The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-07-01
FARM NOTES.

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you call them.
Cogy smut is not especially injurious
TO cows, but the smut of rye Is,
On of lavender will drive away fleas.
Hellebore sprinkled on the floor at night
destroys cockroaches.
PLANT cabbages. II they bring a good
price, sell them; if not, feed them to
sheep, mich cows and pigs.
A BULLOCK when slaughtered yields
about fifty pounds Of blood, which for
fertilizing purposes is worth twenty-five
cents.
EXPERIENCE has demonstrated that the
best soil on which to raise the early
Amber cane is sandy loan well fer
tilted. g.,
GIVE sheep plenty Of water, winterand
summer. If they don't drink it, you
may know they don't need it. They are
good Judges of their own needs.
Coon plowing means the thorough
pulyerization of the soil, and the best
plowman is he who can break up the
ground into the finest particles.
SEVERAL agricultural journals are rec
ommending bitter aloes as lice exter-
minator on cattle. 1t is to be applied IN
powdered form by busting it into the har
on the animal.
MANY people consider 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
principal object.
Ir is claimed by many experienced
flock -masters that the practice OF miners
ing sheep i'll water is neither natural nor
healthy for the animal, and that 1t IS
injurious to man, and ought to be abol-
ished.
Ir is said that there is no better way to
destroy sorrel than to pillow the land IN
early summer, and in July SOW buck
wheat. Sorrel is potash plant and has
sometimes been used as n frtilizer for
potatoes.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Indiana
Furn,crs says twenty years experience
has TAUGHT him that he can cultivate more
acres Of corn in drills than when planted
in hills, and that three feet nine inches
is the proper width to have between the
rows.
Tnr real amount Of damage done by
lice and parasites generally on poultry Is
not commonly known. With nine-tenths
of the people, whenever fowl dies, 1t Is
said to he from cholera, whereas the
true cause at the bottom is much more
likely to be ycrmiu or rOlp
NJ. GusTAvE GKET Frcnchman, has
discovered n method Of preserving vine
leaves for food, which he has tried for
two years. After being preserved for
several months the leaves are i'll rs good
condition as when fresh cut, and sheep
and oxen nre said to be very fond of them
us food.
MIX little sulphur with salt, and feed
occasionally to sheep. 1t will etiectually
destroy sheep ticks. The same remedy
applied to cattle troubled with lice will
soon rid them OF vermin. The use OF
sulphur with salt well rcpays the trouble
of keeping supply for cattle and sheep
If n mixture of one part OF sulphur with
seven of salt be freely applied, there will
he no lIOllllt WIFI N'lhhh' ipu S'h
give horses the mixture with good effect.
CLOVER and timothy should be cut
when in full blossom; if allowed to get
ripe, the quality Of hay is not so good.
BY beginning early, the work need not
be hurried. Use the mower after the
dew is off in the forenoon. Cut only AZ
much AZ can be well cared for. 1t is
often remarked that the average quality
of hay il not 80 good as before the III
PRODUCTION Of the moving machines, from
the temptation to cut the grass faster
than it can be cured.
THIN-HAIRED Hoes correspondent
Of the Berkshire Bultctin, writing
from Canada says: 81 have carefully
noticed for the past six years the feeding
qualities Of hogs Cpurc Berkshircs) as III
dicated by the quantity and quality of
their hair. find in every instance that
the medium and thin-haired have made
the fattest pigs, have started to get fat
soonest and consumed less than those of
coarser and thicker hair. This year and
last | have fatted over fifty youngs, and
the difference has been greatly in favor of
thin and fine haired animals. The choice
was not from any particular litter, but
from several lttcrs of various strains. 1t
has been argued that thick and fine
coat is evidence of good constitution,
and highly necessary in cold climate.
1t may be so, but MS the ultimate end of
all pig is pork, and as pork is required to
be made cheaply and quickly to pay at
all, | should say the pig that makes pork
quickest and cheapest is the best con
stituted pig. AS have observed no diff
ference in the climate effect in this north
crn climate of ours on the thin-haired
specimens of the genius Sus, declare