Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-09-15
THE HOME AND FARM,

1of soups ana dressings,
A farmer in E'ichigan is said to have
made a profit of $41, 900 in five years
by growing twenty seven acres of eel
cry each year.
Both the animal and vegetable king
doms are subject to the same laws.
Seeds as well as stock may be improved
by careful selection and breeding.
Corn fodder, if properly handled,
may largely take the place of hay in
feeding, thus permitting the sale of the
other and more valuable money crop.
Give the boy all the hard jobs and
the chores that you don't want to do
yourself, if you want him to leave the
farm. 1t is a pretty sure way to &C
complish this.
Are you thinking of feeding corn and
making big hogs for next winters mar
ket? If SO, you have not observed
that light bacon hogs are the ones that
bring top prices.
When buying trees for your orchard
this fall, be sure and learn how they
have been propagated. If not grated
on whole roots of seedlings, have moth
ing to do with them.
Do not buy large trees. A moderate
sized, thrifty young tree, with good
roots, will grow faster and come into
bearing sooner than one that has grown
too long in the nursery rows.
Low, weak fences encourage the
stock to become breachy. If there are
no weak places to practice on they will
never get in the habit of thinking the
next field better than theiI own.
In these days of putting up j%ellies it
should be recalled that cotton batting
is more often used by experienced
housekeepers to cover the glasses than
paste or papers dipped in liquor.
Muffins-One pintof boiled milk, one
egg, one tablespoon of sugar and a half
cup of soft yeast. Add -four to make
as stiff as bread sponge, set at night
and stir down in the morning, and
bake in muffin rings.
Peach Dumplings-Take large free
stone peaches, peel them, make a paste
of six ounces of butter to one pound of
-four, cover each peach with this paste
and boil them in cloths or nets till the
fruit is tender. They are very nice.
Serve with sugar and rel
Nature seems to believe in a rotation
of crops. We see the evergreen trees
following the cutting of the hardwood
forests, and the hardwood coming in
after the cutting of the pines. A rota-
ton of crops is one of the best methods
of destroying the insect pests and fun
gus spores that get into the land when
kept too long in one crop.
The midday rest, if for no longer
than half an hour, should be a part of
the daily regime of every hard working
housekeeper. If she can SO manage
that she can get such a rest, she will
feel like rising early in the morning,
when she can do extra work in the cool
hours of the day, and the otherwise
long tour of duty of the day will be
comfortably broken.
Experiments in France show that
when potatoes, beets, onions, grapes,
apples and ounces are stored under
ordinary conditions, and well busted
with lime, they will keep for several
months longer than if no lime is used,
The lime protects against unpleasant
odors, prevents moisture and destroys
microbes. 1t will cost but q trife tc
experiment with lime for that purpose
1t has been said that carrots promote
digestion, and that the tomato, SO long
u~nappreciated, is an excellent aid to
the liver, and is invaluable in the work
of purifying the blood. Nor are these
the only green things that improve the
general health. The onion is a great
stimulant to the circulatory system
and the sea kale and water cress cor
rect s%crofulous tendency, while the tur
nip is nearly as nutritious as corn meal
Lettuce and celery supply a craving o.
the nerves, and early spinach rouse'
the inert kidney. Every one who car
should have a garden, no matter how
small, for really fresh vegetables will
help to save many a doctors bill.
SOWING WHEAT EARLY.
1t is not the size of the wheat plan.
but its vigor and healthy growth tina
insures its vitality through the winter
On rich soil it is often better to defe,
sowing until late in September. Their,
is less of leaf 10 draw on the root dur
ing winter, or to be transplanted if thu
root should chance to be lifted by thu
frost. As for the idea that a larg'
growth of leaf keeps the ground from
deep freezing, it is absurd, for every
winter frost p%enetrates always as deel
as the furrow, and often much deeper
The small wheat plant has not strucl
its roots deeply. When the surfac,
soil expands it lifts these roots with it
Early sown wheat, especially whe1
sown in a dry time, has roots that strik,
down deeply. These are snapped when
ever a surface thaw occurs, while tn,
roots are held below and the surfaces