The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-04
FARM HzPER1ENgE.


Turning sod under and immedi-
ately again by seeding the grass
seed with wheat is one of the best
and cheapest ways of improving i'm
poverished land.
The young animals are the ones
which are now growing most rapid
~ into money, and the prudent far
mer will give them every advantage
and every opportunity to develop
and mature.
1t is always sign of a good far
mer to see him saving every particle
of manure and top dressing to en-
rich his land with it; besides linn
ing and blowing under crops of
green clover occasionally.
A writer thinks that timber
should be cut for fuel in winter,
and for fence and mechanical pur-
poses in the months OF July and
August, or in other words as near
as possible to the time of the close
of its annual growth.
Diversified husbandry always
pays best. Grow garden, a
small fruit orchard, keep good
flock of poultry, a few head OF
swine, some good mich cows, a few
good mares, small flock of sheep,
and be economical, and you will
steadily become better off.
An animal impoverished in flesh
cannot grow or mature, and it must
be maintained at loss of feed, in
terest on the money invested and of
the time of the farmer. An animal
must be kept in good flesh and
thriving to make it grow, develop
and prove profitable.
Good tillage is the strongest
weapon with which the farmer
can fight hard times and gain sue
cess. Imperfect culture, on the
other hand, will scarcely enable him
to gain a living from the richest
soil, and the soil will deteriorate
rapidly in quality from such treat
ment besides.
Winter is the best time to do all
grubbing, clearing of land and
cleaning out of fence rows which
are grown up with bushes, etc.
This work can be done more easily
in winter, because the ground is
thrown up by the successive frosts
and is softer, when not frozen, than
in any other season.
1t may save considerable feed to
keep an eye on the careless hand,
especially when the stock is fed
fodder and hay in the open field at
some distance from the masters
eyes. Often feed is thrown out
without reference TO the require
ments of the animals and half of
it is trempled in the mud and is
wasted.
A good wood house we'll filed
with abundance of good wood is not
a usual convenience, and no farmer
is sufficiently thoughtful for his
wife who nee.lects to provide one.
During the winter is the proper
time to cut and ill the wood house
with wood, provided there is such q
building, and if there is not, one
should be bnilt Immediately and
filed yet this winter With good
wood.
Peter Henderson states that, dur
ing his recent visit to England,
nothing surprised him so much as
the growing of tomatoes. In one
establishment, there were in run
ming feet two aud a hslf miles green
houses all filed with tomatoes.
These must have cost not less than
100000. The tomatoes were then
selling at six pence sterling per
pound, or about Sc per bushel.
The tree agents are now going
rounds of all the farm houses with
their high colored plates. 1t is al
ways well to be cautious and not
buy of any one not known to be re-
liable. 1t is we'll for the purchaser
to learn by study and by study and
inquiry just what kinds of fruits
are the standard varieties and what
do best in his vicinity, and to make
mp the bulk Of his bill of trees from
a judicious selection OF these kin DIS.
1t is not good judgment to buy a
new variety just because the agent
urges and it looks well in his book
of high colored plates. Paints and
high colored inks do not cost much,
and 1t is very easy to make any va
riety look well on paper. The new,
untried and high priced trees and
plants should be invested in very
sparingly, as many of them are of
no value whatever. Besides, the
prices are generally SO exorbitant
that the farmer cannot afford to
buy more than one or two trees,
just to 'try, and to find out that
there are plenty of the old and
standard varieties which are as
good and perhaps better, which can
be bought for one-fourth the price.