The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-07-15

AND USEFUL INroRMArIoS.
Farm Mates.

Sell the sheep that lag behind
when you call them.
Corn smut is not especially iDju-
riOus to cows, but the smut of rye
is.
Oil Of lavender will drive away
aeas. HelIebore sprinkled on the
floor at night destroys coekroaches.
Plant cabbages. If they bring a
good price, sell them; if not, feed
them TO the sheep, mich cows and
pigs.
a bullock when slaughtered
yields about fifty pounds of blood,
which tor fertilizing purposes is
worth twenty -five cents.
Experience has demonstrated
that the best soil on which to raise
the e9rly Amber cane is q sandy
loan well fortified.
Give sheep plenty of water. win
ter and summer. Ii they don't
drink it, you may know they don't
need it They are good judges of
their own needs.
Good blowing means the thor
Ough pulyerizatiOn Of the soil, and
the best plowman is be who can
break up the ground into the finest
PARTICLES
Several agricultural journals are
recommending bitter aloes as lice
eKterminatOr on cattle. II Is to be
applied in powdered form by dust
ing it into the hair on the animal.
Many people consider e mixture
of the different kinds of fowls, such
as Brahma, Dorking and Game the
best for general use, when special
pure breeds are not the priL cipal
object.
1t is claimed by many experience
cd flock masters that The practice
of immersing sheep il water is
neither natural nor healthy for the
animal, and that it Is Injurious TO
man, and ought TO be abolished.
II is said that there is no better
way TO destroy sorrel that TO pillow
the land in early summer, and in
July SOW buckEheat. SOrreI is
potash plant and mas sometimes
been used as a fertilizer for po-
tatoes.
A correspondent OF the Indiana
Farmer says twenty-five years ex-
perience has taught HIM that he
can cultivate more acres of corn in
Il IL
and that three feet nine inches is
the proper width to have between
the rows.
The real amount of damage done
by lice and parasites generally on
poultry is not commonly known.
With nIne-teuths of the people.
whenever . fowl dies, it is said TO
be from cholers, whereas the true
cause At the bottom Is much more
likely to De vermin or rOup.
VI. GustaYe Grit, g Frencbuau,
has discovered q method of preSery-
ing vine leaves for food, which ne
has tried for two years Alta he
ing preserved for several mo&ths
the leaves are in as good condition
as when fresh cut, and sheep and
oxen are said to be very fond Of
them as food.
Mix 3 little sulphur with sat,
and feed occasionally TO sheep L
will efectually destroy sheep ticks, I
The same remedy applied to cassie 1
with lice will soon rid
them of vermin. The use of sui /
Dhur with salt well .epays the
trouble of keeping a supply for cat ,
lie and sheep. II mixture of one
part of sulphur with seven of salt
be freely applied, there viii be no
trouble with yermiu. TOu can give
horses the mixture with good et
iect.
Clover and timothy should be
ut when in full blossom; if allowed
20 get ripe, the quality Of hay is not
10 good. By beginning early, the
work need not be hurried. Use
he mower after the dew is of in
he forenoon. Cut only as much as
AN be well cared for. II is often
-emarked that the average quality
of hay is not so good as before the
of the moving ms
chimes, from the temptation to cut
he grass faster than it can be
cured.
Thin-haired Hogs.-A eorrespon-
lent Of the Berkshire Bulletin, writ
ng from Canada says: l have care
-uliy noticed for the past six years
he feeding qualities of hogs (puFe
8erkshires) as indicated by the
quantity and quality of their hair
find in every instance that the
and thin haired have made
he latest pigs, have began to get fat
soonest and consumediesS than those
Of coarser and thicker hair. This
rear and last l have fatted over f
" yOungs, and the difference has
been greatly 10 favor of thin and
inc haired animals. The choice
vas no: from any particular litter,
pat from several htters of various
strains. 1T has been argued that a
.hick and fine coat Is evidence of s
good constitution, and highly nee
sssary in = cold climate 1t msy
De so, but as the ultimate end of all
pig Is pork, and IS pork is required
o be made quickly and chesply to
pay st all, should say the pig that
makes pork quickest and cheapest
5 the best constituted pig. As
nave obserFed no difference in the
climate effect in this northern eli
nate of ours on the thin haired
ipecimens of the genius Sus, 1 de- ]
;Iare him to be the best kind 70
Keep"