The clarion., 1883-04-11
THE CLARION.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
Items Of Interest for the Householder.


The most successful way Of train
ing an animal is to begin at birth.
Two things should supplement a
knowledge ofthe way to train; kind
ness; and decision these are essen
tials.
When = hog is put up to fatten
the object is to turn him into a living
manufactory off pork and lard. Supply
him with feed and water and com
Portable surroundings aIfd he will run
the machine himself, making daily
fair returns of manufactured goods
satisfactory in quality and quantity.
The quality will depend largely on
care.-Journal Of Agriculture
The more freely plant is growing
the more water it will require and
the more it grows the more light and
sun will it need. In all cases those
which seem to grow the fastest should
be placed nearest the light The
best aspect for room plants is in the
southeast. They seem like animals
in their affection for the morning
sun. The first morning ray is worth
dozen in the evening.
One of the results of the late com
missioner lie Dues experiment in
tea raising at the South has been the
adoption Of the tea plant in some
localities as hedge plant, for which
it is admirably adapted when soil and
climate are oongenial to its growth.
1T grows low, bushy and welI.branched
with dark, glossy, evergreen leaves,
and in autumn is decorated with
large, pure white flowers.
A cow will give more milk and
make more buttor, on bright sun
shiny day than during one of duh
character. The animal eats more
heartily, digests better while the
vital forces are active during the
pleasant day These facts are not in
themselves very important, yet they
suggest the query whether close
stabling of cows in winter or summ&r
is better than giving them the run 6f
the yard or pasture.
GARDEN GREENS. Have you an
orchard, a vegetable garden, and
plenty of small fruits for family use?
If not, why not? It must be a very
bad farm, that little place near the
house can not be put in condition for
trees. Try the Scriptural plan,
Drain it, and dung it, and dig it
about" and ther give it somewhat
better care than you give your corn
field. Take a good agricultural
paper, read it, and follow its teach.
ings. If there is anything you want
to know about care and cultivation
and do not know "ask and ye shall
receive"
No farm household should be with.
out this valuable fruit. Probably
no species of fruit, large or small,
will give as good returns for small
outlay, and yot prolific blackberry
patch is very seldom seen upon q |
farm. Fiveyoars out ofsix bushel
of blackberries can be grown, ready
for picking, as cheaply as bushel
of potatoes. They are usually pre-
terred to Strawberries or raspberries
for canning, as it preserves more
nearly the flavor of the fresh fruit.
1t is also considered the most whole.
some of all the berries, ripening as
1T does at the season when derange-
ments of the digestive organs are
most common, for which it is almost
a aspecifc.
That well-known agricultural
writer, Cassius M. Clay, writing of
the uses of agricultural fairs, saws
"Another very efficient means of
communicating agricultural knowl-
edge are fairs, when all the annual
and agricultural products are shown,
including timber, the products ofI]
mines, etc. These bring the farmers
together, where the learned and un-
learned associate, see the best ofI
everything and inquire into the WAYS
of their production. These are best
carried on by individual enterprise
by those most interested, but the
State might contribute not only its
knowledge from the experimental as
soclations or stations, but aid in
giving premiums for the best pro-
duets Of the fauna and flora. Fairs |
were originally for sale, but exhibition
IS too absorbing for their joint meet
ing Hence it has become neces.
slty to have fairs of sale separately
The Farmers Ahead.