The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-24
FARM EXPERIENCE.

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avoided by stockmen this winter are
under feeding and overlooking.
It is said that in the districts
visited by the potatoe rot the white
varieties were less affected by the
disease than the other>kinds.
Do not neglect small things in
caring for the domestic animals, if
they can affect the comfort of the
stock in the smallest degree.
Separate and feed all young
stock apart from the older animals,
or the younger youngsters will
not get their share of feed, and con-
sequently will not do well.
In planting out an orchard be
sure to give each tree abundance Of
room for roots to have free range
and the top to have access to sun
light and air.
Fall pasturing of meadows de
strOys the growth necessary to pro-
tect the grass roots during the win
ter and to fertilize the soil and rem
der it rich and mellow.
Farmers, more than any other
class of producers, should aim at
quality in production; perhaps
quality has more to do with the
price of farm commodities than of
almost any other kind. -
Do not forget that the fall seasoa
is the best time in which to do all
painting found necessary on the
farm. Buildings, machinery and
tools which need it should now be
given a good coat of durable paint.
Stock of almost any kind will in
jure young orchard, and should
not be allowed, under any circum
stances, to pasture among the fruit
trees until the trees become of some
size and able to withstand some
knocks.
Winter apples should be sorted
again before being finally stored
away. The apples which were
bruised in picking and handling
will soon begin to rot and iniure
others, and second sorting will re-
move all such fruit.
In feeding, especially when rapid
fattening is the object, the animals
should be given the kind offeed
which they relish, and of which
they will eat the largest guam tity.
1t pays sometimes to study the ami
mails appetite.
Grape vine cuttings should be ia
ken from the vine now. Each cut
ting should be allowed several eyes
and be planted in good, dry and
loose soil, so that only the top bud
will be exposed, and then be Gov
cred with straw or some other kind
of light mulehing.
DR.. Lawes does not think he can
keep larger herd of live stock by
ensilage. He prefers mangels as
giving more food per acre than the
average silo crop. There i but lit
tie doubt that the doctor is right.
The amount of mangels which can
be raised on an acre is simply mar
velous, and would astonish anyone
who has not seen a large crop Of
them growing.
Evergreen trees should not be
transplanted in the fall season, but
this is the best time for removing
large ornamental and shade trees
which do not stand where wanted.
Do not forget this, and if there are
any trees which you may wish to
move, take them up carefully, with
plenty of soil adhering to the roots,
and dig out a good large hole to
put them in, and they need scarce
ly be retarded in growth by the
transplanting,
Many of the diseases of domes-
tic stock may be attributed to inju-
dicious feeding and ignorance or
carelessness in shedding and caring
for them. A writer says: "Too
much, too little, the wrong kind or
too sudden changes Of the food will,
any and all of them, make trouble"
So will crowding too many together
beneath the same roof, or in too
small compass. The exposure to
cald draughts in the stables, or ex-
posture to storms without any pro
lection at all, and budding in filthy
yards, where very often the mix
ture of mud and manure is half
knee deep, are also fruitful sources
of diseases.
A writer in the Cultivator gives
the following method of preserving
apples: 81 take the apples ripe
and fresh from the trees, and
cover them up with dry, fine coal
ashes, to a depth of fourteen to
eighteen inches. I have apples
that have passed two winters thus
preserved, out OF doors, exposed to
rain and frost, and yet the fruit
came out fresh and fair. How
much longer the apples would keep
under these circumstances 1 do not
know. Possibly pears, eggs, and
some other perishable articles,
might be kept by this simple and
inexpensive process much longer
than under present methods.
PANACEA FOR TRoUBLE.-Life is
filled with trouble, as writer in
Our Home has said, and We must
shoulder our share with the best
grace we can. We may only seek
to make them as light as we can,
since to avoid them is impossible.
There is one sovereign panacea for
this. 1t is work. Rrooding over
trouble is like surrounding ones
self with a fog. 1t magnifies all
objects through it. Occupation of !
the mind prevents this; hard work,
manuel work even, gives the mind |
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