The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-30
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


! THICK lime whitewash thinned with
strong decoction of tobacco stems, ap-
piled to fruit trees Just as winter sets in,
/ Is recommended as a preventive against
rabbits and other animals gnawing the
/ bark during the winter season.
/ A CORRESPONDENT of the Lancaster
! Farmer says that eggs, perfectly fresh,
/ placed on small end in a basket or box
| and set away in the cellar were found
six months later as good as the day they
were laid. He adds that his father prac-
! ticed this simple plan with success dur
ing 80 or 40 years.
A ooRREsPONDENr of the Michigan
Farmer reports that one of several pear
| trees, all surely dying of blight, was
saved by g daubing inseed oil on the
I bark, from-FoOts up as far as he could
reach. filling every crack and crevice
| full" Of the others, not similarly
anointed, only few live sprouts remain.
WEEDS on gravel walks may be de-
strOyed and prevented from growing
again by cOpious dressing of the cheap
est salt. This is a better method than
manipulating, which disturbs the gravel
and renders constant raking and rolling
necessary. One application early in the
season,.an others as may be needed
while the weeds are small, viii keep the
walks clean and bright.
To keep grapes sound for several
months the Southern California Hort
catLtl5TiSt recommends spreading the care
fully gathered punches thinly on shelves
or tables few days to wilt the stems a
little, then pack in a tightly jointed box,
alternately between liberal layers of
clean, dry-rye straw (cut into inch
lengths) and store in cool place where
there is no exposure to dampness.
LATE experiments made in Germany
in relation to the cooling of milk before
1t is set for the cream to rise shows that
while there is no essential difference be-
tween its cream-rlsing capacity in the
one instance over the other excepting
that the process of souring is longer re
tarded in the cooled milk, the butter
made from cream from the cooled milk
keeps far better than that made from
milk set to rise without cooling.
A HORSE that paws during the time
that it is feeding is a disagreeable
nuisance. A correspondent of the New
York Tribune repeats the following adj
vice: Fasten a short piece of Iog-chain
say five or six hnks-by means of a
light strap, to his leg, just above the
knee Gin the stable, of course), and see
how quickly that paving horse will leave
off the habit. In most cases a few days
will be sufficient to effect a cure.
To ascertain how tall tomato plants
would grow, if carefully trained and
pinched back, Mr. E. S. Carman set
three against the barn, and held the
stems in place by feathers tackled over
them as support became necessary.
September 5 they had reached height
of y feet, and were loaded with golden,
crimson and green fruit. The good sug-
gestiOn is made that this vine might be
prOtitably as well as Ornamentally util-
lied as covering for, old trees, fences,
outbuildings, ETC.
. THE horns, of our COWS seem to be
neither ornamental nor useful. AS a
} means of warfare they can only have
consideration, but warfare and gOring is
precisely what we desire to keep away
from the barn-yard. English farmers
where herds are probably more precious
and closer confined than in America,
have introduced the practice of unborn
!, ing cattle by clipping the small prOjec-
tons in calves, when half an inch long,
using simply a strong pam of shears. 1t
. Is true it, hurts the calves somewhat.
There will be little bleeding, but that
. Will stop III an hour or two and the
calves will soon resume eating.
SWEET CORN is much better than the
field sorts to grow as fodder. The stalks
are sweeter as well as the grain. 1t
, should not, however, be sOwn. Grown
! in close, compact masses, excluding the
; light, the stalks possess little value and
t will not be relished. The better way is
+; to drill widely apart, so as to give room
for the cultiyatOr to work between the
} rows. Then cut as the ears are begin
!
.. cult to cure; but this IS not its best use.
, Enough should be sown for feed in
August and September for the COWS land
if grown as directed above it will not
, disappOint reasonable expectations.
THE cheapest plan of erecting a
greenhouse, says the Germantown
Telegraph, is to dig out a pit in side
hill where the upper end will be Just
above ground and the lower end will be
two or three feet above ground, where
the door must be, with two or three
steps down for an entrance. Wall up,
roof the wall, and cover the whole sash,
: as in hOt-beds, the sash having more
I fall, say three feet in width of two, the
house being fifteen by ten. Erect in this
: the stand of shelves, and when it is time
to take up the summer flowers, bulbs,
etc, store them here. The glass should
be covered with thick straw mats, which
! can be removed even when the weather
: is coolest in clear weather for an hour
or two at midday to get the warmth
and influence of the sun. At such times
ventilation also should be attended to
by slightly opening a sash or two. No
: fire is needed. Nearly all readily flow
ering plants will bloom, and there will
, scarcely be a week during the winter
! that bouquet may not be gathered if
!, the house is properly managed. The
summer is the time to make it and have
it ready for fall.
What the Farm Should Be.