Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-08-25
THE HOME AND FARM.

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following excellent remedy: A teacup-
full of strained honey, one half teacup-
full of olive oil and the juice of one
lemon. Cook all together and take one
teaspoonful every two hours.
1t is cheaper for each farmer to pay
n hundred dollars out OF his pocket
to secure perfect roads than to be COM
PEELED to buy and support an extra
horse or two to draw loads over roads
that are almost useless in winter.
1t is not always easy to start a fruit
jar cover. Instead of wrenching your
hands and bringing on blisters, simply
invert the jar and place the top in hot
water for a minute. Then try it, and
you will find it turns quite easily.
In specially farming it is the man
and his a~daptability to the business
that make large profits possible, rather
than the peculiar advantages of this or
that branch. Almost any of them pay
well enough if right methods are fol-
lowed.
U%nfermented grape juice may be kept
fresh by bringing it to full boiling heat
and sealing it at once. If contained in
glass, it should be kept in a dark, cool
place. 1t is said to be more beneficial
for invalids if pressed from the grapes
as needed.
If the pig must be fed ON slop let the
slop consist of wheat middlings or
bran and skinned milk. Such slop
will make a pig grow rapidly, and if it
also has the run of a clover field it
should keep in good health, as it will
not be liable to disease of any kind.
A pint of warn water on an empty
stomach in the morning is the safest
and surest of all remedies for habitual
constipation. 1t dissolves the fecal
matter and stimulates p~eristaltic &C
ton, thereby giving a normal action
without pain. If the tongue is coated
squeeze a lemon into the water and
drink without sweetening.'
That there is no money in average
crops is the testimony of all farmers.
1t is only those who make something
more than average crops who come out
at the years end with a profit. There
may be large crops that cost more than
they come to, but these are the excep-
tons. Usually the large crop means
greatest success in money making.
The largest crop of wheat ever re-
corded in this country was raised last
year, aggregating GIL, 7S0, 900 bushels,
of which 1914 per cent. was exported,
showing a total export of 222, 915, 1855
bushels, osmore than twice the exports
of 1891. The export value of the wheat
shipped out of the country for the year
ending June 30, 1892, was $3.50, 1887, 7O5.
the nearest approach to this export
value was in 1887, when we shipped
wheat to the value of $142, 1853, 563. In
that year the average price of wheat
was SO cents. In 1891 it was SO cents,
and during the last year it has been
$1.03 cents per bushel.
The best time to trim fruit trees is
every month in the year when the tree
is making new wood. Keep a sharp
knife, and cut out all superfuous
sprouts and all limbs that are likely to
cross and chafe better limbs, as we'll as
all that grow out of place and are likely
to give the tree a one sided or unsym-
metrical appearance. Such a tree may
yield more fruit than a good shaped
one, as it is said that the crooked row
of corn yields more than a straight one
across the same field, but it hurts the
looks of the whole orchard, and may at
some time seriously detract from its
selling value.
By the last of the month, if the
weather grows cooler, as it undoubted-
ly will, the stock of all kind that are to
be fattened for market should begin to
have extra feed. But while one eve
keeps a lookout for the market prices
OF meat and grain, the other should
watch the thermometer, and at least
twice a day both eyes should examine
the animals and the feed trough or
manager. Animals will not bear heavy
feeling very well when the thermome-
ter ranges above 70 or 70 degrees
where they eat and sleep, while when
it falls below 90 degrees they will
usually eat and digest all that is given
them, but it requires much of it to
keep up the animal heat, and they do.
not fatten readily unless the supply is
above what is needed for that purpose.
wAsTEFUL METHODS.
Farmers waste more than any other
class of businesses men. Why is it
Farmer G. is going to market with 40
pounds of butter today. Will he carry
anything else? No, hecan't bother to-
day. To be sure, thereis more pie plant
and asparagus than the family can eat;
they might bring $3.50 to SO, but he
doesn't care to fuss for that. Then a
little later come Strawberries, but he
can give away what the family doesn't
: want if the neighbors will pick them
themselves. AS for early peas there
are hardly enough to pay for fussing
with them. He might pick three pecks
at 10 cents, but they soon spoil or the
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