The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-21
THE FARM.

very nearly the speclnc gravity vi Wa'oi'
which is reckoned at 1000.
LARD is now used in cheese-making IN
place Of cream to make cheap article
II Is on par with suet for butter In the
form Of oleomargarine.
STATISTICS show that the annual con-
sumption Of eggs in the United Statesn
about $500, 900 barrels. The poultry
marketed or consumed is estimated ~
$3.50, 900, 600 pounds, at S6S, 600, O0O:
LET every farmer who Is not able 70
fence large pasture get few boaras,
build few rods OF portable fence and
make small enclosure for his ho8s ana
move it around MS circumstances require
1t will make pork raising more prohtaDiss
than to keep hogs confined In pens all
| the time.
THE most dangerous insect to farm
crops is the wheat nudge. Late sowing
OF wheat is sometimes remedy, though
this has its disadvantages. All lnsecu
found in cleaning wheat should DO 90
stroyed at once, and wheat stubbies
plowed Immediately will be likely to de-
straw all those wound up i'll cocoons On
the ground.
CAUSE AND EFFECT. When fattenlng
an animal for beef let the process be ~
ouick as possible. ANY stint in feeding
will make the meat tough and Dry.
Stall -fed animals will fatten more readily
than others, and younger animals re-
ouire richer food than older ones. In
winter fattening much depends upon the
warmth OF the stable. The warmer the
cattle are kept the less food Will be
needed.
SHEEP do not lmpoverish land. Rug
ped canyons and mountain slopes, Al
present not available for other use until
better roads are built to market, may he
utilized 4 long way In advance OF the
| the march OF improvements. Time Will
| surely enhance the value OF these pos
sessions IA surely As roads, settlements
and school-houscs draw nearer to them.
| And, in the meantime, the hardy pioneer
| need wait but short while Tor their com
ing.
CASTOR oil is undoubtedly the best,
and therefore the cheapest, for iron
| axles--yhlch should always be wiped
| clean. A correspondent informs us that
his market-wagon would run only twenty
miles before requiring TO be regreased
when lard was used, but with castor OH
il ran sixty miles, and was good for
twenty more-n big difference, and worth
remembering He further remarks that
"a wheel well fabricated will turn one
half easier, and wear as long again, q
| gain Of one hundred and fifty per cent.
| by the liberal use OF oil.
Il NUrRrrIvE MATTER IN Hay AND Cork
The average results Of experiment anc
= theory, so to speak, make 81 pounds o
| | Indian corn, equal to 100 pounds OF hay
, | or /, l40 pounds Of Indian corn TO the tor
| Of hay. But it must be remembered
[ that tho nutritive effects Of food upOi
2 an animal are varied by many causes
and also that the comparison OF foods /
affected by tho object sought, as fact
= growth, labor, milk, NC The above l
the relative amount Of nutritlye matt
, in corn and hay, ~ determined by OK
I. pertinent and theory.
r Ir IS evident that the changed cond
t ton OF our agriculture must soon con
o pei the employment Of skilled handI
a and these skilled hands must be cdu
n Gated before they can DO employees
t Agricultural laborers are composed to
( largely OF floating unsettled class, an
; | this must be changed before amendmeL
: in the degree Of skill can be expected
D They must be composed OF class wit
v | settled and definite ends and aims, VIII
h are educated to the business ae eaInestl
n us mechanics. With such assistance mgr
n culture will attract capital, and afford
a safe Investment. Skilled labor IL 81
immediate demand OF the future in sgr
+ | culture.
Coon FARMING. 1T Is one sign CT
good farmer IL he prizes manure.
= does not require good farmer to ralt
J. bountiful crops ON farm already rcl
= but the art lies in SO managing the farl
j. that it will produce good crops ever
> year without losing in fertility. A ma
II may make money from his farm while
G Is wnsteful OF fertilizers, but he IL not
u good farmer, for he is constantly runnlr
II his land into debt. Good farming co..
Q sists Of such management A. will mai
k the farm produce me best possible r
II suits without doteIiorating the soil. Th
can only DO accomplished by rig
s. economy in the making and use OF MI
n uure, and systematic rotation OF crol
~ that will be the lenst exhaustive to tn
e soil.
Z WHERE sheep arc kept for the dOub
purpose OF direct income in wool, mr
n ton, etc, and the manure they make,
f is important that the extra food, or tn
/. outside of what tho pasture furnlshe
" should be chosen with care. II won
Nc be wise for the American farmer to b
come better acquainted with cotton.se'
IL cake, linsecd oil cake, and like CONGO
NJ trated foods By feeding, and feedii
# literally of such FOODS, the sheep n
y only grow rapidly, but the manure TIN
d make is rich heterogeneous matters Al
No valuable fcriililing salts. The grow
:. of animals is means to nm end, ~
when tho most money is made from b
flock, and the land enriched, tho mo
u rapidly the cud is gained. Tho profit
y sheep as fertilizers depends largely up
We the kind Of food that is used.
PICKING FRUIT.-The following su
gestions in regard to picking fruit t
" canning are furnished by n gentlem
IL conversant with the business " Ii pa
: to pick your fruit carefully and III tim
p il in right condition one day the NJ
a will be too late to pick. Go over 20
y trees many times Don't try to pick
= ut once. If green, you lose weight.
o too ripe, it is spoiled for canning. u
/ proper condition for apricot, plum, pen'
: and nectarine is when fully mature
hut before soitening. Use shallow boS'
y Shakes make good boxes and are chen
: Above all. bring to the cannery. or scr
: to the market, at the earliest posslh
!, moment after picking. II is not too Ia
to thin out some fruit. Trees that Owe
bear do not yield marketable fruit"
y Fowls IN ORCHARDS. last fall, ~.
a the P0uitry Iyorid, we visited I'M {
: chard in which fowls were kept, Il
| oyvner ~ which told us that before n