Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-01
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

-MOSJ SEEDS that are planted early
require only light covering and no
pressure of the earth.
"A drink OF warm water, with a
small quantity of cornmeal added to
the water, 10 excellent for the pigs on
cold mornings.
There is this difference between
the poor and the good farmer: One
complains of the bad seasons, the other
rejoices in the good seasons.
Pigs will eat clover hay if it is cut
up, and it is excellent for them. The
best mode of feeding it is to scald it
and then sprinkle with bran and corn
meal.
Two parts dry earth, one part
plaster and OF poultry manure is an
excellent mixture for retaining the fer
tilizing qualities of the poultry ma
nure. The mixture should be kept
dry.
1t may some times pay better to
purchase feeding stuff rather than to
be obliged to dispose of desirable, ami
mails for the farm, and which it would
be possible to keep after being wintered
through.
TO fatten fowls in short time
mix together ground rice well scalded
with milk, and add some coarse sugar.
Feed them with this in the day time,
but not too much at once.-Rurdl
Home.
BY applying good mulch between
the raspberries much of the work OF
early cultivation in the spring can be
dispensed with, while larger yield OF
fruit, as well as that OF a better quail
ity, can, in majority of cases, be
readily secured.
The question, "Who has the best
cattleP" is fairly answered by saying
that he has the best who selects with
the best judgment, and breeds with
the most skill. Any meritorious breed
will be full of good points in the hands
of some men, while the best living
collection will degenerate in the hands
of others.
When scab first appears in a flock
of sheep, says the Breeders Gazette,
those showing the slightest symptoms
of the disease should be Immediately
separated from the rest of the flock
and kept by themselves. The build
ing in which they have been kept
should be thoroughly cleansed and
whitewashed.
The exact cause of beets going tt
seed the first year has never beer
satisfactorily settled. Many assert thai
it is due to frosts, use of very small
seed, too great depth of sowing, OF
use of seeds from roots having thai
characteristic. For long time it wa:
thought that roots gone to seed did mo-
contain sugar; recent experiments
prove this to be untrue.
One reason, and it is often the
principal reason, why orchards fail Il
bear profitable crops of fruit, is the
lack of available plant food in the soil
Like any crop, the continual growth
year after year, of one plant or variety
of plant will gradually exhaust the
supply of available plant food mostly
needed, and If profitable Yields are
secured new supply must be given. =
Western PloWman.
Cabbage, intended for early use il
winter or for few months, may bt
kept by mode somewhat similar, us
ing slightly damp moss instead of saw
dust, or the latter will answer nearly
as well. Procure good-sized or Ions
boxes, cover the bottoms with two OF
three inches Of the moss, place i;
stratum of the cabbage heads regular
ly and compactly on this layer; thel
having added another layer of mos
proceed as before till the box is filed
A quite low temperature for the boxes
is desirable, and some frost occasional
ly will do no harm.