The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-03-19
FARM METHODS.
Points Observed, Contributed, Col
lated and Condensed,

An uQIEQlLIdl OTCudIu may OIISA
be brought into bearing by heavy
bl oadcast application of good sta
BILE manure.
1t is poor economy to leave wag-
ons. sleds, hay ladders, ect., with
out shelter. Build some kind of
shed for them-a cheap one if you
cannot afford a better.
Manure for the garden should
be well rotted and worked over sew
al times, so as to kill all weed and |
grass seeds, before it is spread up |
on the beds, and thus save much |
work in wedding.
All animals should be kept in
good flesh, so as to be ready to
make a rapid growth as soon as
spring opens, and not have to spend |
the best part of the summer recu-
perating their wasted vitality.
1t is an opinion among breeders
that the dam cenfers the consti-
tutional peculiarities and the men
tai, or rather instructive character
istics, whites the sire gives the form
and other qualities.
An exchange says the Concord is
the standard grape, and for com
mon family use it should be the
chief kind planted; but if the in
tention is to raise grapes for mar
ket, perhaps some of the earlier
varieties would be more profitable,
if they can be given little extra
attention.
The pigs should be kept grow
ing right along; but something
mere than dish water is necessary
to make them grow rapidly into
poTkers. In the economical rear
ing Of this stock in the winter sea
son, corn, in liberal quantities, is
absolutely essential, as also are
warm quarters.
Salt sesms to be necessary to all
kinds Of animals. Even the deer
and the buffalo, although their
haunts are far from the pales of cir
ilizatien, will go long distances to
find a salt lick. The neglect of
sailing regularly often leads ami
mails to eat and drink things which
injure them.
The potato lot should be of rich,
mellow soil, and heavily fertiiized
on the surface; and, if possible, the
burrows just after the potatoes are
dropped, should be partially filled
with well-rotted manure; and if the
ground be kept clean and mellow
good crop may usually be depended
upon.
The advantages of feeding cut
and especially cooked food is a
matter of open doubt as to profita-
bleness. The labor required often
exceeds the advantages derived
from the better assimilation of the
essential elements, let alone the
cost of machinery for cutting and
furnaces and fuel for cooking.
Those fond Of early greens, says
the Farm Journal, can get them by
setting out cabbage stumps. Cover
half the stems by drawing earth
up around them. Green leaves will
sprout out very early. Spinach and
luttucs will endure a good deal of
frost too. 1t will be worth while to
risk a little seed this month if the
weather seems favorable.
1t is very good plan to have a
small hog to kill about this time,
to furnish fresh meat for family
use. 1t can easily be kept fresh.
Fresh meat is considered much
more healthful than sailed But it
is best to vary the pork with good
fat mutton, as cheaper and per
haps a more healthful meat.
Good fertilizers are the great
want of the garden. Any crop that
requires as much labor as vegeta-
bles should have the most favora-
BILE opportunity for the highest de-
velopment. Lime, phosphates, nj
trates and ground bone are perhaps
the best promoters of this growth.
Plant no more than can be 80 cult
waited and fertilized as to secure
the greatest growth and finest spec
linens of plant and fruit.
1t is now time to order q stock
Of seeds for the spring planting
Be very sure that you get good seed
and to do this, dc not buy from
some unreliable scotsman, because
he offers his seeds cheap; but pur-
chase of some reliable seed house,
so that you can rest assured that
you are getting what you ordered.
This is important as fraud cannot
be detected until the plants have
come to maturity, and tho farmer
has met with heavy loss.
The American CuItivator states
that improved machinery for press
ing oil cake and extracting the ell |
has enabled manufacturers to put
on the market cotton seed cake con-
tanning very small percentage of oil.
Its feeding value is not, however,
determined by the amount of oil, as
the seed of fax is rich in flesh form
ing matesial which in good cendi-
tion is as important as the oil it.
self. A hard-pressed cake is dryer
and less liable to mould than one
which is richer in oil.
The young cattle generally have
to take the winter and storms as
they come, sheltering themselves
perhaps behind straw stacks, which
also furnish them with the bulk of
their food. This is all wrong; if
part of the straw was used to make
shelter, and the balance supple
mented with grain for their food it
would do very well, much better
than the other way. 1t is little
late in the season to commence
now; but if porsible, keep the
young cattle in good thifty condi-
ton, and far from the verge of star
walton.
To raise early vegetables, it is
essential that an early commence
ment be made and everything be
done to insure success; such as