The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
THE FARMER.

oil vines, let one De Il (SAiON fdAlCeJ, |
the other red. Pinch out all later
ais and let the two vines grow close
" together so thst the fruit will an,
termingle. Vines so trained will
grow from 10 to ID feet high, while
the ripe red and yellow fruits will
greatly please the eye.
The demand for good driving
horses by the residents of cities is
growing greater every year, and
breeders who are catering to the
tastes of this class Of consumers may
expect to be amply remunerated IL
they produce the right kind OF stock.
While this class of customers are
not only able to pay well for what
they want, they are generally very
willing to pay well when they find
what suits them. 44lf ~
Unthinking farmers will some
times place a colt or young horse By
the side Of horse of more mature
wears, and expect it to do an equal
amount of work without injury
Such thing is not only cruel, but
unwise. Many promising horses
have been ruined by such treat
ment. No young horse should be
expected to stand the work that
horses which have been accustomed
to hard usage are able 10 undergo
An extremely poor horse is usual
Iy miserable one, but ID is ques-
tionable whether it is any more SO
than an extremely fat enc. Espee-
tally is this true where the animal
is required to perform any amount
of hard labor. While horses need
good wholesome food, il should not
all be of the fat-produeing kinds.
The matter of feeding horses, by
the majority of horse owners, never
receives the attention it should.
The supply of food and the differ
ent kinds should be varied as often
As the amount and kinds of work is
changed. .-... q
A farmer who has been troubled
with mice and moles in his orchards
says he got rid of the pests by drops
ping a few castor beans in their
runs. He thinks the beans sure
death to both. Another farmer adj
vises placing half a pint of corn a
short distance from each tree, at the
same time stamping the earth firm
" around the tree so as to break
down their runs, believing that if
supplied with food which they relish
better they will not disturb the tree.
The dog question is stirring up
the agricultural mathematician all
over the country. One writer, after
making careful estimates of the
damage by dogs in the northern
States alone, finds it costs less than
S33, 000, 900 annually to support our
dogs, 4 sum that would buy 165, 600
farms at government prices for land,
or it would buy 1872, 900 neighbor
hood libraries of 200 volumes each.
1t is common i'm some quarters
to use any kind Of salt for butter,
but unless the he used the butter
will be Interior, and necessarily sell
low. 1t is economical to procure
good salt for such purpose. ....
Next to Australia, we are now
producing more clothing wool than
any ether country on the face Of the
earth In 1876 our wool product
was lis, 100000 pounds, while the
present year it will not be far from
l350,O0O, 900 pounds. I'd 81.
The american CultiUator says
THAT if barley has not been germin-
ated the fact il has. been slightly
stained by wet is no actual detri-
ment whatsoever. The grain is not
really injured, and ought to bring
to the farmer Just as much as the
bright samples Of equal plumpness.
1t is doubtful if team could be
employed to better advantage at
this season than in hauling sand for
putting on the garden where the
soil is clayey and heavy. 1t will
not only make it much easier to
work, but will also put the soil in
condition to more readily yield up
its elements of fertility.
Farmers who manure heavily
should not forget that the growth of
weed will be as highly stimulated
AS the Legitimate crop, and that con
sequently moro thorough and clean
er cultivation is essential to giving
the crop the entire benefit of the
fertilizers. Few farmers can afford
to buy fertilizers to raise weeds
with. ~ 58ltE lLNr -.
The necessity for deep cultivation
for many garden vegetables is not
rs generally understood as it should
DO. The roots of the caulifOwer
have been traced to the depth of
three feet, and the roots of many
other plants extend nearly or quite !
rs deep, and receive great benefit
from deep manuring and cultiya-
ton. !
\ writer suggests papering men
houses with old newspapers to make |
them warmer. Lay the papers in
two layers, using the paste Plenti-
fully. When the paper is all in
place, whitewash it with thick
whitewash, to which should be add |
ed -four paste and little coal tar.
The limo paste stiffens the paper,
while the coal tar keeps the lice
away.
1t seldom pays to grow the same
crop on one piece of ground year
after year. There arc of course
crops which can be grown a greater
lumber of seasons on the same land
han certain others, yet it is doubt
nl if in nearly every instance a
proper rotation of crops would not
give better results in point of yield
ind leave the land in better condi-
ion.