The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-11-14
FACTS ron THE BaRA8Rs.

~FOurteen persons dIncO on one potato
IN Sarasotas Floridas recently
A doliarzand bit is4paid per-toh fer
grape pickings in Sonoma county, CAL
ifornia.
Seven years ago shad were introduced
to. the Pacific coast. This year they
have sold at 2ycents per 100. ~
A tomato vine growing neil Mem.
mis- caxers- 200 square. feet-.of ground
and has yielded $500 tomatoes this sea-
SON ~ E.{D = = tt.kk1SsI Z, 4
Mai. E. N. Morrell,- of HiaYaths,
Kan, has four bearing chestnut trees,
planted by himself eleven years ago.
They are fine, thrifty trees and this year
bear a goodly number of large chest
nuts. Ei..v,f ds.,1li. 1o ~ 5.sl
The largest cow in America. it is be-
| heved belongs to John Pratt, of Chase
county, Kansas. 1t is three wears old,
TWENTY-FIVE; hands high, and weighs
5000 pounds. @ Ir3.aaeit -
The best farmers never allewll land to
be idle, With ground as with people
| idleness is productive of mischief.
Weeds will grow if no crop is planted !.
Southern farme:s have been expert
menting with Tomatoes as food for
4 COWS, Will NCII lCS0Aeoy
and they consider it an absolute pre-
ventive of cholera. .rs.sai.t-5t} 81
Potatoes should always be dug in fair
weather and if possible when the ground
is dry enough TO permit the earth fall-
ing off from the tuber when handled, /
Some years ago a Charlotte, North
Carolina, man grated twig of an
English walnut tree in a black walnut
tree aud the tree this year was loaded
with two kinds of walhuts. 49,
The Farmers AdOocate says that the
best regulate diaries are those where
the COWS are treated with frmness,
made to know their places and keep in
them A cow is as easily spoiled with
over-indulgence as with too harsh treat
ment. .--.,
1t is said that corn is a good crop td
plant in a young orchard as the trees
are shaded by the corn. The next two
| crops grown should be potatoes, care
| being taken to use manures, such as
| ashes. containing a liberal supply OF
| potash. ..s--. =.
There is no better way of saving seed
| corn tKau the old fashioned way of Sc
| Iecting the best ears st the husking
| time or before the corn isJOut, braid'Dg
the husks and hanging over pole in
| the garnet where the frost can n I come
until the moisture has been thoroughly
dried out.
A Kansas man has procured patent
on the process of ROASTING the stalks of
corn before they are crushed. lie
claims that one fourth more sugar Can
be obtained by the process, that but lit
. tie scum raises when the boiling is be-
ing carried on and the syrup is entirely
free from any unpleasant taste.
Potatoes intended for seed should re-
ceiye no rough handling at any time.
If any are bruised spread thinly in dry +,
cool place until the surface has dried
over. If put in large bins while the
skin is bruised many of the eyes will
have their vitality injured. This is the
cause of many unexplained failures In
the potato crop.
Nearly 500 of the inquests held in
England and Wales in 1880 resulted in
a verdict of "died from excessive
drink" yas -"
Transplant your asparagus to per-
manent beds this fall. The soil soil
should be deeply spaded and manured
Set plants six inches deep and one. BY
three feet apart.
The value of farms, including fences
and buildings, in the United States IL
1880, was $1O,177, 0Oo, 900. la 1860 IT
was 5 GAG, 900, 00e, .an.increase not quite
equal to the increase in popu alton. X
1t is advisable to select in autumn
fall the land that you are going t.
plant in potatoes the next year. Ii il
is in grass, top dress with manure and
let il lie until spring Stubble should
receive an application of manure and
then be turned under. fr.a ro.ea aua
a correspondent of the. Bee Journal
reminds young apiarists that. they
must OF expect to have a heavy ip7
crease in the number OF swarms and b
large crop of honey the same season.
Many base their prospects OH the num-
Der of swarms they possess, ignorant
taat excessive swarming so weakene
the bees that they gather little surplus
honey. 3