The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-22
FARM EXPERIENCE.

grown on poor and hard, cloddy
land.
1t is good plan, when trimming
out the raspberry vines, to bury the
ends of a few thrifty canes to make
plants to set out next season.
The fodder corn will make more
and better feed when it is not too
thick. 1t should be sufficiently
thin to let the sunlight reach the
roots.
Charcoal given to animals, espe-
cially to poultry and swine, acts up
on the blood as a purifier, often be-
ing found of benefit when there is
no definable disease.
1t is not good management to be
understocked, but it is a good deal
worse management to be livestock
ed. The former of the two evils Is
the lesser and the one at all times
to be chosen.
The moving machine would do
much good now in many of the pas
ture fields cutting weeds and briers.
The weeds may be left on the
ground after being cut, but the
briers should be raked up and
burned.
Glover has long been considered
the king Of green manurial crops
the great restorer of worn-out lands.
Our farmers, one and all, can use
much more of it to advantage, es-
pecially upon poor and hard clay
land.
When Strawberries are through
bearing the grass and weeds should
be thoroughly cut out of the beds
and the ground should be loosened
up and made as mellow as possible
so that the vines may gather new
strength to withstand the next win
ter and to fruit another season.
The best and cheapest method OF
keeping a garden clear of weeds is
to keep it clean; and, especially, in
the fall, after the crops have been
taken off, should the bed be cleared
of weeds and none be allowed TO
mature their seeds to reseed the
ground and make work in the fu-
ture.
Fat in meat is not particularly
desirable, except such as, accord
ing to natures laws, is required to
make it tender and palatable. Lean
flesh is much more desirable and
in feeding stock this end should be
kept in view and such feed be fed
as will make lean meat as much as
possible.
Working to purpose is the only
way to succeed, and no one can work
to purpose who has not some sys-
tenn by which to work; and espe-
cially is this true in farming. There
must be some system to guide in
farm work, or much time will be
wasted and many things will be
done which had better been left
alone.
Do not forget that hog cholera,
and almost all the diseases accident
to live stock, may be prevented by
observing proper sanitary conditions
such as cleanliness, giving pure
water to drink and pure food to eat
in caring for the stock; but that
these diseases are most difficult to
cure if they once get a start in the
focks and herds.
The Rural New Yorker is calling
aloud for some enterprising horti-
culturist TO try the possibilities of
the humble huckleberry. 1t has
been neglected for centuries and al
lowed to grow wild on the noun
tain sides or pine plains, annually
robbed of its load of fruit, which it
never fails to produce. Let US now
see what selection, cultivation and
the judicious raising of seedlings
may do for it.
An increasing desire for practical
agricultural experiment is a health
full sign of the times and shows that
agricultural science, which should
be practical agriculture, is making
rapid advancement. The more eX
periments the greater are the chan
ces for improvement, and every far
mer will hail with joy all new dis
coveries in the science or practice
of farming, whether stumbled on by
accident or brought out by we'll di-
rected effort.
"Blood will telp' in breeding live
stock of any kind. it goes without
saying that sire and dam bred true
to certain type for several genera
tions will, without much doubt,
produce offspring true to their type
also, and for this reason animals of
we'll known breeding are much more
valuable in the breeding focks and
herds than those of doubtful breed
ing, although of equal merit other
Wise, and the farmer and breeder
can afford to pay well for such
blood.
The timothy on many meadows is
killed from some cause and farmers
will be under the necessity of re-
seeding them. Now, the question
is whether to seed the meadows
down again with or without grain.
If they are plowed early and put in
thoroughly good condition, and
seeded to grass, it will come up and
make rapid growth and quite
heavy crop of hay next season. 1t
is true that such fields usually
bring an excellent wheat crop, and
for this reason, where the fields
are not needed for meadows, it is
best to seed them down with
wheat.
The Golden Time.
There are golden times in all