The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-24

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difference in the demand for honest
work.
Ncatness. Keep your farm buildings
and all your premises absolutely clean.
Use absorbonts, such as dry earth and
ashes, and all offensive gases will dlsap-
pear, thereby promoting health and pros
perity.
Poor Land.-thcre is no greater mis-
take than to suppose that land Is never
too poor to grow beans. il IS true that
white beans will grow on very poor soil;
but TO grow them well and obtain n good
early crop, manure is needed
Rose Sugs. The rose slug, so de-
sructive to our rose bushes mt this sea-
son Of the year, may be destroyed by
busting the plants, while wet with dew,
with air-slacked lime. Swinging the
bushes with strong solution of soap.
suds is also recommended.
Laying Hens. Laying hens need
great dead Of lime in order that their eggs
may have the proper thickness of shell.
Nothing better can be given than raw
eggs crushed fine They nre Of special
value on account Of the fatty matter con-
tanned in their cells.
PerchCs, When putting up perchcs
use some Judgment, at least in placing
them SO FIR apart that the fowls can not
peek one another. This alone is fruit
fuI cause Of many injuries happening
them in their endeavors to escape from
their bclligercnt ncighbors.
.'Prolts on Pouliry.-The Connecticut
Enrn,rr SAYS that Mr.. T.. Bailey, Of Lit
tie Compton. Il. T., has kept 1000 to
200 hens during the past five years,
and realized from each an annual profit
of 8l.lj. Large llocks are not lmcom-
mon in that vicinity, the poultry interest
being largely developed
The Orchard. Few realize the ncccs.
sity of manuring orchards. When once
planted, III" trees are to remain ON the
same soil thirty or forty years ut least
They in few years exhaust the food in
the soil that they are the most fond of,
and then they will cease to be pro
duciye and thrifty unless properly fed.
BE Kind TO the Cows. No man can
succeed with COWS and get the best posi-
bic returns from them who cannot mt
first and ut all times he master Of him
self. Gcntlcncss and Kindness must be
constant companions of the dairyman.
There can he no departure from this
course only at the severe loss in profit
from the dairy. roGn.
Tree Wash. Potash dissolved in
water, or I've from wood ashes, is the
best wash for the trunks and large limbs of
rruittrccs Whitewash should not he used
as it closes the pores of the bark, which
should be kept open in order to insure
healthy tree Pottasho lyc answers every
purpose which whitcwash would, with
none Of its objections.
Hedges. Experienced hedge growers
in this country say that to be successful
in making good and lasting hedge
fence. we should set the plants eight
inches apart. cultivate well for three
years or until the canes are at least one
inch in diameter Then plash down,
leaving the canes standing at about an
angle Of forty degrees
Oh, Limbcrgcr!- Thousands of tons
of LlmberGcr cheese are produced every
season. mostly in the States of New York
and Wisconsin, at cost Of less than half
that Of the imported article. II finds its
market and is consumed mostly by ON
Gcrman-Amcrican population 1t is
more profitable to the farmer and maker
than any other kind of cheese, because
from given quantity of milk more
weight is produced.
Cheap Ornament ition.-Thcre is no
mere ornament, either inside or outside
of house. SO cheap and tasteful as
plants and flowers. The architecture of
your house or room is rarely noticed, but
the beauty of ilowcring shrubs, or the liv-
ing arabesque Of thrifty crcepcr over
Your door are lessons of taste and beauty.
Suburban or country residences are sadly
deficient without these simple yet beauti-
full accessories
Jerusalem Artichokcs.-,Jc Jerusalem
artlchokcs are growing in favor; they are
rrlishcd by nearly all domestic animals.
They may he left in the ground all win
ter, and when dug in the spring are crisp
and fresh and the most acceptable change
IN the feed. The round. short variety |
called Brazilian is best The seed is
cut the same MS potatoes, burrows made
three feet apart, and the pieces dropped
about twelve or fifteen inches apart in the
Iurrow and covered with few inches of
earth.
Lots Of Jaw.-The so-called bE-jaw
II cattle is due to scrofulous disease af-
Letting the lung structure II is = con.
disease for which there is no
'urc. It's development may to some ex-
ent be retarded, while the animal is fat
ened for market, by giving three
lrachms each of tincture of iron and
incture of gentian, in u pint of water,
vice daily, during every other week.
Us the disease is hereditary, such ami
mails should not be n0Ad for breeding
purposes.