The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-05-14
FARM EXPERIENCE.
Points Observed, Contributed, Cola
ted and Condensed.

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out ones.
1t is a hard matter to get out of
the old ruts in faraming; but 1t can
be done by reading and experiment
ing, and in no other way.
Hogs, to be made grow rapidly
and at little cost this summer,
should have clover lot to run in.
1t is well not to forget, while re-
pairing fences make peaceful stock,
but that poor ones are trainers to
breachy stock, and an open menace
to growing crops.
1t may not appear so at first
glance, but a little thought will con-
vince even the most skeptical that
grass is about the most important
crop on the farm; and it should be
cared for incorporation to its impor-
lance.
The best of land may be ruined
by bad and slovenly cultiyation,an
it is incumbent on every tiller of
the soil TO cultivate his land so as
to improve fertility with every crop.
In no other way can farming be
made to pay.
Fruit cellars, especially If under
the dwelling house, should no W
be cleaned out, well ventilated and
little lime scattered over the floor
to destroy noxious odors which are
incident to decayed fruit, and
which are also very unhealthy.
Put in a few hills of corn in April
for early roasting ears. If the frost
does not destroy the young corn
sprouts, it will make nice early
roasting ears, and if they are de
stroyed it will not be much trouble
to replant a small patch.
1t is said to cost less to raise ar
tichokes than any other crop, there
being no danger from insects and
drouth. Hogs thrive as well Oh
them as upon corn, and stock hogs
better. Try a few and ind out If
this is true. 1t will not cost much,
AM, nav be quite an advantage.
Keep the pigs and hogs on s1 he
grass lands while the ground is yet
soft, mas they swill root. up and
destroy more grass in a day than
they are worth. Rings, on account
of the ground being so soft st this
season of the year, will not entirely
prevent them from roofing.
Heavy soils and those rich in
vegetable matter, says an exchange,
should receive frequently light
dressings OF salt. 1t does not act
directly as a fertilizer except in very
rare ins tances, but in small doses
helps dissolve and make available
other plant food of which heavy
soils usually have an abundance,
though not in available condition
for use.
A good index to the health of an
finals is the condition of their hair.
The hair of stock out Of condition
becomes rough and lusterless aad
indicates that something must be
done for the animals health or it
will die, and the farmer cannot af-
ford to neglect disqualification of i'll
health in his stock.
1t is said that bone dust and
wood ashes are the best fertilizers,
and supply all that may be lacking
in almost any soil for their growth.
1t would be well for our farmers to
save the bones and wood ashes
for the strawberry bed; but in the
first place every farmer should
have bed of these plants to furnish
their tables with the earliest fruit.
Unless manure is under shelter
the sooner it is spread on the fields
the better. There is much waste
of unsheltered manure, caused by
rains and action of the heat and
cold, and this strength, if it must
be exhausted before the season of
plant growth, should be allowed to
) fertilize the roots of the plants n
least, or sink into the soil for
the use of future crops instead OF
being carried away by rains.
A garden is one of the necessities
and luxuries of the farm. Many
farmers tables are not as well sup
piled with vegetables as those OF
the town and city people, yet the
farmers should be supplied with
more varieties and better and fresh
er vegetables at all seasons of the
year. After the luxury Of vegeta
bles, fresh from the garden, has
once been enjoyed, the farmer
would not willingly be deprived Of
their presence on his table after.
wards.
The Farmers Review states that
the old barns made when the coun.
try was new are mostly huge frames
built close the ground, so near, in
fact, that they make q harbOr for
skunks and weasels. Too often by
the accumulation Of manure around
them the lower stills are rotted
away. The heavy upper tImbers
are apparently as sound as ever.
TIE raise the buildings and put
Easements under them is a much
smaller job than most farmers sup
pose. In most cases new stills must
be put in, but this also is a triaing
expense. A well laid stone under a
barn is the cheapest barn room g
farmer can make, if the barn is ON
side hill, where a driveway can be
made on the uphill side with out the
necessity for embanking. In a
barn basement all the manure can be
saved, while under m ost old barns
there is enough manure to pay for
moving them. 1t will often be nee
essary to excavate several feet of
earth to make basement, and the
whole of this under barn that has
stood twenty or thirty years in one
place, is rich in nitrogen. In fact,
saltpetre or potash is sometimes
taken from under old buildings, but
the earth is worth much more to a
farmer to draw on the poorer places
in his fields.
Our gradmothers made nice little
cheese during the hot weather, and
SO turned the milk to good account.