The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-01-15
Farm Maxims.

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Plow and cultivate in good sea
son, and when the ground is not
too wet.
FailOw pillow for winter crops, fall
plow for spring crops.
Seed no more ground than you
can cultivate and keep free from
weeds.
Keep up rotation Of crops with
clover, and apply as much manure
every year as is taken from the
soil.
Select the best seeds, and if you
have to purchase them, buy only of
reliable firm, even if you have to
pay an extra price.
When you have good seed, save
the best and most productive.
Sow this in a separate lot for
your future stock.
Keep this system up as long as
you can make any Improvement in
your seeds.
Select your seeds early in the
season, SO you will have them on
hand when required.
Strive to be ahead in all your
work, and be certain to have your
crops in the ground at the right
time.
Do not put off until tomorrow
what can done to-day.
Plant corn, potatoes and cabbage
on rich ground.
Plow deep and thoroughly, and
pulverize the ground well; but give
the crops only shallow tillage when
once in the ground.
The more frequent, however, this
culture, with the addition of the hoe
the greater will be the yield.
Plant peas, onion sets and onion
seeds at the same time, the latter
on clean, rich or new ground.
Keep good stock; grade up what
you have, if.you cannot afford the
best.
Do not overwork your horses, and
never feed or water them when
very warm.
snake hay while the sun shines"
prepare it and your fodder in prop
er season and condition.
Keep the tires on your wagon
tight and the axles and harness
well oiled.
A wOrkroom with a few tools will
often save q day of valuable time
going to a shop, besides the ex-
pense.
On wet, idle or wintry days, re-
pair and fix up; remember, ''stltch
in time saves nine" A few hours
used in repair may save you from
despair.
Haste, as well as neglect, makes
waste.
Early to bed and early to rise
makes man healthy, wealthy and
wise"
Keep order; have a place for eve
rything and everything in its place.
1t often takes more time to find a
tool than it does to do the work.
Keep your fence up and in good
repair.
When you build a house select
an elevated situation, away from
the pond, marshes and sluggish
streams, if you desire health, save
doctors bills and ANNOYANCE from
mosquitoes.
Raise neat and comfortable
buildings, but not beyond your
means.
Set out an orchard at once on the
highest eligible ground you have,
setting the trees forty feet each
way.
In selecting varieties go to the
nearest successful fruit grower
and see what varieties succeed the
best with him, and set out these.
Let there be but few kinds, and
these chiefly winter varieties.
Set out a few grapes, cherries,
blackberries, raspberries, red rasp-
bCIIiCS anu SJIdM D6EIlGS.
Set out also a few peaches, plums
and quinces-such as seed best in
your neighborhood.
A few currants, gooseberries,
and rhubarb plants may be added.
By so doing you will have plenty
Of all kinds of fruit for your family.
Head your trees when young to
proper height and natural form.
Trim them mostly when young.
The greatest enemy to the or
chard is the round headed borer.
A band of strong tarred paper,
put around the trees next to the
ground, twenty inches high, is the
best preventive of injury from this
pest, as well as from rabbits.
When once in the trees lose no
time in cutting them out with a
knife.
Thorough and repeated culture
should be your motto with all.kinds
of fruit.
House your poultry and do not
make fruit trees a roost for the
fowls.
Do not mortgage your property
when once paid for.
Keep out of debt. Pay what you
owe. Buy only what you need.
Borrow as little as little as posi-
BILE; return when promised, and in
as good order as when received.
A mixture of bran, corn meal and |
wheat screenings, IN about equal
parts, scalded thoroughly with
boiling water, and feed not to fowls
Oh winter mornings is what they |