The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-04-27
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

will the first season. 1t docs not operate
quickly.
LIME-Time is All excellent fertilizer
on clay soils, on account OF its power to
render soluble many Of tho component
parts Of the clay, and also TO make 1t
move porous
oTs.-English farmers bring to this
country liking for root feeding. One
gentleman feeds large quantities Of man
gels to his pigs with shorts, meal, wheat
screenings and corn. He also turns his
sugar Dcets into pork.
PoLE BEANS. experience shows
rs that no other pole bean should DO
planted in the same hills with the lima.
The former are likely TO ripen first, and
the picking Of them and the tearing Of
The vines are a dctrimcut to the lima --
A. y UDdH,
WHARF.-The crop Of wheat at the
Virginia Agricultural College last year
ON clover ialIow and supcrphosphatc,
costing on the land ~ per acre, weighed
sixty-soyc pounds per bushcl On ac-
count Of the mlIdnes5 Of the winter the
crop had to be graHcd down twice with
hlctIh b.lpI' IuN'0l IL SiI't'" l"'i
drought So says the PiUti,r dnd
Ftrm'r.
pIGs, PIGS that are being lattcncl for
the market should have variety Of food
llalfof the diseases Of swine are caused
Ly too much corn Giyo wheat on rye,
bran, milk roots, and an occasional feed
Of cut and molsloned clover hay, along
with tI" ,orn amt you VIII have healthy
pigs, provided always TINT th"y have
clean and well ventilated quarters ana
plenty Of fresh water
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il'Sn '"'l '"1y III ''H'' I'"I 80,
corn when pasture gets dry and scaut.
DO not expose them TO the fail ram,
Sheep are exceedingly sensitive 10 cold
and wet, and dislike RAIN even IN summer
Keep them dry and warm and you Will
save the food otherwise necessary to pre-
serve animal heat.
Hrs,. Hurrp or Fowts- A subscriber
sends to us fine old iuouiry (which
Irrrd If r,y,Is shall krrl,p"' Get u re-.
Tol,lr wnrI, ON pouIty and when Won
l,unw fine ,,uut, and characteristics Of
ILc different kinds Of chickens decide
which will hrst ,nil ynur orr,muoda.
t,,,,., and fine demands Of ynur market
Dn.uot lncu too ykinds in one flock
Tbrv will rruuirr. different frrImo md
trr,,iunruf 'rbc tsioijr3 rust be fed
a,or,r,,Iv uq thrv tuko ON lnt rrodily
onl pro out 10 become too fat to law,
I,rol,nrug DnrE,up3 IIouduug and
IJamIur,,, need prucrous rcdiup, and
o,. all ,,,d l,.rrs Ir,,hnrusoud liam.
Luros are loo eonnlI to make GOOD early
r,,js C,,, market VLc plyunuih Rnrle
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BETS ron Sugar. A farmer in his
first trial Of raising bccts for sugar is apt
to fall mtomnuy errors, which discourage
him from future attempts. lie finds il
Lnrts ""J "ynrrJg u,nrn Iahnr -, H.,
,iuolr nero tl,a, Lr,,oulJ ,u half = Lnlru
orrrs If earn ,ir,,ly h,rousr Lr lrn,,g
by years Of experience how to raise corn
and docs not know how To- raise bccts.
II is necessary to take into consideration
the nature Of the land ON which YOU wish
to raise the bccts, "a we'll M ncalncss To
It factory and facilities for housporta-
ton thithcr Suitable land will bring
success. while It thin. grayrlly soil will
result in failure, as the hocts need 10
grow under ground. A well titled and
richly mauurd corn field will need but
little lnhor when put into bccts. Mover
use for this purpose Il field which has
been poorly mnnurcd for the previous
crop and where the weeds have been al.
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IoIor in wecJiuo ibo Lonis ihot would
DISCOURAGE tb, most sou"liun Errors ia
LonyniIrI arc tnn tIirl ,l,ulin,, cnngin,
n oront ,unurt nr tI,iu,,iu,, o,,J ,u,,i,,,
in moro nrrra tLor c,, I,n ,,rn,nrl,, NJ
tended to Where tno Gttln sacI Lne
'co'' u"c''' vi "''c'e IL ms pooil "leVeh'y
.ovu II IL If worry liitlo uso TO fiji the thin
,I,rr. l,y trnns,lnntiuy ns fine second
paintings seldom make good growth.
CorN SMUT AND CArrLE.-In the fall
Of the wear there is always frequent