Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-09
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

in some sections sweet-potato
vines are cured for fodder. Thcy arc
claimed to be q good milk-producing
food.
The strawberry does its work on
business principles. 1t sends out run
ners this year to work up business for
Western PlODmdB.
/ Beauty and adornment add TO the
value of farm. A few trees around
the house may sometimes be of moro
value than the ground.
Where dry weather has injured the
pastures keep the sheep of, as they
Craze very close, the effect of which
would be felt by the pasture crop next
season.
Seeds of all kinds should be fully
ripe when gathered; and, suggests u
correspondent of the american Agri-
caltnrtst, it is also important to harvest
them as soon as they are ripe.
"A man lately thoroughly cured n
balky horse by simply hitching him in
the field and letting him stay where tho
load was till he was hungry enough to
pull IL home. The horse held out thir-
ty-six hours.
In turning weeds under tho work
will be thrown away unless they be
completely covered, IS covering the
roots only and leaving the tops out Of
the ground will permit them TO con-
tinuo growing.
Tomato plants will be benefited by
liquid fertilizers. An application once
a week, during early growth, may be
given. When the plants are ready for
blossoming, withhold the application.
A clump of trees in the corner of
a field, or in the bend OF creek, takes
some of the plainness out of farm
scenery, and keeps the sun from bear
ing down SO hard on the ly-pestered
COWS.
"A merchant OF Bay Shore, L. l., is
the proud possessor of n hen which, it
is alleged, has laid an egg nine inches
long. Half the width was we'll pro-
portioned, while the rest tapered TO
point like handle.
Milk is the natural food for young
calves, and for those TO be kept as
cows II is none the worse, but rather
the better, for being SKINNED. 1t does
not fatten so much, and the bulkiaasg
of this kind of food distends tho
paunch and thus gets the animal in the
habit of eating large quantity Of
food. This in Il milch COW is the trait
most important in determining her
value.
Hay properly cooked will sustain
very slight injury by remaining out
through storm. The cocks should
be made high and small at the base,
pressing the hay down firmly and
evenly, and trim neatly. With the
side of the foot knock the hay around
the base well under, 80 that the water
will shed directly on to the ground.
Should there be sign of rain when the
hay shall have been out over one night,
double the cocks, rake the scatterings
and trim neatly.
When running to grass pigs will
stand more corn or corn-meal without
producing irritation or Inflammation
OF the stomach, A pig or a hog can
never be fed entirely on corn or corn
meal without causing more or less in
flammation of the stomach. The rank
scent coming from their excrement
proves this. As soon as there shall
appear any signs Of stomach disorder
pigs shut In pens should be put upon
the ground, and they will Mt once be-
gin to root up the fresh earth and eat
II as an antidote.
1t has been demonstrated that nut
bearing trees can be made to pay more
than the interest on the value of the
land occupied during growth, as well
as to return larger profit at the end
OF twenty-five years in timber than
could have been made on such land In
regular crops. When a farmere has
more land than he can cultivate, he
would find it to his advantage TO plant
n grove of walnuts, chestnuts or some
other valuable wood or nut-bearing
tree.