Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-07-06
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


every farm would add greatly to the
agricultural wealth OF the country.
"A COW that just pays tor her feed
in milk and butter is kept at loss, and
that loss is greater with every succeed
ing year.
To keep the soil of cold frames
from freezing hard, fill the frame with
leaves, and put on the sash. Form,
Field and StOckn,an.
.-Milch COWS besides generous feed
ing should have daily carding. Win
ter dairying, if properly managed, is
often profitable. The saving of the
manure is not the least profitable item
of the business.
When bees swarm the first time the
queen goes with the swarm, leaving
the present colony queenless, or, at
least, that is usually the case.
1t is claimed that if melons are
packed in sawdust and stored in the
cellar they will keep several months.
Squashes may also be kept in the same
way, but care must be exercised, as
bruising causes them to rot.
If little clearing, little ditch
ing, little enriching, or little pick
ing up is done each year, the farm will
steadily improve. But if the farm suf-
fers little neglect each year it will
soon run down.
Cash transactions are always most
satisfactory; debts on either side of the
ledger are bad. To be successful imam
cially we must know just where we
stand. A quick sale, a small profit
and frequent increase of income and
capital are what farmers should aim at.
Bees need fresh air just as much as
any living thing. Be careful about the
access from one frame to another,
seeing that there are no hindrances in
the way. Keep the hives dry or they
will mold. If dead bees accumulate
on the bottom board, or around the
entrance, they should be removed
Calves allowed a free range almost
invariably do better, and are not so apt
to get lousy as those treated different
ly, and it appears to be the most nat
|, ural treatment for them. Give them a
roomy station with door large enough
for them to go out and in, but other
wise warm. They need good air, good
bedding and the best of feed continual
ly, until they reach maturity.
SO long as the seed will terminate
and get a slight foothold in the soil, il
} is better to SOW timothy seed rather
than defer the seeding until spring.
This grass is very hardy, and will make
} some growth during the warm days
until the ground freezes up for good.
, If timothy seeding is delayed until
spring, the young plants will not gel
rooted before the growth of grain OF
weeds or a possible drought checks
them.
The courageous horse, the one with
spirit trained, not broken, is the horse
e that does the most work. 1t does moi
lag; to drive it is pleasure. 1t doe:
not "give up" and leave you mired il
q q mudhole; it has the spirit, the cour
!. age, to exert itself to the utmost
, Among horses, it is the one will
trained spirit, with fine temper, tina
' does the most work, the least harm
and in danger acts quickly ana intelli
s gently. What horse has more courage
# than the Arabian. and what horse il
y more docile, enduring, or admirableP-
j. american AgriculturiSt
t Pumpkins should be sliced up thil
when fed to cows. The seed are no
usually injurious when the COW get
only the seeds belonging TO the pump
kin she eats. But when COW eats
. larger quantity of seeds, they act upo
l. the kidneys. They are used by ply
|, sicians as a diuretic medicine. Man
IS practical farmers, who have watche
the effect of these seeds upon mile
Il COWS, believe that this action upon tn
n kidneys reduces their yield of milk,
/; natural effect that the extra action {
kidneys might be expected to have VI
on the secretion of milk. CountT
Gentleman.
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