The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-21
FARM NOTES.

bringing top price in the market.
THERE is no better soil in the world for
| potatoes than solid sward land. We find
/ from our experience that the best seed is
/ cut down to two eyes, thus producing
| few vines, but large vegetables. Our no.
! tatoes, Rose and Hebron. from such cnt
! tings, were very large this year. They
/ were, however, very crooked. This. per
! haps, was caused by the uneven distribu-
! ton of the manure.
WHEN corn Is planted in drills. the
/ drills should run north and south. it is
| reasonably said Ia this case the east
! elm part of the corn receives the morn
| ing sun, the western the afternoon sun.
/ Were the rows to run east and west, the
! north side of the rows would receive sun
! shine only at midday. To what extent
the crop is affected by the direction of
/ the rows is fit subject for experiment.
We have been looking over n great
| number of experiments with different
/ kinds of concentrated fertilizers upon
! corn. The conclusion that must be
| drawn is, that while bone has shown the
/ best effects in a majority of instances, in
many others it does not appear to have
/ produced any aPpreciable effect We
/ can only repeat what we have already
/ said many times, that this is question
| which each farmer, by careful observa-
/ ton and experiment, must determine for
himself. -Hurai N'eto Yorker.
DUCKS hatch their own eggs rather
I better than hens. The hen, says good
/ authority. is not calculated for n longer
/ period than the usual three weeks Eek
/ ccpt that most iuvcterate of sitters, the
/ Brahua). For the first day or two tho
Young Of any birds should be kept quiet,
/ and uuietude encouraged throughout.
If observed closely the hen that steals
her nest and rears all her chicks will be
found 10 possess quiet and regular habits
and will not fatigue her young unneces-
sarily
/ TREATMENT OF STRAY CATrLF.-The
lawful method of treating stray. tres
passing animals is to take them into Gus
todv and hold them for twenty-four
| hours. notifying the owners. if they are
| known, Of the detention. II the animals
are not claimed at the end of this time.
they are to be driven to the public pound
/ and placed ia charge of the pound-keeper,
/ who holds them for a reasonable time,
and then adycrtises them for sale The
| times Of detention are fixed by statue or
10y bylaws of the townships or counties,
and the pound keepers are usually pro-
vided with copies of these laws for their
/ guidance.
THE best time, says writer in the
| Prairie FurmCr, to remove eyorgreens
Is undoubtedly in the spring, inst as the
terminal buds are opening. They may
be removed safely until they have grown
three inches The next best time is in
the latter part of the summer, or just
before the fall rains set in. It is true,
! however, theoretically, that they may be
! safely removed at any time of the year
when the ground Is not frozen, and practi-
cally true if extreme care is taken. Our
( opinion Is that they are removed with
! least loss in the spring, as wehave stated.
As to mulch, it makes really little differ
/ ence what the material Is, so If viii not
blow away or scatter noxious weeds.
How To KEEP BUTTER.-A correspon-
dent says: II learned one or two things
about butter last spring. One of them
is. that butter Of all kinds should either
he stiff and set away in n cool place, or,
if not made so stiff. should be put in gal
Ion or half-gallon Jars. and either sealed
up or thick paper (old letter paper will
/ dol brushed over with the white of an
egg fastened securely over the top Be
/ fore sealing them up. however, 1t is well
/ to put about half a teacup of sugar over
3 n.
/ they viii not need It. In canning fruit
this should always he done, as it pre-
vents them from moulding, provided
they are not moved and jolted around. "
FARMERs' GARpENs. As n general
! rule farmers do not provide themselves
with good gardens Mt least not as good
as they should. The excuse for this
neglect Is generally the same with all of
| them-they have not the time TO bestow
on them, and yet it may safely he assert
/ ed that nm acre of ground appropriated
I to garden. VIII bc more profitable Ia
the farmer than any other ten acres on
/ the farm. The interests of the farmer,
the comforts Of his family. the good con-
! dition and health of his whole household.
1 require such "a garden on every farm In
/ the country. and it should be garden,
| not n mere excuse for one, n mere weed
/ patch IT should he one 50 managed and
/ arranged that every vegetable Of n whole
/ some quality for human food, should he
/ raised in it in plentifulness aud nj the
| earliest season. After a winters dict on
! generally solid food. the human consti-
/ tuition requires the deterging operations
| of free vegetable dict.
/ CRJB BrrTNG.-Crib biting, SAYS the
/ Western R0rai, is n habit resulting
! from many causes. restraint put on the
/ horse, 10y way of strappinC the neck,
/ etc. are more or less apt TO produce
other permanent injury; when the re-
/ straint is removed he Will crib again. II
( has been suggested TO cover the manger
/ and woodwork within his reach with
/ sheet-irOn, or with fresh shcepskin
/ which may be smeared with aIoes. but
/ these means are OF avail only while the
1 horse stands in the stall The process
of "a fa1 t.,
/ Is simply preposterous. IF the horses
/ front teeth really were too long, how
/ could he then get the teeth or molars
/ together to chew the food All the teeth
/ of the mouth when not deviating from
/ their normal condition, are worn equally
and by rasping the surface OF the front
/ teeth. the consequence will be that the
/ lower teeth viii not meet with the upper
/ teeth, which viii interfere with his
ability to properly grasp his food from
the Manager, and viii make it impossible
| for him to bite off the grass, and withal
he will continue his habit of cribbing.
CoRN TRIAL BY FARMERs.-In a series
of seventeen corn crops raised In Saline
County, Missouri, by farmers competing
for a Grange premium of 900 for the
largest yield, it appears that twelve crops
ont of the seventeen gave an average
Weld of over 100 bushels per acre. and
this not for one acre only but for an area
of ten acres in each case. Nothing could
more clearly show the progress of good
farming than this fact When one man
gets a yield of 100 bushels or over from
n single acre it is not very remarkable,
because it is getting to be of frequent
occurrence But when a dozen men,
each cultivating field of ten acres, get
n product of over 100 bushels per acre
for the whole area it may well attract
attention. If twelve fields, aggregating
100 acres, are made to produce 1900
bushels of grain per annum, together
with its 500 tons of clover, what would
tbe Weld of the country amount to at the