The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-21
FARMBR's ALMANAC.


The fifty-third volume of the Western
FARMERS almanac, fer 1880, is on our
table. 1t is handsomely printed, contain
ing 80 pages, not including advertise
nents, and is the best book of its char
acter published in the world. Having
carefully examined the work from be-
ginning to end, we can truthfully say it
is a mort excellent and valuable book
for the farmer and his household, and
cordially commend it to the public. tits
arspertory of valuable Information on
all topics Of interest to the farmers
faultless in every respect and as perfect
In design as it possibly could be. Il
should be in the hands of every farmer
in the United States. The Almanac con-
tains carefully prepared forecasts Of the
weather for the entire year, together
with the signs, principal articles Of the
calendar, Astronomical symbols, eclip-
ses, seasons, explanation of the calendar
pages, ember days, etc. The contents
are original, written expressly for the
annual, are varied and complete, well
adapted to interest and instruct the
farmers family, and are worth dollars
instead Of ten cents, the price asked for
the book. A valuable article on the
Care of Sheep in Winter" ought 10
be read by all sheep-raisers. II will en-
Tighten them on a subject they have
need of information ON. The WesterR
Farmer, in a proper department, ex-
plains the virtue of celery for rheuma-
tisn. and gives seasonahle advice on
whitewashing trees; spreading manure;
how TO pillow we'll; training a colt to
harness; Italian bees; pruning; breeding
fer milk; rich pastures; salt for stock
keeping poultry in orchards; variety in
meals; protecting sheep from dogs; rab-
bits in orchards; how to keep butter;
how TO keep COWS; selection OF garden
seeds; how to drain a hollow; how 10
milk; how to save sweet potatoes; cheap
smoke house; wells; manuring Etrawber-
ry beds; disease in sewers; sweet pots-
toes and chufas for hogs; health OF hor-
ses; agricultural value of charcoal; how
to utilize old fruit cans; where TO locate
an apiary; results of selection in breed
ing; about Matching, etc, and hundred
other useful and valuable suggestions to
the farmer that he ought to be familiar
with. Among the eminent writer's who
have written articles expressly for this
volume of the Western Farmer, are: Hon.
Eugene Underwood, of Kentucky, on
the Improvement of the Navigation Of
the Mississippi River" f. L. Stewart,
Pennsylvania, has q practical and digest
i've article on "Our New Sugar-Plants"
showing how to successfully grow
them for sugar manufacture. Z. Z.
Barney, Dayton, o., tells what he kpaWs
about the "CatalRa Tree" 1t IL enc Of
the most valuable trees sf the forest and
grows in but few States-Tennessee be.
ing one of them whose soil and climate
adapts it to wonderful and successful
growth of this scarce aud valuable tim.
Der, IN. Quad"-and who does not
know him!-the humorous man of the
Detroit Free Press, speaks of THAT Pig
of Ours" You are assured he tells all
about it in his usual funny and inter.
esting style. G. E. Bowman, Frankfort,
KY, gives ''rrolitic View Of Kentucky
its Resources" etc. DOwner & Bro,
Fairview, Ky, give valuable hints on
Small Fruits and Berry Growing"
These are profitable products worth
looking after, and all our farmers
should keep their eyes open and interest
Themselves in their proper cultivation.
J. W. Calkins, Illinois, has Something
About Fencing" His views and sugges-
tions to the farmers on this important
subject are worth fifty times the price
of the ALnaGRGc that he gives them in.
Richard Oswald CoWling, A. n, NJ. D.,
Professor of the Principles and Practice
of Surgery in the University of Louis
vile, tells you What to DO Until the
Doctor C0naes." This is what everybody
is anxious to know, and by reference to
the book on page ~, you will see At q
Glance-it suits almost every accident
and emergency. Robert J. Burdette
(the Burlington HaBkeye mani on the
mouTnful rhyme of William ScTOggs,
entitled go West, Young Man." Peter
Henderson, New Jersey, On Couture of
Pearl Millet." Henry Glover, Ken
lucky, on Tobacco Culture" Nearly
all our farmers in Tennessee cultivate
tobacco more or less, but from some
to to the standard and make it paying
business. They should thoroughly test
their lands under the instructions of ex-
perienced scientists who have given |
their attention to the cultivation of to-
bacco. VIM. Skene, Kentucky, on EFF |
fects Of Commercial Fertilizers. In |
der the heading of Paragraphs, there
are q hundred and one things farmers
should know. Besides the above valu-
able and interesting matter, the Farm
sr's almanac contains business notices
from some Of the best aud most reliable
houses In the world, thus enabling its
many readers to get the very best bar
gains at the lowest price. The printed
circulation of this issue of the almanac
s 100, 900 copies. Enclose ten cents to
John p. Morton s. Co., Publishers,
90 and 15S Main Street, Louisville,
Ky, and-get copy of this excellent
md valuable annual.
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