The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24

AND USEFUL INFORMATION.
Farm Notes.

good results possible.
1t is soon enough to put on shoes
when the colt has reached two
years.
Illinois manufactured half the
farming machinery made in the
United Sta.es last year.
Do not faIl 10 give your hens hot
feed, at least once u Gay, Though
the winter. Early spring pulleGs
Will be certain to lay at this season
oil the year If SO treated.
There is an idea yet prevalent
among some farmers that dry stock
need little care at this season OF
the year. and that almost any kind
Of Cd will answer TOR them. THIS
is 4 serious mistake.
|, A neglected, pooriy-fed, st:nted
lamb never RECEIVERS, however well
fed afterward, so as to make as
good and as large a sheep as it
would had it proper care early
Feed the ewes so that they can sup
ply the lambs with plenty of milk.
Teach every person in your en-
ploy, as well as yourself, always to
put every tool back in its place as
soon as done with, no matter how
great a hurry he may be in. Better
spare a half minute now IN doing
SO than for you to hunt half an
hour with q team or man waiting.
Lautanas require rich, strong soil,
liberal amount Of water, plenty OF
sunshine and free circulation OF air.
They are easily grown IRON cut
tings stuck in moist sand ia a warm
place. Il is hardly worth while to
attempt the growing of cuttings in
the fall or winter.
Horse shoes, as a general thing,
are kept on too long. Some let
shoes remain on the horse two or
three months. Nothing can be
more injurious to keeping up q
sound, good loot than this. The
change twice a month or SO allows
the foot to expand, and keeps it in
healthy, natural form.
The farmer who has a neat and
well-kept garden is almost sure 10
aave neat and well kept farm, q
comfortable and Well-appointed
home, tidy outbuildings and stock
in good condition; aud the house
wife who takes pride in her garden
generally has home to take pride
In and TO be proud of.
The foaming of cream in the
churn and the refusal of the butter
to come are due to too low a tenn
perature OF the cream or too long
In keeping 1t. Al this season 1T Is
most likely TO be from the low tenn
perature, and it can be remedied by
pouring into the churn sufficient
warm water to raise the cream to
66 degrees.
When fowls are affected with sea
ly legs, which are caused by min
ute insect, place the feet aud legs
in narrow Tin pail OF KEROSENE
This treatment VIII soon cure the
worst case, II persisted N. The APP
BllSdbiOu vi auO
often recommended involves more
trouble with no more decisive re-
suits.
Filling a horses rack with hay,
as some persons do, and permitting
constant supply TO remain before
the animal, is one of the most prob
able means of producing disease,
and the most positive in rendering
animals unfit Tor fast work. Large
supplies of hay have the effect OF
making the stomach large and
weak.
II you have money to fool away
seed down your young orchard in
clover or timothy or sow a crop of
wheat or oats. But if you want
your trees to thrive cultivate well
till they are seven or eight years
old. Spread ashes, manure or salts
broadcast. Stop cultivating in
August, weeds or no weeds. To
Judge of the condition Of an apple
tree is like judging of the condition
of sheep in a pasture. Look at the
sheep and not at the pasture; if
they are plump and fat the pasture
is all right American Cultivator.