Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-10-06
THE HOME AND FARM.

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grain she will eat.
1t is said that six per cent. of the
corn crop is lost if held in the granary
over eight months.
There is always a good profit in cat
tie to those who raise the kind and class
the market demands.
There are some farmers who can buy
their pork cheaper than they can raise
it. They are the mes who feed through
two winters to make their hogs ready
for market.
1t is said that if the woodwork in a
kitchen is kept constantly scrubbed
with water in which potash has been
dissolved, reaches and ants will quick
ly disappear.
Proper care and encouragement in
feeding will almost always insure profit
in hog growing. Good breed is i'm
portant, as with all other stock, but
with hogs more depends upon the own
er than upon the animal.
The old fashioned rule for pumpkin
pie is about two cupsful of pumpkin to
five of milk, or four of milk and one of
cream, four or five eggs, sweetening
and spices to the taste. Do not forget
to add half a teaspoonful of salt to
every quart of milk used in the pies.
An authority warns women who
would preserve or enhance the beauty
OF their complexion, and what woman
would MOTTO use rain water, if posi-
bic, to wash their faces in. If this is
not pfocurable, boil the water before
using it. With this good soap should
be used, as the basis of all beauty is
cleanliness.
The hired man hates to work for an
employer who does not know when a
good days work has been done. He
feels that he gets no credit for it, and
is just as liable to be blamed as if he
shirked all he could. Usually he shirks
in that case. If you know what q day
work is praise him a little when he
has done one and find fault when he
does not. Almost every mar likes to
be patted on the back and called a good
fellow once in a while.
Ten acres of small fruits will often
make a man more truly prosperous
than ten times as much land in wheat
or corn. He may not be worth as much
in actual capital invested, but he will
be getting a larger net income, and do
ing it with much less severe toll. The
small farm well titled, whether it be in
fruits, dairy, vegetables, ETC., is almost
always the most satisfactory. The
principal capital needed to start such
a farm is a level head and knowledge
of your business.
A Kansas man says he will pillow no
more for wheat. He has raised wheat
on forty acres of ground eight years
without blowing. Last year his best
wheat was grown ON that land. He
mows the stubble and burns it when
dry enough, with a view of destroying
insects, then he COWS with a sharp
spring hoe drill set into the soil from
three to four inches. The plant is said
to winter better, as it is not so apt to
dry out or freeze out. The cost of rails
ing an acre of wheat is thus much les
sened. This is worthy of a trial on a
small scale, as it has some points in its
favor that are very reasonable.
An experiment station has this to
say of several breeds of swine There
has been a good demand for Red Jer-
seys. The Berkshire and Essex seem
to be in about equal favor. The Red
Jerseys are great consumers with rapid
growth and full development in flesh
fni fat for food consumers. They are
hardy, good rustlers and very prolific,
raising as high as three filters per an
num-. With an abundance of food
they are rapid pork makers. The Berk-
shires share with the Red Jerseys many
excellent qualities. They are good for
ayers, and when crossed on the native
give, perhaps, the best range hogs in
the world.
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