The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-01-28
FARM EXPERIENCE.


The greatest profit lies in bring
ing the stock to maturity as quick
ly as possible, and at the minimum
OF expenditure.
Pasture range is what makes the
alternate streaks Of fat and lean In
the bacon, which greatly increases
It's palatableness.
Oil meal is excellent TO feed in
cold weather, as its extreme rich
ness In a degree counteracts the eff
fects of the cold by heating up the
blood Of the animal; but it should
be fed sparingly and in connection
with other foods.
It is advisable for farmers to get
a supply OF paint and on stormy
days paint up all the farm wagons,
machinery and tools. 1t will not
only add to their appearance, but
will 80 preserve them that they will
last much longer.
Each animal should have just the
kind of food which is suited to its
condition and appetite. A farmer
who will try to feed his stock in
this manner, as far as practicable,
will find himself richly rewarded in
the better development of his ami
mails toward their various ends.
The manure piles should always
be forked over q time or two before
spread upon the fields, to make the
fertilizer fine, SO that all portions of
it will be thoroughly roLted. The
crops will receive much greater
benefit from it when treated in this
way than when spread in q half
retted and coarse condition.
The drains along the roads
should be watched and kept open
and clear of rubbish, SO that the
water may run off freely and not
run over and soak into the roads to
make them impossible. A little
attention to this matter now may
save driving through sink holes,
ETC., during large part of the win
ter and spring.
Now is the time to lay in gener
Gus supply of fire wood for the sum-
mer season SO that time will not be
required from the care of the crops
to get wood when they are spelling
for want of attention. Remember
that coed supply of well-seasoned
wood will keep the good wife in ex
cellent humor and Tighten the labor
of preparing the meals.
It is most Important that all the
barn yard manure be made that is
possible; but if there cannot be
enough of it made to apply to the
crops on all the poor portions of
the farm, then there should be no
hesitation about purchasing phos-
phate, etc, to take its place. 1t
does not pay to farm thin land
without covering it with some kind
of fertilizer.
The small fruits, says the Guilt
vator, are apt &c be heaved out on
wet ground the same as winter
grain is. Mulching is one of the
preventions of this injury. It is not
necessary to cover sufficiently to
prevent all freezing of the ground,
and in fact the covering is better
applied after the soil is frozen to
prevent mice making holes in the
ground and preying on the plants.
The farm alone needs all the con-
ceptration of thought of the owner
which he Is capable Of bestoEing
upon it. The farmer finds it best
not to have too many irons in the
fire, but needs to concentrate all
Ills energy, thought and capital up
on developing the rich teasures of
his sell. If he does this there is
not q farmer in this broad land of
ours who owns ten acres of reasona-
bly, good land but can reap a boun-
tiful living from it.
The Orange County Farmer
thinks that if farmers would only
cooperate as effectualIy as do many
of the traders, they would not be
wronged as now they frequently
are. No doubt this is true; but
farmers are an independent class Of
men and prefer to stand each on his
own foundation, and they cannot be
induced to herd together like many
of the traders do.
Red clover should be more extern
sively cultivated both for forage
and for its remarkable fertilizing
qualities, especially on clay and
clay subsoil lands. Its long roots
penetrate deep into these heavy
clay soils and decaying mix with it
just what it needs-vegetable mold.
This loosens and livens up these
soils and puts them in condition to
the better nourish plant growth,
and the consequence is that they
yield much heavier crops than be-
fore clover was grown on them.
Early planting, as a rule, is de-
sirable, as a means Of obtaining
better crops, by giving them a
chance to grow when the weather Is
most seasonable. To be able to
plant early, though, it will be neces-
sary to begin now to prepare and
have all the blowing and everything
else done up by the time the spring
sun has sufficiently warmed the
soil to justify putting seeds into it.
The seeds put in the ground early,
in ordinary seasons, are subject to
the moisture of the spring rains,
and soon start and grow SO rapidly
as to get well rooted before the dry
season commences and well able to
withstand common dry spells with
out hurt,
We take the liberty of making |
the following extract from a private |
latter from Hon @. DelanO. who is |