Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-02
THE HOME AND FARM.

For sore throat, beat the white of an
egg stiff, with all the sugar it will hold,
and the juice of one lemon.
Keep good tools and keep them in
good order, for poor tools make hard
work, which is Improbable.
Labor with your mind as well as
your hands, and do not overtax either, |
for to be successful you will need both.
For burns, make a paste of lard and
flour, and bind ON the burn with soft
linen or stir lime water and sweet oil
to a cream and apply.
Disinfect the hen house by burning
sulphur in it. 1t will destroy the lice.
Scatter air slaked lime on the floor, it
absorbs all dampness.
A real dairy COW can never be ON
verified into beef without a loss. When
she passes the period of giving milk
it is too late to fatten her at a profit.
When away from home keep your
eyes open to see how much other farm
ers may be in advance or in the rear of
you in matters pertaining to farming.
Mind is as necessary as strength of
body in farming successfully. A well
planned season. work will produce bet
ter results than n that is carried out
without regard to any plan.
The farmer who makes it a rule to
hurry his work for the sake Of getting
through in time for an hours playspell
in the evening, will drive a poor horse,
carry a lean purse, and most likely a
heavy mortgage, too.
Nothing SO good for tired eyes has
yet been discovered as bathing them in
hot water, and neuralgia in nine cases
out of ten will yield to applications of
cloths wrung out of water in which the
hand can not be borne.
If you suffer from sick headache. a
teaspoonful of common salt will inva-
riably relieve the sickening sensation
OF nausea which generally accompanies
that awful pain in the head. The salt
must be dissolved in water.
1t has been found that a COW that
calves the last of October, that is well
kept, well housed and well fed during
the winter, will give in twelve months
nearly thirty per cent. more milk than
the COW that calves in April.
Better apples can be secured from
trees that have been trimmed and
shaped than when the trees are left
with overhanging branches. By re-
moving the surplus wood the warmth
of the u enters and a freer circula-
ton of air is permitted.
To make excellent whitewash, slake
lime to the proper consistency for ap-
plication, into which while hot mix a
starch made from half a pound of flour,
or two ounces of common white glue,
thoroughly dissolved. For outside
work add to the above preparation a
handful of rock salt and as much soft
boiled rice.
AS an illustration of the possibilities
of sugar beet culture, an instance is re-
corded of a man at Grand Island, Ne
braska, who at a labor cost of $40 rails
ed thirty six tons of beets worth IS so
ton, a total return of $198 from a sin
gle acre of ground. With facts like
this continually cropping out, our farm
ers will soon grow less cheap wheat
and cotton and turn to sugar beets.
Then will permanent prosperity for
American agriculture be assured.
Nothing is more common than the
remark we overheard a day or so since:
Il want to buy a good, cheap horse.n
Well, that demand ought to be easily
gratified if the man expressing it has
money enough. A good horse is gen.
orally a cheap one, and no other GER
tainly is. If he is good enough, his
value may rise into the hundreds and
even thousands. What is often but in,
correctly meant by a cheap horse is one
low in price, generally worthless and
dQor ayap DC q rift
The good cow is seldom bought. The
buying of a cow to take the place Of
n that is dry is simply a chance in Q
lottery, for she must be tested by milk
ing before her worth can be discovered
There is but N sure way of securing
cows, and that is to breed for them, ,
method which will not only lead t.
larger profits, but also greatly tend t
lessen contagious diseases. When on,
buys a cow he may bring disease in hi
herd. The great scourge of dairymel
-abortion-is due more to the sellin,
off of dry cows and buying of fresl
ones from all sources than to any othe
cause, as the new COWS spread the dis
ease.
The American Agriculturalist is O
opinion, after careful research and con
sentative investigation, that American
farmers, as a class, are more prosperou
and in a better condition today, boil
mentally and financially, than the,
were one year ago. There is thus
most hopeful outlook for farmers dur
ing the year before us. The countr,
generally is prosperous and afiuent
which means that the people have
good purchasing power. Where farm
ers can find markets close at hand, the,