Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-02-14
Agricultural Chunks.

variety is the spice of life"-to
the sheep.
To work for early maturity is a first
class plan.
Grooming the COWS is n work which
always brings good return.
Do all the work we'll so that there
will be no need to do it over again.
Any animal that is worthy of a
place on the farm has a right to good
keep.
Have the corn-feld ready to start
the pillow as soon rs the frost is out of
the ground.
Keep no animal that does not in
some way pay for its feed, either in
growth, milk, work or increase.
Seek the comfort of the stock at all
times. Never let any animal suffer
from hunger, thirst or cold.
Treat the cows kindly. Harsh
treatment will make them hold their
milk and dry themselves up.
Farmers should study the need of
their stock and farms and try to sup
ply them as early as possible.
If it pays to raise corn and hay to
feed stock, the profit will be increased
by having a good warm place to feed
them.
Time is money with the farmer, in
winter as well as summer. Some
thing profitable can be found to do
almost every day.
Feed so as to make the most money
and to do this feed to make the great
est size in the shortest time at the least
expense.
Poultry may be source of consider
able profit, or an intolerable nuisance,
accordingly as they are managed and
treated.
Farmers, attend to all the little
things of the farm and you will be
sure to have a good living and a
large number of acres all paid for.
Thorough cultivation is essential to
reap bountiful crops, but thorough
preparation of the ground before
planting is just as essential.
Keep the manure in compact pile
and do not allow it scattered all over
the barn-yard, as it will not rot, but
will lose all its strength.
Examine the young apple trees and
see if the rabbits and moles are work
ing on them; if SO, paint the trees
with tar up out of their reach.
Don't have big wet place in the
corn field next summer, but drain it
February is the best time in
the whole year to do such work.
1t is considered settled that the
quality of the milk is controlled by
the quality of the food. How impor-
tant it is, then, that the food be OF
the best quality.
1t is not the number of acres
ploughed, but the number of bushels
harvested, which makes prosperity
among farmers. Do not forget this
but pillow less the coming spring and
farm better.
Farming may not be the most
lucrative business, yet any one who
cultivates the soil is assured of al
honest living if he is only industrious
and uses an average amount of com
mon sense.
Good times will undoubtedly bC
felt sooner by the man who, practic
ing a sensible economy and carrying
a cheerful countenance, proposes t.
make the best of his chances, thai
anybody else.
Do not allow your boys to worl
with old, inferior or heavy tools, i
you wish to cultivate and encourag,
> their mechanical taste. Good tool
will make boy feel pride in doini
well the work before him.
The press is connecting link witt
markets and commerce of all kinds
with prospects and prices, with sup
ply and demand, and with the com
ments and opinions of farmers them
l selves on all these things.
In buying a COW, find out for your
: self if she is what you want. Dom
take anybody's word for it. A mea
: COW is such an intolerable nuisanc
that many men are strongly tempte
to strain point in order to get rid {
: her.
e 1t is a well-knOWn fact that shee
u love bright fine hay, and will eat
y cleaner and do better on it than O
coarse hay; while cattle seem t
>, relish the coarse hay and fodder
u even better than the fine. 1t woul