The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-09-24
FARM EXPERIENCE.

Phosphates are the best manures
for turnips.
The reaper is indispensable in
cutting clover seed.
Feed the pigs refuse fruit and
vegetables from the garden.
Sow a greater variety of grass on
fields intended for pasture.
It is well to remember that Au-
gust is the month to bud peach
trees.
Potash should be applied to all
kinds of fruit trees, especially to
the peach and other stone fruits.
Don't forget to feed the pigs
grain, even if they have the very
best of pasture, if you expect them
to make rapid growth.
1t is claimed to be a mistake to
hill up the corn the last blowing.
Level culture is now advocated by
many of our best farmers.
Don't borrow tools, and be sure
not to loan them, at least in harvest;
and you may rest assured that you
will need them before they are
brought back, if you do.
Always have a man go around
the meadows, after the machine,
with a scythe, to trim out the fence
corners, around stumps, etc.,
where the machine cannot reach.
After a good soaking shower is
the best time for hand wedding, but
the very poorest for hoeing. Hoe
ing should never be attempted
when the ground is wet.
1t is said that hogs fed on green
food-such as green sweet corn,
stalks and all, clover, alfalfa, ETC.,
make much sweeter and better
pork than hogs fed entirely on
grain.
The best time to do any cleaning
up of briars and bushes, or to dead
en- trees, is in August, as they are
more sure to die if cut off or dead
ened in this month than in any
other of the twelve.
Wood ashes not only keep the
borers from working on the roots of
fruit trees, bpt the trees make
healthier and more vigorous growth
and bear much sounder fruit where
they are used.
To raise straw berries, and always
insure a crop and a steady supply
as long as possible through the
season, several varieties
should be planted which rIpen in
The same may be said
with equal truth of raspberries and
What is known as a maverick /
in most cattle raising sections, is
called in Nevada an ''oreana.' In
a recent Montana case a cowboy |
testified that maverick is some. !
boy else's calf that you get your
brand on first"
Tne tendency Of hog feeders and
breeders of late is toward more lean
meat in their favorite animals, and
not so much lard. This is a good
reform in the growing of pork, and
he favorite breed of hogs soon will
le the one that has the largest pro-
portion of lean meat to the amount
If fat.
The pasture fields will badly
'eed their share of attention .after
he harvesting is over. These
ields should be cared for, and be
,ept clean inst as much as any
'ther part of the farm. If grass is
ot king, it is at least one of the
lost important crops that we raise, )
nd should receive the attention
Thich its importance demands.
The main dependence of many c
lrmers is their corn crop, and if it T
lils they have no other resources
, aid them in providing for their C
ants. No one should conffne OPP '
rations to any one thing that is so
ncertain as a corn crop. Even if K
is rot desirable to keep stock, at Fl
asst a variety of crops should be
Used so that a failure of one will
ot materially embarrass the far "
er. IL
An Ohio pork raiser states in an a