Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE.

corn.
1t Is said there is not an established
rule of agriculture which there is not
almost as much experience to disprove
rs to confirm.
fyou receive trees or plants shipped
from distance, it is well to place the
roots in water from twelve to twenty
four hours before planting out.
Do not overfeed the young pigs. Let
them make all the growth possible, but
do not attempt to make them fat. Fat
in summer should be avoided. A good
moderate condition is best.
A solution of boracic acid Is excel
lent for fowls affected with sore head
or eyes. 1t shoc, be applied warm,
using soft sponge, and marking the
head, eyes and nostri!s well with it.
Much is said at presI about using
the roller on land which Is being fitted
for wheat. The roller is good to pull
yerize and firm the soil. But harrow
after rolling. That is our experience. ,l
1t is the samewith an animal as with
steam boiler-the more complete the
combustion Of the food or fuel it gets
the more satisfactory the result, be-
cause there is less wa...e.
The injury that the crow does to corn
by pulling it up is not generally great
and can be easily guarded against. A
more serious indictment is found in
the fact that the crow is the greatest
enemy of misunderstanding birds, whose
nests it robs and whose young it kills.
The squirrel is also open to the same
charge.
Have you any occasion to dig up
any sods along the roadside, under the
fences or in any part of the garden?
Save them. Spread layer of sods and
sprinkle on light dressing of potash
(ashed) and bone, then another layer of
sods, then ashes and bones, etc., until
the heap is completed This will give
you perfect soil for flower pots.
If your hogs lack material to build
up their bony and muscular tissues,
suppose you try an experiment and
feeG them lime, powdl ID bones, grass
ard oats for muscle. WI n you feed
see that every hog is present at roll
call, and always seek the absent one,
as there is generally something wrong
with him, and that Is ,..Jc } to watch.
1t is well understood Wy farmers that
there is joint worm that attacks
barley and often makes light weight.
1t is similar to, but distinct from, a
joint worm that attacks wheat. 1t is
believed, however, that the barley joint
worm also, under some circumstances,
attacks the winter grain, and hence is
suggested a caution .ainst preceding
wheat with barley, which is quite
common with the winter wheat grow
ing localities.
The time to pix duck feathers, like
fruit, is when they are ripe. This may
be learned by catching two or three
and pulling few feathers here and
there. If they pull hard and the quilts
are filled witha bloody fluid they are
not ripe; but if they pull easy and the
quills are clear you know that it is the
"best time to pick" Ducks may be
picked four times a year. Never pluck
the long tufts of coarse feathers on the
sides that support the wings.
The Sweet Pepper (Clethia Arnifolia)
is neat upright growing shrub, with
light green leaves, fine white flowers,
and has a delightful fragrance. 1t is
native of the New England States,
and has for several years attracted the
attention Of bee-keepers as a shrub to
furnish bees with honeyat a time when
flowers are scarce. 1t can be success
fully transplanted, and will grow ON
all soils from gravelly loan to black
peat, as well as lime or slate soils.
Success in Horticulture depends vastly
more on the care bestowed on the
plants than on large amount of
money expended. Yet for all this
many people will yearly spend great
deal of money on high-priced and rare
plants, afterward giving them no
attention. A bed Of geraniums, petu-
rias, lantanas and cher easily grown
plants, If well cared lJr, will be more
satisfactory tian rare llants which
require the Gro end attention of an
expert gardener.
When conditions are just right,
onions will yeild more bushels per acre
than the highest yield reported OF
potatoes. The rows are closer togethe,
than potatoes can be, and though the,
will not grow one above the other
potatoes will, the entire surface of til,
ground in the rows will be covered
with many Of the onions partially over
tapping each other. In narrow rows
little of the surface of the soil will be
bare, and 1000 bushels have been grown
: on single acre.
Professor L. B. Arnold wisely re.
marks that the nutrient properties il
the grain Of corn are passed through
the cob. When gathered in an i'm,
mature state the cob is loaded wit
nutritious matter on Its way to tht
kernels of the grain, just as the straw
or other grain in Its green state l.
loaded with nutriment destined for tn
grain, but its passage is arrested, ant
it remains in the straw when the latte
is cut. The cobs Of soft corn ma,
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