The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-01-14
FARM ExPERIENoE.


1t is said that sod on an orchard
Is an admirable protection for the
roots of the trees against injury
from frost in q ssvere winter.
1t has been proven. says an Eng
lish writer, that serving a cross
bred or inferior dam Influences the
future get of the sire fer the worse.
The mulching Of the grass lawns
is now in order, and no one wishes
fine, compact green sward to Gov
er his lawn next summer should
neglect this work.
The escaping ammonia from the
manure, unless stables are kept
clean and pure, often causes core
eyes and lung troubles in animals
sheltered in them.
On light soil, old meadows and
pastures infested with moles
heavy roller can be used to advan-
tage, and will destroy and rid the
land of large proportion of these.
enemies of grass lands.
A farmer may prepare field OF
winter grain ever so carefully, and
yet have all his labor come to
naught il he has not provided
against the freezing out of his grain
by defective drainage.
The French theory" in regard
to breeding for sex is as follows:
To obtain a heifsr, serve the female
on the first sign Of heat. To obtain
bull, serve toward the close of the
heat.
1t is said that if chloride of lime
mixed with water is sprinkled
about 'dsns and harbOrS OF rats snd
mice it will effectually rid the prem
ises Of these pests. Try 1t and see
it will not cost much.
Do not forget that vegetables
grown on rich soil are more tender
and palatable than those which
have been grown on thin soil. Keep
this in mind and give the garden a
heavy coat of manure and caustic
lime during the winter.
Land may receive a top dressing
at any time during the winter,
when the ground is not so soft as
to forbid hauling over it. The gar
den, the grain field, and many Of
the pasture fields would be greatly
benefited by coat OF manure ap-
piled this month.
If you want, says the Michigan
Farmer, to feed pumpkins, begin
gradually and feed moderately, and
milk And butter will not be injured !;
bnt an excessive feeding, especially
if commenced largely on the start,
will more or less give some faint to
them.
He succeeds best who can plan
work for every day of the entire
year, as a few idle days will eat up
the profits of many hard days toll.
1t is now generally understood that
small profit on work 4that iis con-
tinueus throughout the year pays
best in the end.
Wood ashes can often be pur-
chased cheaply of those who have
no land to use them or do not know
their real value, and it is well to
collect all them that can be collect
ed convenient and spread around
the fruit trees.
No animal can fight and eat at
the same time, says q foreign ex-
change. All crOWding at feed time
should be avoided. The desire to
steal food is about the only thing
that will make ordinary cows fight.
Keep them out of temptation by
feeding them separately.
Too much attention cannot be
given TO locking after the comfort
of stock on cold and stormy days.
Often some of the animals are over
looked and suffer greatly from ex-
posture and lack Of food and drink,
all of which can be prevented by
little extra attention On such days.
Some farmers who regularly salt
their stock in summer neglect it in
winter. This net wise OIL eco
noAfcal plan, leads to loss OF
appetite among the animals. A
little salt should be given twice
week, If each meal is not suitably
seasoned As is the food of the hu-
man animal.
1t is generally the most profitable
to make each litter OF pigs grow
rapidly frem birth, and to fatten it
for market as soon as possible. As
rule it does not pay as well to
keep pigs over SIX to nine months,
and this requires that they should
be pushed from the start toward
rapid maturity.
The pillow should be kept going
during every suitable day; IS the
land will soon be rendered pillow
proof, by reason Of hard freezing.
Flowing can be done much more
cheaply In the fall than in the
spring, because time is not so valu-
able to the farmer at this time.
If the rhubarb and asparagus
beds have net yet been covered
with heavy coat OF horse manure,
it is time that this job was attended
to. This coat OF manure will tell
on the earliness and size OF these
in the spring, when such
things are scarce and high.
To pack beets and carrots in dry
sand or earth in q shed is said to be |
the best way to keep them fresh
and plump. Parsnips, though, i'm
prove by being frosted, and may re-
main in the open ground, but
should have litter of straw thrown
over them after the ground becomes
frozen.
Many farmers are deficient in the
number of gates which make it con-
veRient fer changing stock from
stable to field and from enc field to
another. Bars and open gaps in
The fences where there il much
of stock are q nuisance
and the thorough-going farmer will
not be bothered by them.
Potatoes are rottiAg excessively
in many sections Of the country,
and al consequence. prices will |