The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-07-05
HERE AND THERE

"A single visit of the gobbler to
turkey hen is sufficient to fcrtilize the
eggs for whole season.
Warm water will not answer for
the cows on a warm day. Shade is also
indispensable for stock in the summer
season.
Wet grass is injurious to young
chicks even in the summer. DO not
turn the hen and her brood out until
the sun is well up.
Keep the soil around cabbage
plants frequently stirred and they will
grow faster. Weeds and grass must
not be allowed among cabbages.
-Ducklings of the Pelzin, Aylesbury
and Rouen breeds can be made, with
high feeding, to attain the weight of
five pounds each when they are ten
weeks old.
Water the young celery plants
with a solution Of pound of saltpeter
in twenty gallons of water. Thin them
! out if too thick, and use only the strong
and stocky plants.
"A solution of gill Of carbolic acid
| i'm a bucket of water, sprinklcd over
the floors and yards Of pig-pens, will
assist in preventing bad odors and less-
en- the number of flies.
Sell the young geese in preference
to the old ones. Old geese make tha
| best breeders, and are more careful
with their young, and give a larger
supply of feathers when plueked.
1t is not too late to set out moro
sweet potato plants. As the ground is
still damp they will get a good start
and grow rapidly They love plenty
of sunshine and warmth.
1t is very important in transplant
ing trees, plants and vines, to cut back
severely. Very often trees fail to
grow, simply because too much top IS
left in proportion to the roots.
Sweet corn is one Of the most i'm
portant of garden vegetables, and IN
order to have constant supply for a
family of ten persons about fifty hills
should be planted every ten days until
: July l.
Keep the burdocks down. They
7 delight in plenty of food, and plant
of burdocl will rob the soil for yards
around it's base. As fast as they show
their shoots above ground they should
be chopped off.
Plant potatoes in dceply-ploughed
7 burrows and cultivated level. They
2 will stand drought better thus than if
planted shallow and hilled up and will
bear a heavier crop, but it will be a
little harder work digging them.
: The tent caterpiflars are unusually
2 numerous and troublesome this year.
= The usual remedy is to brush OF the
I nests with q conical-shaped brush 'on a
long pole, doing it in the evening or
q early morning when they. all in the
- nest.
If you haven't got tho capital to 20
: into fancy poultry. try commercial
= poultry. We know it viii pay and Tho
= market is not likely TO become giuttet
soon.
> The Georgia Horticultural society
will meet this year at Griffin. holding :
three-days' session, from July 81 Il
! August ,. Griffin is in the heart o
one of the best fruit-growing section
: of the State, and easily accessible Il
others.
,4 If the 1888 corn crop.were loaded
- on two-horse wagons. thirssythre'
= bushels to the load. and the wagon
= were placed twenty-siN feet apart o
) as nearly as possible in string ih
string OF wagons would reach tweiv
T. times around the globe, 100000 miles
Or The presidents Of both the Tenne'
Of see state Alliance and Wheel hav
ne called a Joint meeting az Nashville
T. Tuesday. July %, for the purpose
is uniting the two orders into ono nnae
ne the name of the Farmers and Labor
IN ers' Union of America,