The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-07-30
FARM METHODS AND EXPERIENCE

the turnip seed too late, if large
roots are expected.
Do not be too cautious about
out the plants, the re-
mainder will only grow the larger
and be the better for it.
The best stock for any farmer to
keep is the kind that will suit him
best, and is best adapted to his
farm and markets.
All the summer, in connection
with every operation, keep in mind
the paramount object-the improve
ment of the farm.
In the summer feeding of hogs,
care should be exercised in prOvid-
ing plenty of fresh water and cool
shade, especially when the hogs are
fat, or they may be overcome with
heat, and some of them lost.
Watch that the fruit does not so
heavily laden the tree as to break
them down. The fruit on trees
heavily ladened should be thinned,
or at least the limbs be supported
III some way, to keep them from
breaking.
1t is said that ground feed is Of
greater Importance to fattening
stock in Summer than in winter.
On account of the more laxative
condition of their system, whole
grain will not be retained and as
simulated so well as when they are
on dry feed.
If you have an old pasture field
that needs renoVating, give it a
thorough narrowing with a heavy,
sharp harrow, and SOW blue grass,
or other grass seed and harrow it
again. This should be done early
in the spring, but in the early fail
will do very well.
The day is not so far distant
when farming in the United States
will be conducted upon as thorough
a system Of tillage as is followed in
France and England. This may
not be from necessity, like it is
there, but because our farmers will
learn that thorough tillage is the
most profitable.
One of the chief lacks in stone
fruits, says the Cultivator, is pot
ash in the soil. This is especially
true Of peaches, which are supposed
to do better on sandy soils, where
potash is usually defcienG. Liber-
al dressings with wood ashes or mu-
riate of potash are a preventive of,
if not a remedy for, the yellows.
The successful business man
studies the requirements of the
markets, and strives to so turn and
manipulate his business as too meet
these demands. 1t is very certain
that the more successful he is in
meeting these requirements, the
greater success he makes of his
business. Farmers should do the
same and strive to be ready to meet
every turn in the market.
The young fruit trees will send
up many shoots which will need
trimming off, and this should be
done as soon as they make their APP
pearance. The whole orchard
should be gone over every week or
two. and al surplus branches be
cut off as fast as they appear. This
is much better than allowing them
to grow to some size before cutting
them off, and will not injure the
tree so much.
The white daisies found on so
many farms, making some fields
white with their blossoms, are a
disgrace TO the farm and the farm
er. They are indicative Of careless
and slovenly methods of cultiva-
ton, and the farm is gradually
working toward an unpaying basis.
Thorough cultivation and care in
watching for the appearance of ev-
cry blossom is the only way of eff
fecting their entire eradication.
Grass, to make the best hay,
should not be allowed to become
dry before being put up. When it
becomes so dry as to rattle much
OF the substance has been lost, TO a
great extent, and the hay will not
make as good feed. The greener it
can be put up with safety the bet
ter day it will make. 1t can be put
up much grcener than many sup
pose. Each farmer should make
some experiments, and learn for
himself just how green it may be
stored away without danger of
spelling, and then observe this
stage closely in his hay harvesting
thereafter.
Many times, in cleaning up
around fence rows and vacant spa
ces on the farm, great quantities of
weeds and grass are cut and al
lowed to 60 to waste, which, if
hauled to the manure heap, and in
corporated in it while yet green,
would make a vast amount of ex
cellent manure. The wise farmer
tnrns everything possible into ma
nure, and there are many ways of
increasing the size of the heap to
advantage, which are commonly
This of course takes
work, but it will lead to increased
productiveness of the land, and this
increase the crops and the profita-
bleness of farming,
Whatever else may engage the
farmers attention, the live stock
must receive it's share. There is a
tendency when grass comes to turn
stock out and pay no more atten-
ton to it, under the mistaken i'm
preston that the pasture furnishes
all the requirements, and it will !
need no other attention. There are
many little things to see to about
the stock, and these require atten-
ton almost every day. The sheep
should be counted at least once a |
week, and seen every day, to know
if these are any missing and that
nothing is wrong. The same with
cattle and hogs, and especially |
should every horse be seen and han
He'd each week. Horses are apt to
receive injuries, to get out of cOndi
ion and escape from their pasture,
md for these reasons they require
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