The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-16
THE FARM.
TENS Of interest 70 the r.rme,

Touching Three Timely Topics.-A farm
map is often both useful and convenient,
as weTemarked last week. II you have
no plan OF your farm, pray have one. pre-
parody 1t will prove q good guide in many
respects, and of much assistance just now
while planning and deciding upon crops to
be grown and improvements to be made
the coming season. In case you are not
"handy" at drawing, let that son or
daughter who knows how to sketch try his
or her hand at map making. 1t is not a
very difficult matter to make rough dia-
gram Of your premises. Get the outlines
Of your farm; then designate each lot or
division, with It's size, and 1t may be well
to note quality Of soil orcrops lately grown
upon it, thus showing the rotation. Such
amap will be very convenient now, as
well US valuable for future reference, and
the present is q good time for its prepare
tlon-the earlier in the year the better.
The opening month OF the year
a farm diary in which to note daily
your principal operations during the
season. Such diary will be Of great as
sistance in keeping record Of live stock,
kinds OF seeds used. time of planting, cult
Walton, etc, of various crops, the yield Of
products raised and prices obtained when
marketed. In connection with map of
your farm (having the size OF each lot
designated as above suggested), it will
prove valuable auxiliary in facilitating
your plans for opening and prosecuting
active operations aiield and ut the close
Of the season it will advise you as TO the
results of your labors and investments.
Another matter Of special Importance TO
every would-be prosperous ruralst at this
season is the adoption of some simple, yet
lucid, system of farm bookkeeping Occa-
sionally farmer, who neither keeps books
nor any account Of his receiDts or expen-
ditures, except, perhaps, sundry chalk
marks on shingles and barn doors, or
pcncilings on scraps of paper manages to
make money, but the husbandman who
would achieve notable success and ac-
quire competence, should keep careful
record OF all his monetary transactions.
That Is the approved way to independence
in most occupations, and the farmer should
be no'exception.
Ice ON Trees-During discussion at
one Of the winter meetings OF fruit-growers
in Dayton, o., Mr.. 0hler remarked that he
found no bad effects from the twigs and
buds being encased in ice, unless the
weight became 10 great as TO actually break
them. Another speaker thought that il
the SUN came out on shoots in that condi-
ton II would cause injury. He was, per-
haps, thinking of the ice acting as a lens,
but II II should the forms OF concentration
would be within the ice. The truth is
that a branch Of any hardy tree would keep
in, the best condition il encased in ice the
winter through. Branches Of peach tree
lying on shaded shed roof, buried in
frozen snow sludgc, which had drifled and
lain there, have blosomed and borne we'll
when the other branches Of the same tree
and all the trees around had their blossom
buds killed.
New York State Grange. The next
annual session OF this organization will be
held nc jamestown, opening on January
-. On the evening OF the 18th the sixth
degree will be conferred in due form. All
Patrons Of Iusbandry who have received
the fifth degree and who are in good stand
ing in Observation-Disclosures oranges are eligible.
The order In reported in prosperous condi-
tionStaieMasterW. "A. Armstrong announces
that the year 1857 was fruitful in new
p1anges, about thirty having been organ.
lied In the commonwealth OF New York.
Besides this gain, membership in the old
grsngcs was much increased during the
year Just closed.
Maple Sugar Orchards Pay.-Those who
have maple sugar orchards and manage
them properly usually receive good divi-
dends therefrom annually. An Ohio
farmer says that the profits per acre Of
really good sugar camp, where the trees
arethrifty and stand thickly on the ground,
are ~ great as thoee OF any other equal
area on the farm. The work comes when
other farm work w not pressing, and the
trees require neither feed nor manure,
and unless abused, will live long time ON
good ground. lie regards IL ns great
mistake 20 cut down good maple grove
In any climate suited 70 making maple
SUGAR sweets.
For Kicking HORSE. ANY one who pos
scsses that dangerous nuisance. a kicking
equine, may find n remedy in this strongly
Endorsed prescriptions "lf YOU have a
horse that " In the habit Of kicking, put
him In q narrow stall that has both sides
padded. Suspend n sack filed with hay
or straw 10 that IL will strike his heels, and
let the horse fight ID out. H. sure 10
have things arranged ~ that the horSe
canno, hurt himself. The sack will he
victorious every time, and in the end the
horse will absolutely refuse TO kick tho
sack or anything else. Doubling owners
OF hccl.mising horses can easily try the
Sovereign remedy"
Country Schools AT the recent annual
meeting OF the Illinois Dairy society Mr..
Jacob GocSman read a paper on public
schools, containing facts Of wide applica-
ton. lie said farmers had allowed com
petition among teachers 10 reduce wages
10 about half those paid In villages aud
cities. Directors almost always choose the
lowest priced teachers, and. Of course, the
poorest ones, presumably for eharity's sake.
The country schools had an average Of
about one book 20 every twcnty-eight
pupils. In the village schools there Il an
average Of one Library book for every pu-
pill. Farmers need 10 give much more nj.
tentiOn aud money 10 these schools, upon
the character Of which largely depends the
character OF tho future men and women.
Old Turkcysior Bccding. Though there
has been great warfare upon Turkey in
America" of late, perhaps i IL not too late
% advise farmers not 10 Kill of all the old
birds Of that persuasion II they intend 10
continue in the turkey breeding business
another season They viii please note, II
thty do not remember that old hen tar.
KEYS especially are necessary 10 secure
early cggs, and that earlincsa has much TO
do with tho si1c Of the birds at killing
time next fall or winter. II only inferior
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