The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-02
ABOUT THE FARM.

A COW nceu not De cXpecteu 10 give rlch
milk without rich food.
Sour milk is highly recommended for
poultry; any kind OF milk is good.
This country is not wanting so much in
good cows as in men competent 10 take
care of them and develop them properly.
The difference in prices OF summer and
winter butter in the large markets OF the
country does not differ so widely in values
Us formerly.
The greatest profits in stock farming will
he made bv those who breed the best class
of stock. There is little or no money in
raising sorry stock.
Purchasing fertilizers on credit Is q
curse to the farmer Experience has
proved the plan very unwise for the
iarmer. Ii the farmer can't pay cash he
should not puy.
Good sorghum syrup will always com
mand fair price. There is very little OF
the good article sold because the average
farmer does not understand how TO
manipulate the cooking properly.
For quick growing crops, like Irish pota-
toes, English peas lettuce, radish, etc,
one needs 10 apply fertilizers that are sou-
BILE and therefore quick in action, available
for quick growing crops.
Uncut potatoes are less likely to rot than
those that are cut, hence potatoes planted
early ought not TO be cut up much; and II
II were not for the expense Of seed II would
be better not 10 cut them at all.
The hog that gives Ms the greatest profit
Is the one that will make the greatest
growth in the shortest time and upon the
least amount Of feed II Is not the largest
hog that always pays best.
Feed stock at regular intervals. Feed
them only what they will eat up clean.
Waste no feed whateyer--therc IL no use
In IL, and all food wasted is money wasted.
Never overtax tho digestive organs by
overlooking and thus these organs become
stronger.
Early maturing corn IL liable 10 be badly
injured by worm that borcs into the ears
OF corn. But, IN rule, IL is safer 10 de-
pend for cropon early corn than late corn
the seasons in the south being usually
more favorable TO It's growth, maturity and
development.
A country, TO be truly prosperous, must
OF necessity raise a variety Of crops. A
variety Of crops IL necessary 10 carry on
an intelligent and successful rotation 80 NJ
o. guard against soil exhaustion. Stock
maintain health and promote proper de-
velopment Of body aud energy. Man
himself needs variety OF food.
Hen nests ought 10 be NO constructed
that when hen is through Matching the
single meet can bc carried outside OF the
house and sprinkled literally with kero-
scnc and then fired, burning mp the old
straw and hay, and destroying all insects
gl..t. IL l. lal. MI
expense b. construct boxes for nests sop
aratcly, without partitions, but u Is best
nevertheless, and what Is best ought 10 be
practiocd when practicable.
Mexican hogs rarely exceed l75 pounds
In weight Pork is.noi common dish in
that country with the masscs. Lard is
siid 10 be- worth ~ cents u pound and
fresh pork i2l cents. Monterey, with a
population OF jO,OO0 only CONSUMES an
average OF five hogs n day. Butter is
worth 10 TO - ccnispcr pound in that city,
and cows milk goats milk mostly used
about 20 cents per gallon.
Raising early spring lamls il a profitable
business Ia some sections OF country. The !
flint lambs that are received In February
IN the northern markets frequently bring
~ lAgh ~ no. Thiriy.lyc Wounds u said
4" be the standard weight ior a nine weeks
lamb. Could moi this business be made
very profitable hy southern farmers sup.
plying The ,arlv northern sud western cit
ics with the disi lambs ul the season. II
looks ~ Ia a.. Won't somebody expert
mcnt IN ths d'priiun some 81 our gulf
ftatcs' iarinl-!
In dressing and preparing poultry for
eastern markets, the birds arr killed hy
sticking them In the thuai through tho
mouth, the point Of knife touching brain.
The birds am picked clean while warm.
No scalding The tnls must be empty
when killed, and loals sliould not have
any food for twenty iour hours before
hand. The carcass Is then put In Ice cold
water for am houi, then taken out wip'd
dry and packed In clean lakes. using
straw between the layers Never U.s.
paper. Neither tcci, head NOT cntrails are
removed.
The strawberry crop IL Louisiana this
scason will probably be- the largest ever
grown In the State. The Mississippi crop
viii be- an average one; the Tennessee crop
will DC below the average, ~ viii also that
al Missouri and Illinois The Arkansas
crop will be about halt an average. Texas
will u,isc little more than half enough for
local demand, while Alabama will be able
~ ship very little Of this fruit 10 northern
and western markets The berry crop will
lie lighter than iof many ycar. W,
gather the above facts irom CR,Hai's R,ra
lloid.
ln the eastern States the stalks are con.
sidercd ~ worth ~ much ~ the corn
The stalks and corn are cut down together
and put IN shocks 10 cure or put in slo
In both eases the stalks arr run through Z
cutting machine and chopped line bciop
feeding. II the stalk " rut before the
grain har,lcns Il POSSESSES q good deal oI
nuirimcni. This Is the main reliance ON
most eastern farms Tor 'roughncss" II 4
estimated that one ton 81 corn stalks the
ears pluckcd of When in the milk state
when put into the silo aud converted into
ensilagc ~ worth ~ per ton. which !,
about the cost Of growing thc entire cror
the ears lcing clear pruiii. la tho souil
the STALKS usually go 81 waste, which
ought not 10 be- the case.
Tie luly 10 more susceptible 10 bcncn
from Hood sar,lIanlla nuw than at an,
Other trasun. lhtIclury take ID now.
Two dollar ton d about the price pai,