effective l know by
frequent trials"
FLOUR of sulphur, says Prof. Beal OF
the Michigan Agricultural College, has
long been known as valuable remedy
for mildew on grapes. Where there is
a probability of its approach, apply sui
phur on the foliage of all the plants be-
| fore it appears. A hand bellows can be
made with a curved rose on the tip.
Fill this partly full of sulphur; hold it
so as to blow the flour of sulphur on the
under side of the leaves. 1t will take
thirty or forty pounds for an acre. 1t
costs only few cents pound, and q
man can 90 over an acre a day. Again,
| later in the season, go over the vines
| where any mildew appears. Good drain
| age is important. Whether sulphur has
| been used for grape rot in the way above
| mentioned or in any other way, the wri-
| ter is not informed. 1t is worth a trial.
In some portions of Ohio grape rot is
kept off by tying paper sack over each
cluster of grapes when half grown; also
in some cases by placing boards a foot
| wide borizoOtal1J- OvaY. tho traIIiS