The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-09-18
USEFUL AND1sUGeEsTVe.


-Itcost less to keep fat team than
a lean one. Cincinnati Times.
-The profit Of a crop is the last few
bushels and the profit of fat animal is
the last few pounds. Thoroughness
pays. Boston Post.
Would you like to drink the water
the COWS are drinking? Do your child
rem drink the milk made from this
water?' Western Rurdi.
Better spend two minutes puttinga
thing IN its proper place when you have
it in your hand, than hunt for it an
hour when you have forgotten where
you used it last.-ErchdRge
Who has such an excellent chance
to have beautiful lawn about the house
as the farmer? He can surround his
house with a much prettier green carpet
than the average suburban resident can.
boston Globe.
Tea cakes: Mix for fifteen minutes
four eggs with half a pound of sugar,
half grated nutmeg and as much pow
dered cloves as will lie on the tip of
dinner knife. Then add half a pound
of dry and sifted flour, and mix thor
oughly, have a creased or waXed tin,
drops tablespoonful of the dough at in
teryals upon it, and bake a pale brown
in a moderate oven.-BoStOR Budget.
"A wise creed:
Whether the tempests lull or blow,
Whether the currents ebb or flow,
Whether the future smile or no,
Whether the bQrVGStS blight grow. ~
Whether the years are swift or slow, y,
In DAYS of Joy or days of woe,
In fortune high or fortune low,
This be my creed for friend or foo
Gather the roses as you go.
Few farm crops take up so much
potash as the potato. 1t is an alkaline
Juice that stains the hands when pairing
potatoes; and it is best removed by
oxalic acid. This alone should be a
sufficient hint as to the kind of fertilizer
most needed for potatoes, and is the
reason why this crop soonest fails on
sandy soils, where potash is usually de-
ficient, Troy Times.
There is no doubt that much first,
class honey does not bring first-class
prices because of the manner of putting
It up Its delicate flavor is lost and it
soon becomes tainted by being put into
whisky or molasses barrels, or even
fresh wooden barrels may give taste.
Tin cans are perhaps safer for storing
or shipping honey in than any sort Of
wooden receptacle.-M Y Farmer.
Too many horses have a number Of
teachers and are taught in this way by
one, III that by another and in an en-
tirely different way by a third, hence he
gets things mixed; so mixed indeed,
that he doesn't know this from that, or
indeed, what is expected of him half
the time; this usually results in the use
of the whip, tug at the lines, or a
shout fit to awaken terror in a rock and
then more whip and yet more Juggling
and blessing.-LadianapoiiS Sentinel.
Next to the man who fails to sup
ply fruit for his family during the sum-
mer. we put the man who will not 90
to dinner when the signal is given.
Many good men seem to be unable to
understand that Homework is as much
of q business as their own work. They
always wait to hoe another row, take
another load, or do little more after
dinner is ready. This is all wrong.
Nothing is gained by the extra work;
the housewife is often put out of pa
tience, and the dinner may be injured.
Stop work when you hear the bell, and
90 to dinner.-N Y Herald.