The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-18
FARM EXPERIENCE.

ALWLIS A w Al l. LII Pl .
sents many means by which an
honest living can be made-so
many in fact, that the versatile
farmer need not suffer materially !
from depressions, as he can turn |
fIom raising one crop to growing |
another, etc, and by watching the
markets always have a surplus OF
the highest priced products for sale.
CLOVER FOR SWINE. Swine plague
is most successfully combatted in
the pasture field. Glover pasture
is not'only most healthy food, but
it is also nutritious one, aud one
cannot do a more judicio1s thing
than to SOW a field in clover for a
hog pasture. The health, thrift
aud growth of swine are best and
most economically. secured in clio
yer field. ria1 49,
PERSONAL ATTENTION TO STocK.-l
The comfort of each animal should
he personally looked after, as far as
possible by the owner himself. No
on else will do it as well, and often
poor animal will be overlooked by
the careless employee, if it does not
happier to come up with the rest;
but the missing one would not be
overlooked by the owners eye,
which is made keen sighted by self
interest.
TRAPPING RATs.-The Rural New
| Yorker finds that by placing piece
of thin muslin or light fabric over
a set steel trap, and scattering a
few crumbs of bread, cracker or
cheese over it, even the most expert
| enCed, careful and wittiest patriot
of the rat family, who has defed all
1ther devices to trap him, can be
easily induced to step right into the
laws of death.
PRESERVING FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
The Philadelphia Press says
fruits and flowers may be preserved
from decay and fading by miners
ing them in solution of gum ara
blc and water two or three times,
waiting a sufficient time between
each immersion TO allow the gum to
dry. The process covers the sur
face Of the fruits with a thin coat Of
gum, which is entirely imperyious
10 the air, and thus prevents the
Decay of tie fruit or the whitening
of the flowers.
HOG CHOLERA EXPERIMENr.-The
iIoSa Homestead mentions that Mr.
Gerth, state veterinarian of Nebras
ka, has sent to Paris fer Pastcur
hog cholera virus, and has been ex
perimenting With the hogs at the
college farm. So far the virus has
produced a mild form of cholera.
It now remains TO discover, by ac-
tual experiment, whether hogs re
covered from this mild attack are
proof against incubation with the
genuine virus, and also, when they
will take the disease when placed
contact with hogs that have it,
MANURE IN THE ORCHARD.-The
teams and hands can be employed
to good advantage in hauling good,
we'll rotted manu- on the orchard.
1t is supposable, when an orchard
s planted, that it is expected to
bear fruit bundantly; but it is most
certain that it cannot do this IN
less the trees are given nutrition in
abundance, and in an available
form for ready assimilation. If the
trees are fed well they will bear well
that is, if the soil in which they
are planted is dry and well adapted
L IN their rponireluPnts
| WEEDINL OUT UNPRoFITABLE
| SrOCK.-A merciless system of
wedding out may be practiced Oh
many stock farms to great advan-
tage. The disposal of every infe-
rior animal and every ungrowthy
stocker will largely reduce the num-
Der of animals on many farms; but
such animals are always kept at a
loss and the farmer is much better
off without them, while the balance
can be better cared for and will
prove Just that much more profta-
BILE. Low prices and increased COM
petition in the live stock than ever
before makes it imperative upon the
| farmer, who would meet with sue
6 SIS and grow his animals at prof
it, to dispose of his poorest, and
hereafter to grow none which have
not excellence as recommends
ton.
CARE OF BLOOD SToCK.-No
brood animals should not be
| neglected now, but all should be
so fed and cared for that they will
have the most strength and vitality
to develop and give birth to their
fetuses at the proper season. The
female animal has double drain
upon her system during the winter,
and requires suitable food in suffi-
cient quantity to sustain not only
her own life and condition, but also
her young. Many feeders are not
inclined to allow sufficiently for this
difference in the requirements of
pregnant and other animals, and of
ten they run down in flesh as q. ICON
sequence, and are not able to rear
their young. Stockmen cannot use
too much caution in car
ing for their breeding animals in
such way as to make them most
profitable.