The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-20

Feeding Salt. An excess of salt in
the food retards the fattening of ami
mails
Chicken Cholera Remedy.-Chopped
onions with little ginger mixed in, is
said 10 be sure cure for chicken cholera.
Farm Machinery.--It should be UNI
derstood that there is more wear from
rust than from use, with farm machinery.
Live StOck.-The coat is now changed
and good brushing or carding helps the
shedding of the hair by stimulating the
skin.
Succession CrOps.-Bects, radishes,
meas, etc. should be sown at intervals of
Two weeks or so, that there may be
succession of fresh "pickings" or "pull-
ings" through the season.
Bleeding yines.-An English grape
grower stopped the profuse bleeding OF
thrifty young vine by forming sort
Of hard cement over the cut ends by
repeated busting at short intervals with
Portland cement.
Rich Milk.-To increase the yield OF
rich milk give cows every day water
slightly warm and slightly alted, in
which bran has been stirred at the
rate of one quart to two gallons OF
water.
Young Orchards.-The soil of young
orchard may be kept in cultivation un-
til the trees begin to bear; grain should
never be grown except Indian corn,
but potatoes and root crops are the
best.
Physical Vitality Cows, wnen they
cxpend vitality in labor, eat more; when
they expend it in keeping warm they
need more food, and when they eth
lay on fat or produce milk, or grow,
need food in proportion.
Cabbage WOrms.-A New York far
mer kills the cabbage worm by sprnkl
ing the plants with common back pep,
per from an ordinary tin box-a pound
to $50 plants sometimes previously
sprinkling with soapsuds from the weeks
washing.
The Garden. Keep the garden per-
fectIy clean of weeds at the start as
weapon in the struggle against the
enemy. Nothing does better execution
than heavy rake with long, harp teeth,
but it must be used early and often.
Weeds that can not be killed by this are
all too large.
Tree Culture A correspondent of the
COmtry Gentiema, recommends clearing
away the surface earth from around the
trunks of fruit trees, down to the branch
roots, and giving the trunk and upper
surface of the roots good coat of white.
wash with salt in it He says it will
greatly improve the appearance Of the
foliage.
Pruning. trees can be pruned
at any time, provided only small limbs
or twigs have to be cut The rule
should be to 80 prune the trees that no
large limbs would have to be cut. Cuts |
made in June will heal sooner than at
any other time but requires more care
at that time as the bark peels so easily. |
Poultry Vermin. run riot
among poultry and many poor fowls die
of diseases caused by the constant wor.
riment of lice and fleas As the weather
grows warm this is to be looked after,
and the flock freed from the pests. Free
use of kerosene Ill or crude petroleum,
about the rooSts and creviccs of the
nests, and clean earth in the runs and
houses will effect deliverance.
A Rich and Cheap Manure Chip
dirt AIKEN from unden the wood pile Is
known by most to be an excellent feril.
izcr fo many kinds of shrubs and trees
and in view of these sclf-evidcnt benefits
derived from he Use of dccayed wood,
farmers can lcvote few DAYS time to
no better work than hauling sawdus
for next winters use as bedding or an
absorbent of liquid manure.
Sheep and Lambs.-As lambs grow
and thrive, ewes suffer. All the growth
OF the lamb comes from the eve. The
suggestion should carry its own moral
viz, feed the eve. There is no food so
nourishing for lamb as the dams mi k
and plenty Of it produces the finest
RI he nYr' fr a. tnR |
lamb, but not for market lamb, Ticks
will become troublesome and fret the
flock. The use of a strong decocton of
tobacco will DESTROY these uests.
Rrass.-With doubled yield of corn
and productive crops of roots, more land
can be laid down to grass. 7 he cheapest
and the most essential produci of the
sol is grass. The better the system of
agriculture the better will be the grass
produced. Orchard grass for dry soils,
and red-top for low land are now
thought more of than heretofore. A
study of the character and value of the
best grasses and their cultivation and
protection is now of great Importance.
COws.-Garget and abortion trouble
the dairymen. We believe in proven
ton. The former may surely be pre-.
vented by due care. AS soon as the
udder contains milk, it should be ne
lieved by drawing off a part of it, if there
is any tendency to hardness. These
di'eases are often consequence of weak.
ness. A fat animal may be weak foI
want of food. When cows time ap-
proaches and the feed is suddenly re-
duced, disturbance of the system i:
caused. Circulation becomes irregular,
and the congestion occurs in the most
susceptible organs. The udder is the
principal one of these at this PERIOD and
an attack of garget is very sure to occur.
This may not always be so, but long ex.