The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-01

plan of stacking hay and fodder in the
open air. When the work of saving has
been done it is folly to throw it away by
stacking in the weather, and forage barns
are now the order of the day in sections
where proper attention is paid to stock
KEEPING FARM ACCOUNTS. The real
practical value there is in keeping ac-
counts with the farm consists in this /:
When farmer keeps such an account in
his operations he is able by annually
casting up his balances to see just what
crop and what line of his farm operations
have paid him best. If any line Of crop
ping in series Of years is thus shown
not to be so profitable as some other
crop, these definite data enable him to
correct his mistakes and determine on
some new line of procedure. The most
of the business men who fail, find on q
revision of their transactions, too loosely
kept, that in reality they had failed
months and sometimes years before the
fact was revealed to them. If they had
kept correct accounts and frequently
reviewed the situation of their business,
they would have discovered their sinking
fortunes and perhaps been able to recover
from the causes. -ElochGnge.
In CANNING FRUIT, if you hold your
glass can in a wet towel it will not
break when the boiling fruit is put into
1t. 1t need not be previously heated,
but you must have the towel as high as
the neck of the can and over the bottom,
You can gather the ends of the towel in
your hand to hold it by.
The PEACH BoEER-- Many persons
make no distinction between 1Egerid exi-
tiOsd, which bOres into the peach trees
near the root, and the smaller insect en-
emy curculiO, which punctures the fruit.
Having sometimes excluded the borers
and produced crop of good fruit, they
conclude that the latter was the sole
cause of former failure, puncturing both
the tree and the fruit. Closer observa-
tion will reveal the error; but excluding
the bOrers and restoring the tree to health
and thrift will often produce crop of
good fruit in spite of curculio.
Nor CmoIcE.-Prof. J. p. Steele, of
Alabama, says that Heliothis arnaigera,
the notorious boil worm " of the cotton
planter, and "corn-worm of the corn
grower, will bore into almost any green
vegetable known, not excepting the seed
""fifsoRSiesSg gTRrTLE.-1orned cows nave
been bred to be hornless by removing the
horns of ancestors while calves. This is
done by cutting or burning out the young
horns, the latter considered the best, be-
cause it sears and prevents bleeding.
Both, however, are cruelty to animals"
Our CENTRE.-The centre of our popu-
lation of fifty millions is eight miles west
of Cincinnati and about one mile south of
the Ohio river. This centre has travelled
| from near Baltimore at the rate of seven
or eight miles per annum since 1890. 1t
will arrive at the Mississippi river in one
or two more decades, near the city of st.
Louis.
| PUsLEY OR RPuRsLANE.-The American
Agricult,rist has found ont through the
correspondence of a smart Massachusetts
girl that our common "pusley," purseley,
or purslane, is good food for cows and
pigs Wonder if anybody knew that in
the South ?
EGG-sHELIs should not be thrown down
among the fowls. Carelessness of this
character will teach the hens to eat their
own eggs.
BEST MILKRRs-The highest bred COWS,
it is said, are not often the best mixers,
but on the contrary, the ugliest COW in
the herd is often the best. Good mixers
show angular outlines because their food
goes to milk On the other hand, the
highest bred cattle take on flesh instead
of giving milk, and are rounded off in
form.
FEEDING HoRsEs-Follow nature, which
is common sense, and go slow in new fam
| Sicu uOIiOuo AOO%A hOt HOhcCc.
Cracked corn, bran, cut hay, &c, may be
well enough if the horse is defective, but
he prefers corn on the cob and uncut hay,
and bran and other such soft food must be
given cautiously.
GUINEA Cows.-This is the name given
to breed of very small cows, supposed
to have been introduced by Greeks and
Mlnorcans, who first settled New Smyrna,
Florida. They have found their way to
Brooks and Thomas counties, in Georgia,
and prominent farmers there are now
breeding them for the market. They are
remarkably hardy and rival the best
mixers.
SUMNER FooD.-Do you make no change
of food for the summer? Why do you
suppose nature gave different food for diff
ferent seasons? You 60 on crowding
your stomach with bacon and greens, and
coffee, and such like heating foods, as II
the weather was cold to Offset them.
Your stomach will give out all the sooner
Cool Houses.-If farmers keep their
houses heated up with stoves OF open FIRE