Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-19
HERE AND THERE.

The milk from sick cows should
be thrown away, as it Injuries that from
other COWS if mixed with it.
Ground bone is an excellent fertil-
izer for all crops. It imparts benefit
for several seasons after it is applied.
"A dog will cost something if prop
erly fed, and too many dogs may be an
expensive luxury. If not well fed they
will stray off and become unserviceablo
us guards.
-Mouldy or dusty hay will cause
heaves in horses. Such hay is only fit
for bedding. II a horse shows signs of
the heaves it is best to cut and moisten
all hay fed to it.
The temperature in the cellar Tor
white potatoes, says the Farm journal,
is 40 degrees and for the sweet pota-
toes from 60 to 65 degrees. Whom
sweet potatoes sprout on top of the bin
it is a favorable sign.
-Unleached ashes are the best fer
tilizer known for the vineyard. So
says President Phillips of the West
Michigan Horticultural Society. They
also make good fertilizer for the
orchard.
The orange-colored rust on the
blackberry and raspberry bushes is a
fungus which spreads rapidly and will
soon ruin the entire plantation unless
prompt measures are resorted to, Tho
digging up and burning OF all affected
plants is the only known remedy.
Never feed animals or poultry for
thirty-six hours before killing, nor give
water for twelve hours. BY so doing
it will be easier to dress them and a saw
ing of food will be the result If a largo
herd or flock is to be slaughtered.
1t is q curious fact that wasps'
nests sometimes take fire, as is sup
posed by the chemical action of the
wasp upon the material of which the
nest is composed. Undoubtedly many
fires OF unknown origin in hay stacks
and farm buildings may be thus ac'
counted for.
Glover hay is just the thing for
the breeding mare. 1t feeds the blood
to make a perfect foal. The clover
stubs are gGod after the leaves, bios
SONS and stems are eaten Olive mean
hay not dead ripe. With such hay
there must be bran and oats, or the un-
born foal will be starved.
In transplanting trees, all the
roots which may have become bruised
or broken in the process of lifting,
should be cut clean away behind the
broken part, as they then more read
lily strike out new roots from the cut
parts. In all such cases the cut should
be clean sloping one, and made in
an upward and outward direction.
"A teaspoontul of guano. added tC
two gallons of water, and the mixture
used for sprinkling potted plants viii
keep them in good condition during
the winter. The pots should have
good drainage below, and should be
placed where the frost can not injurt
the platts.
"A Southern cultivator says the
most salable sweet potato is one that il
short and thick, and it is to produce
these that you pillow shallow and make
fat hill ridges, so that as the potatoes
grow they will reach the hard soil anC
be checked in their downward growth
and will develop thickness.
Make every acre rich as far a
you go, and let weeds and grass grow
on the poor lands and pillow them in
or SOW COW peas and pillow them in
! Peas, homemade manure, including
tIaaves and ashes, in tine make small
fnrm, garden and orchard rich If the
farmer has ten or dozen head OF sat
tie and pair OF mules and bis stock
increases