The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-06-18
THE FARMER.
FAcTs FoR FARMERs.

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FACTS FOR FARMERS.
The ordinary maker makes too
deep flrrSW for corn, especially
whenthe. planting is early and the
ground Is cold. If cold ram comes
on after planting, this corn, put so
far belsU the surface, will rot, or at
best make only a sickly growth
TIC dearest help Of all is sften
that which asks least wages. 1t is
poor economy TO keep feur men
to 10 the work that three or two
Ihodld perform. Ii man is for
any cause dissatisfied, the sooner he
and-his employer part company the
better for both parties psi
Cows that are watered from stag
uant ponds or frsm wells in the
barnyard viii give milk more or
less tainted. and from which it is
impossible TO make the best butN
ter. 30 Iarges apart Of milk is wa
ter that the drink OF the cav is OF
quite as much Importance As her
food,
Fortunately, those whs own soil
VI any Kind can grow frult success
fulIv Some kinds grow better on
light than heavy soils, but even on
the worst clays success Is possible
with drainage aud good cultivation.
For pears Hesvy sells are preferable,
as the tSes are liable to blight. In
sect enemies are generally most
destructive ~ warm light soils. r
Nearly every spring, on most
farms. a yortion of the farm herses
that have hin.idIe daring the win
ter need to be rebroken. For the
first few days only light work
should be- ATTEMPTED. and especially
care should be taken net 10 pro
duce gals on the shoulders which,
once started, srs troublesome 10
heal, without stopping work altsSe-
Their.
The iIlustrisus Sturgeon says he
never had any faith in lack, ex-
cept that he believed good luck
will carry a man across ditch If
he jumps well, and will put bit Of
bacon in his pot if he looks after ms
garden and keeps pig. Luck
generally csmes 90 those who lsell
after II. and it is his notion that it
knocks eace in 4 lifetime at every
boivs doer, but if Industry does
not open it away i gees
II turkeys srs to be grown it is
worth while 10 secure the largest
aud ths best, for it is ourious fact
with regard to turkeysthatan extra
large young fowl viii always bring
a higher price per pound than one
thatis smaller. The bronze tur-
keys are generally conceded to
make tho largest fowl. They are as
20 rather mere hardy, though
while very young all turkeys re-
quire good care.
Prof George II. Cook, .: the New
Jersey agricultural experiment sta.
ton. concludes, after much exper
imenting with the feeding value o
eusilage, that it is a wholesome anC
nutritious food, milk made from i
fed daily to COWS having been uHi
tormly satisfactory in quality TO th'
numerous customers who have uscC
it. hut when compared with finely
cut dry fodder, il has not, in mos
Of the e1perinlents made, been
found more nutritious. The fact
however, should not be Forgotten
that most oftho =dry-fOddcr raise,
bv farmers is much reduced in val
ne by exposure to- the weather o
BY imperfect curing. 1t is vel
knswn that the use sfrye As ensil
aye, CT dried IS fSddsr, has no
beert successful ON account of beins
too tough after il has headed out
\ good remedy las boon found il
cutting The rye while IL IS vet ten
der, aud packingit away as ensilagC
This early cutting leaves tho lam
ready for crop Of fodder of corr
or millet. Suchrys ensilass wa
kept at the station thirteen months
aud vac readily eaten by cows; ana
thc milk yielded waS about the sam,
n whes they,wers fed on green snt
fresh rye. -saaz-
THE GROWING WHEAT