Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-05-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE HELPING HAND.
Suggestions for the Farmer and House.
hold Hints.

When skim milk or buttermilk can be
secured at from two TO three cents gal.
Ion, 1t is one of the cheapest foods that
can be given to chickens. Itmay largely
take the place of flesh, and will induce
them to lay early and often.
There is no "best" bit for horses
mouth. II there was such an one there
would be no other used. The kind of bit
for any horse must be determined by use.
Try until one is found that suits horse
and driver, and that is the best for them.
A nurseryman of Union county, Penn,
claims to be.able to grow apples without
cores. His theory is to bend the twig
when the size Of small elder. and insert
the top in the ground When the top
takes root sufficiently cut il off near the
butt, and stake it up perpendicularly.
If aplow or other steel implement has
become very rusty, make a mixture of
half a pint of oil of vitriol poured slowly
into quart Of water and apply TO the
rusted metal Wash off with water and
scour In the usual manner 1t is better,
however, not to let any implement get
rusty.
Tobacco is rich and quick acting fer.
tilizer. One of its advantages is that II
is repulsivc to most insects, and it has a
flavor and odor which even the malodor.
Gus squash bug cannot stomach. 1t is
also said to be a good mulch to protect
| currant bushes from the worm which de
stroys their leaves
DIR. j. A. Sewell, Of the Colorado uni.
versity, has been making experiments,
testing the blood Of hogs affected with
hog cholera that he finds contains mi.
crobes, which are not present in the blood
of healthy hogs. He is cultivating the
microbe for purposes of inocuation and
expects important results.
II 100 hens are to be kept on one place
they should be divided into three or pos.
sibly four lots, each with its own house
and yard. They must be fed separately
and receive four times as much attention
as one small flock would receive. In this
way only can large number of fowls be
made permanently profitable.
The proper way TO prepare the pelts for
pulling the wool is thus stated by an ex.
pert: Sprinkle the wet skins on the flesh
side with airslaked lime; lay two skins
together on the flesh side and pile up the
pelts in heap. In a few days the heap
will sweat quite freely, when the wool
parts from the skin easily and may be
stripped of very readily. The secret is
worth knowing and remembering.
The LOSSES from insect pests are less
frequent on and in good titled where good
cultivation is practiced, than on thin
lands where weak, feeble crops are
grown. Vermin attacks the sickly,
starved animals. 1t seems 10 be the law
OF nature that the insect enemies attack
the weakest plants and animals. Hence,
we may in large measure escape damage
or loss from insects by keeping up vigor
GUS growths of crops and animals.
Much will be gained and nothing lost
by spreading green manure from the
wagon early, before the ground becomes
so soft that 1t will pack with the tramp.
ing of teams and wagons. The practice
of putting ii In heaps involves double In.
Dor, beside making 1t almost impossible
to spread il evenly, II every particle of
manure is removed from the heaps the
land beneath them will still be the richest
from the fertilizing material that has
washed down.
One reason why so much poor butter is
made is because those who make il have
not the conveniences for doing the work
in the best manner. Only two or three
cows, are kept, the butter money belongs
to the wife, and the husband, who holds
the purse strings, thinks it not worth
whil0 TO spend much to make dairying
successful But the money for new
binder or mower is quickly forthcoming
Yet very often creamery and icehousC
on the same farm would pay better inter.
est on the cost.