The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
EARN AND HouEsnoLp.

POND MUD.-Thcre have been a
number Of Inquiries OF late, Is TO the
value of pond mud, and, if of worth as
a fertilizer, the best means Of making
it available. Pond mud Is very in
different compound. Some OF it Is rich
in vegetable matters, and when prop
erly composted with yard manure, or
with lime, makes valuable fertilizer.
Other mud from the bottom of ponds,
is not worth the time required to get
il ready for the land needing manure.
In general, if the mud is made of de-
cayed and decaying vegetable matter,
and can be reached with little expense,
it viii pay to get it out, after which
it should be cOmposted as above
stated.
MUCK.-The Boston Journal Of
Chemistry is down on muck as ma
nure. 1t winds up a long article rs
follows: The true value of muck Is
well understood among chemists, or at
least it ought to be. 1t really holds
no available plant-fOOd, although it
contains some nitrogen and carbon
aceous clements. These do not exist
in it in available forms, and cannot be
brought into that state at a cost which
viii, under ordinary conditions, war
Muck has a certain value as an alb
sorbent of liquid manure, and it NAV
pay to procure and dry it for such pur-
poses but TO meet this want it must
be convenient to the barn and of good
quality. Farmers cannot afford to be
deluded or led aStray on amy point,
and therefore it is important that the
| true value of what is called muck
| SbOiIld be understood
BUCKwHEAT.-F. u. Curtis saws, in
an exchange, in regard to the use of
| buckWheat: Four bushels of buck
| wheat will make one hundred pounds
/ of -four, leaving the remainder of the
! four bushels 1.-TWO hundred pOunds) in
| bran, which is excellent food for mich
COWS and young animals. A hundred
weight of flour will average in price
| two dollars, and buckwheat bran is
estimated in value to be half that of
corn meal. Buckwheat is variable in
| yield, and ranges from ten to fifty
! bushels per acre. If the straw is care
| fully stacked it can be made valuable
| in the winter for bedding, and also for
feeding once a day. 1t is a good alb
sOrbent- / do not believe in the no.
ton that it poisons the ground, but the
straw should never be used for bed
| ding pigs, as it causes an irritation of
/ their skin, but it never affects other
animals. The grain, however, is ex-
cellent for pigs.
Corn AND HAY.-The CUltiUdtOr
says the results of experiment and
| theory, so to speak, make the feeding
| quality of fifty-seven pounds of corn
| equal to that of 100 pounds of hay, OF
| l140 pounds of corn equal to a ton OF
] IL Il,
in mind, that hay is not what is termed
perfect feed, unless it may consist OF
a large combination of different
grasses, while on the other hand corn
fed alone is a more perfect feed than
almost any hay or any combination OF
grasses. Some hay contains a much
larger percentage of heterogeneous mat
ter than others, and there is a wide
difference between the relative feeding
qualities of some corn and hay in the
amount, not only of the heterogeneous
matter they contain, but also iii the fat
starch and sugar. 1t viii be an eX-
ceedingly difficult matter to obtain {
definite comparison of the feeding
qualities of corn and hay so that they
shall be at the command of the feeder
DRY TIE SEED CoRN.-The WeSteT7
Rural says: We should exercise grea
care in drying the seed corn, and the
plan of drying it in the air, as vii
readily occur to the thoughtful, doe
not always work successfully. We
have often seen farmers hang their seed
corn in strong draft of wind, anC
think it was drying when the vino
was so laden with moisture that moth
ing could dry in it; the corn would
be damper at the close of the day thar
it was in the morning. In such wealth
er as we have been having, it is bette
to dry it by artificial means. 1t viii
not cost much trouble, and the enc
must be accomplished in some way i
we expect the seed to grow. We hav,
always recommended smoking tin
corn, and believe that we have dem
Onstrated that smoked corn has n,
equal as seed. In all matters of lif
we are apt to neglect little detail
which are absolutely of the utmOs
Importance in securing success. w
farmers are very apt to do that, ant
the result is partial failure. We nee'
to begin to prepare for next year
corn crop now, just now. Get the see'
in condition for preservation and tn
! foundation is begun to be laid for
, good crop. Neglect it, and we cal
, never lay a good foundation with tina
: Corn