The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-11-06
usEEuL 40 SUGGESTIVE.

Irrigation win not take the place of
manure on land. Sell well fortified
richly repays the labor expended
Cincinnati Times.
Corn fodder, with heterogeneous
foods, particularly with clover hay, IS
very complete substitute for timothy
hay When properly secured 1t can
practically be rated at three-fourths the
value Of timothy.-C Cleveland Leader.
SCOT is one of the most valuable of
fertilizers, and should be carefully
saved That from coal is superior to
that from wood. It is rich in nitrogen,
and benefits all crops to which it may
be applied, as well as being an excellent
remedy against the attacks of many
kinds of Unsatisfactory Journal.
Silk Crazy Work Sofa Pillow-Take
a square of cambria or cotton cloth, the
size you wish the pillow. Basic pieces
of silk, satin or velvet on the cloth, any
size or shape they may be, fitting them
so the cloth will not show. Turn in
the edges and fasten them down in silk
in various fancy stitches. - Chicago
Times.
When the hair brush is soiled, re-
move all the dust you can, by tapping
it on the edge of board or basin.
Then dip it (bristles DOWN into little
warm water, containing a few drops of
| ammonia, being careful not to wet the
back or handle. Rinse in the same way
| and again tap it on the board to remove
all the water possible, and put it down
| to dry, with bristles down.
A contributor to the Prairie Farmer
says that he had over two hundred
| hogs, and had lost half of them by hog
| cholera. He then dipped ears of corn
| in Carolina tar, besmearing them, and
! threw them among the hogs. They ate
| it greedily, and in a week all were on
| the road to recovery. Another remedy
| he had used successfully is that Of feed
| ing corn in the ear, which has been
| charred black.
"A great convenience is found in
| this simple continuance. Have tin
| dish made tapering and with a long
| handle; have it small enough around SO
that you can place it inside the tea-ket-
| tie; it is invaluable when there Is sick
ness in the family, as there are so many
| occasions when one needs to cook Cruel
or custards at short notice, and with
! perfect immunity from the danger of
burning, even though constant atten-
ton can not be given them.-B0st0n
| Post.
The editor of the Boston Journal Of
! Chemistry has learned by observation
that the ant is an active and efficient
| destroyer of the canker worm. The lit
tie creatures would seize the worms
which were feeding upon the leaves of
an elm tree, and bear them in their
powerful grip to their nest in the
| ground. The rapidity with which they
| did their work, leads the editor to say,
| that he does not believe the birds that
| prey upon the worms will do the work
in a week in our orchards that these
ants were doing in an hour.
The Agricultural Gazette copies an
address in the course of which the fol
lowing paragraph occurs: Theorists
say, teach boy Latin and Euclid, and
he will fight his way anywhere. But
English farmers will not and can not
believe that such an education will
teach their boys how to tell whether a
seed will produce the plant asserted,
whether a manure contains the proper
percentage of nitrogen and phOsphates,
or when, how, and why land should be
plowed, sheep shorn, cows MIXED, oxen
fed, and variety of other details Of
farm practice. -