Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-22
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

uro grass perhaps iJne DeSG single
grass that offered to the American
farmer i irlejl .tqaidta.
1T does not pay to buy second
class fruit trees for planting. They
may be cheaper at first than first-class
trees, but will be found many times
dearer in the end
The average COW yields about 450
gallons of milk year; giving a total
of 60,750,0O0,O00 gallons of milk in the
year for the whole country io a9ohH'
Some farmers, with little expert
ence and few acres of land suitable
for raising onions, can make more clear
cash than the majority of farmers who
have large grain farms. on ges 4lef
If paris green is used for destroy
ing the codling-moth that makes so
many apples wormy, it should be APP
piled in in spray while the young fruit
is SO small that it stands up on the
stem. 1851 'i ih hhH ~ Ul
Only the careful, provident farmer
can really appreciate the great relief
OF ample corn-fodder supplies. tits he
only who rightly improves the oppor-
tunity for producing them when the
earth is kept moist and productive by
the early rains. 10y "
The grasses that are. really pests
may be utilized when young. Crab
grass, which is persistent pest in the
garden and fields, possesses but little
value when fully matured, yet affords
excellent grazing when young. Sheep
are very fond of it, while horses and
COWS will accept it when more desir-
able grasses can not be found.
Keeping hens in yard especially
provided for them has the good effect
of making the care of them more regu-
lar. Hens that have the run of the
whole place are apt to be left to
scratch for a living" without much
assistance from their owners, and they
return the compliment by yielding a
scant supply of eggs. liz.
Mutton should be as plentiful as
pork. There are hundreds of farms
that could be devoted to sheep, but
which are now Improbable. 1t re-
quires less labor for sheep than for
hogs, while the prices for choice NUT
ton and lamb are at times very high,
though the markets at such times may
be well supplied with inferior grades
of carcasses. .-.,..y ...,I. 81.
White clover is the best pasture
grass that can be grown for sheep.
As white clover is short grass, it is
more desirable than red clover for
grazing, as sheep detest long grass,
preferring to crop close to the ground.
On a mixture of grasses in pasture
cattle and sheep may be grazed to-
gether, as the grasses that may be OBJ
jectionable to the cattle will be appro-
priated by the sheep
1t is an excellent plan, the Ameri-
can Caltigator says, as soon as pota-
toes are well up to go over the piece
and throw a handful of mixture of
salt and ashes on each hill. The prep
aration is soon washed down into the
ground by rains, 1t repels insects,
makes the potatoes fair and smooth,
and helps to draw moisture to the po-
tato during a dry time,
The Indians had no almanacs, nor
any means of knowing the day Of the
month. But their rule for planting
corn was very simple and good one,
and that was when the leaves nof the
hickory or butternut were of the size
of squirrels ears. At this time the
ground has become warm enough to
terminate the seed and push it for
ward. Corn is semi-tropical plant,
and more impatient of cold than the
smaller grains. W f-'"N''