The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-30
FARM NOTES.
HAPPy the man who tills the feld,
Content with rustic labor;

VI uA!s spunu hiRns pn, .ah 'h'io "
"'' n'''' '''''H'' al" 'f''
PICK of the potato bugs by hand when
'he vines are small IL Will save inc ne
cessi'y ior raris green
No SOIL has yet been discovered IN
this country where remuneratlve crops
can be secured without labor, or sub
stantial property without value received.
The moving machine ought not to be
gagged to cut low, II grass is cut too
close the succeeding crop IL much IN
jured, especially if the summer is dry
one.
Asa rule. in country which produces
wild fruit cultivated variety of the
same NAV be successfully raised. There
fore. wherever the wild blackberry makes
its appearance, the Lawton and other
improved varieties ought to have at least
fair trial.
WHEN plants are TO be transplaEted
they should be well wet down several
ho,irs before moving so as TO allow the
water to soak around the roots. and if
this must be done while the sun is shin
ing brightly it will be best to shade the
plants for time till the water has soaked
in.
Npcu,y,cevrrv ~ W farmer
,,rn,oct. hi. bor,rnnot from hawks and
from thiavos Inv kecning a flock of a
dozen U,inoa fowls He regards them
Lot,or ,Lon onv ,y,tch-dop and says
thot tboy ,,;ve i1stout warning Of the an
.1rnoch ~ . stranger
crnr n,no IS frri, and forcet trcos
noal cln.n attention IN kccn fine soil
Inosa onI ,bo weods from, establiehino
,hn,nsaIyos Tina beds esneciallv If
ayor',rocns uill need shelter from fine
Ln, snn which may ha nrovidrd nv a
ia,,ioo cork If laths nr Erush NAV Inc
n.oJ lint Icss convenient in uoedin9
n,,ol,.,,..aao, ha. .a,a ,a,
"hhS aoI", " ~. .ioii tIne ii'i.
KY anu soar u .nti' ""''i-',Sn.' saw 1t
III ilal'.S ana pun III Two lh ,s Vi wa,
'cf III tiIc water P,'' III nan All ounce Vi
on oil S"SSairns anu one ounce o, SOIL
non " r"rHoIlc "ciu' CloSe 10 ''ic SUI
ia'e Oh the wafer III 'iiih piece OF per.
Erh'ea poaru put over tliiS piece Oh
manner, "'l,i theii P'. III ireSil c"rtil
enough I" hilhpe 'iie nest, anu line WIN
'u' straw VOW l,'' II ic" drops Vi Oh
"i H"7S"irnS "oo"l ''le i'TI p". III your
gigs anu men, ana over III put p"rrci
WIN an nrched opening on one SIDE ny
inns method eggs may he salely Matched
IN January or FEBRUARY, even II III very
dry, warm room-the water D'he"th
furnishing all the necessary moisture.
FARMERS VINO are widc awake ana
gwen 10 investigation 90 not SOW so
m'ich whcn, 10 the acre rs th"y formerly
dld, ana they DO not SOW u so deep
The great, heavy harrows OF ten or
twenty years ago are not now employed
by them III covering seed, ana the dr,ll,
when can lie depended on De','r' Is pc
coming universally popular IN broad
cast sowing, aiter thc ground Is thor-
"llghly prepared. smoothing narrow
VII cover the seed dccp enough. A
WISCONSIN writer gives 'he result OF mn
experiment III planting ~ dliirrent
d"pths.oh me surface, oncionrth men,
onc'hali men, thrce-io''rths men ana
s" on TO several lh'h's. mat on the
surface lay two weeks before sproilt'nR :
that onc-iourth To three-ionrlhs inches
deep came up IN io'lr or IVe days ana
30 on, gclllhg later MS the derth m
creased, The last to come up was plant,
ed three and nan lhrhcS dcep, ana
was fourteen days III reaching me sur
'nce' Az tho ehd OF SIX weeks mar
planted OnC-1Ollfth 10 Onc-llall men deep