The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-21

Now il an excellent time TO push
young pigs, az they grow very rapidly
after the weather commences 10 become
| warm.
The advice 10 put COW before calying
on short rations 20 prevent milk fever Is
bad. The food should be regular, not
forced
The best bred stock cost the most
money, out its produce brings great
deal more than the produce of that
which is badly bred.
Calves kept gaining vigorously through
the first year are werth at the end twice
as much as others that have been re-
tarded in growth.
In feeding you want to notice that
some animals are more dainty as TO
their choice than others Their likes
| should be respected.
Irregularity in sailing will not con-
duce TO the laying on of flesh. Especl-
ally in dairying will irregularity IN salt
ing show in the milk.
Vigorous growth of plants is the best
protection against insect enemies, and
| timely cultivation comes In most efiec-
tive auxiliary force.
J Trees in a cultivated field are trouble
some but where they are not numerous
they add enough to the beauty OF the
landscape to compensate.
A soil but FIVE inches deep cannot be
worth as much as another that gives
free scope to the roots of plants to what
ever depth they may penetrate in search
If nutriment
a second brood of eurrant worms
usually makes its appearance just as the
fruit begins to ripen, and 1t Is quite as
injurious to the crop as the first if not
promptly destroyed.
Roots and plants that go by choice
ten or twelve inches in the soil fail TO
bring up full support when they are re-
stricted to four or five inches by reason
of impenetrable earth beneath.
Public water troughs, it is claimed,
are places at which infectious diseases
are spread, hence the water should
always be flowing ine them instead OF
turing it on only when wanted.
1t is said that calves begin to form
as soon as they are allowed on the pas
ture, but three months is soon enough
to allow them to do so, or the result will
be scours.
1t Is said that the best mode of using
sulphur about plants, in order to destroy
insects, is to sprinkle it on the ground
during warm day, when it will prove
beneficial without injuring the plants
Cut The clover before the blossoms
begin to fade.
Clean cultivation is essential to gooC
crops. This often lakes work, pains
taking, tedious hoeiEg and weed pulling
A whip in the hands of a driver whit
uses it freely on his horses is out o
place. 1t should be laid across his shirt
less back.
Good seed is at the bottom of ali goo,
farming. No matter how well the groun'
may be MANFRED and prepared, if tn
seed is poor there can be no success.
In making lawn too little stress i
: usually placed on thorough trenchinI
or subsoiIing aud enriching the land
; The surface should be narrowed ant
handraked till it is in the finest cOndi
ton.
Look after the small things of tb
farm. Larger profits in proportion L
J the cost of production are realized from
sales of butter, eggs, spring chickens
asparagus, etc, than from the mali
crops.
Strong, pure brine is recommended a
: an efficient hardener of flesh, and ha
been used with success about the neck
r of horses, where the collar goes, at TIN
: commencement Of the blowing season.
When a bargain is made, its terms t.
, be fulfilled later, it is well to make
memorandum of details that subsequen
disagreement may be avoided, for one o
the other party is likely to forget thu
terms
Chicks month or six weeks old viii
now need special care to make then
: prosper advantageously. They SHOULD
be well and regularly fed, CAREFUL,
housed at night and constantly be looked
after in wet weather.
When a hoe becomes dull it retard
J work because of the increased tax i
imposes on strength. Sharpen by film.
/, to chisel edge. When sharp it work
much more effectively, especially whel
! there are weeds to be cut.