The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-04-14
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.

WE'D E = ~ - e : 3 Z as6Y.
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.
The Hsssan - doing oonsiddFaBlsl
damage To the wheat CROP around Char
lotte.N M. @. - ~ - -
: Annual exporta Of Texas $50 eO, Oeo,
of which $30,000,0 600 Is brought in
through cotton alone. VI aazIAzd
Bees. No one shOuld kpectg TO b
SUCCESSFUL with bees, II atlnwihfng 70 at
tend to them. They will suffer from
neglect just as soon as any other insect,
animal or growing crops Of grain. If
there is not sufficient bloom near them,
there.HilI be no honey surplus for their
owner; rinTsqch case Pasyurage may be
prOvided by cultIYating hOney-produc-
ing Shrubs, trees and plants.
Sulphur for Sbeep.-An, exchange
says 4lix a little sulphur with salt
and feed occasionally to sheep. 1t Will
effectuallY- cure sheen of al ticks. The
same remedy applied to cattle troubled
with lice Willsoon rid them of the YER
min. The use of sulphur with salt well
repays the trouble of keeping assupply
for cattle and sheep. It a mixtnre Of
one part of sulphur with seven Of salt
be freely supplied, there. will be no
trouble, With ~,vefmips -Yop can give
horses ne nhiiE Tyre Yitth gqoa eject q
If a man can fill his ears with cotton
or move on the prairie Whereehe has no
neighbors, it will pay to keep a few
Guinea hens. They Jay more eggs than
the common fowl. It is also claimed
thar one Of them viii keep one-half an
acre Of potatoes clear of beetles, etc,
and at the saIaetim answer .theP purpose
of baTometeb ia-pf edicting the changes
in the weather.@-a1f tiTeir merits balance
their music, get some. eggs and hatch
out ssFpes tAeX are good geaging5 and
less you want to hunt the neighborhood
high and low for them every egening.G
They can run,-AmerjcaB St0cknaan.
CoFaRsdRKE - esttSis.- american
farmers, for the most part, have yet to
learn the value Of a covered yard for
their stock. There are many days in the
year when cattle could be turned Into
such a yard when they would other-
wise be condemned, on account of the
weather, to stand all day in the stable.
The roof would prevent all waste Of
manuEe from washing, pW0nld7make
the yard 50 clearly and comfortable that
the animals. could lie down. In this
country, where wood is cheap andaal-
most every man sufficiently handy to be
his Own, earPeHter, weR are Tconvinced
that farmers lave only to see the adj
vantagesOf such Yards 20 adopt them at
Once.-Ee0 York Herald.
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Pruning OrChardS.-Never prune
when the wood Is frozen. MANY
Orchardssare ruined by too severe prun-
ing. For instance, a-dead limb occurs,
four to six inches in diameter, Oman. old
tree; it is sawed off, or perhaps the,ax is
used, making avery rough job of it at
best. This is avery suitable place for
the fat-headed borer-tO begin on, which
soon makes it a place for the rains to
enter, when decay follows, and soon
there is,a hole in the tree which, if not
apparently hurting the tree, is none the
less using it up, and causing inferior
fruit. This may be ObViated by first
giving the dead stub coat of oil, then
nail niece of tin or pine shingle on it
to act asa roof. This would save many
a good tTee.- a
How to 1filk.-This may seem absurd
advice to'Offer to farmers, but our ex-
perience has shown Us,that every farmer
does not know how to milkpFeperly, or,
rather, that he does not always carry out
the knowledge he may have. In the first
place, never allow the hands or udder to
be wet with milk q before milking.
When ready to milk, take the pale on
the left arm, and with both hands brush
off every bit Of dust and all particles of
bedding from. the cows udder. IF the
udder IS not readily cleaped in this way,
use a sponge and warm water. Milk
quickly, and allow no Unparalleled hand
at the COW, unless you intend to dry the
animal.a-AbeEeall, milk eleansazAsveFy
little inattention here will soon render
valuable COW unremuneratiYeE in the
dairy. 81 %
Winter on the Farm. Farmers gen
orally cut their years supply of fire.
wood in winter Cut down old trees
that have passed. their prime and are
taking M land 81 wing nothing in re-
Turn@ sII0p on ali dead branches and
cut down the husk from about the
fences and corners of pastures. Look
over the tools that will soon be needed
for spring work, and mend the broken
ones. If time hangs heavy on your
hands, give more attention to the fowls,
and so make them profitable. If
chickens are warmly housed, regularly
supplied with water in the middle of
the day, and have at least one meal of
cooked food per day, the. hens viii lay
even in winter. BY this time all the
surplus BOOSTERS should have been killed
off. They should have been separated
from the pJtllets since they arrive at
maturity. FoRlsneed variety in them
food in winter. Keep large pot in the
kitchen, In. this-put. potato Parings,
cabbageIeayes, celerytops, and all sorts
of REFUSE Cook. every night and feed
warIasin the morning. The result from
flock of twenty hens and Pufiets VIII be
from seven to nine eggs daily all through
the winter. Ag - ~ - =
SaItsfOr StOek.-Fhe yalueaof salt for
stock cannot be oVerrated.A 1t is an nns
doubted fact that where animals have
unrestrained access to salt at all times
many of the diseases TO which they are
liable are warded off and prevented by
keepin@the system EegulaRsa Farm AMI
mails. Wle e IS ongrsss or green saec11-
lent iced, 'natufany take more salt tnarl
when kept on dry fodder. Salt
increases digestioa .gbya inereasipg
the flow of saliva, aiding also
further by promoting thirst, and
constant@4l6w of fluids 90 assist IN
dissolving much of the food which other
=, wise might be onIyjr1p perfect digested.
Actual experimehts carefully conducted
have demonstrated that where two hogs
are fattened, one fed salt in It's food and
the other with salt excluded, The one
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