Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-12-01
THE HOME AND FARM.

best fertilizers for wheat.
Keep everything in the hen house
dry but the drinking vessels.
Generally it is better to plent a young
tree rather than graft an old one.
Pruning can be done in winter pro-
vided a moderate amount is to be cut
away.
Before feeding oats pour boiling wa
ter over them and allow them to soak
a few hours.
The difference between leached and
unleached ashes is that the latter con
tains but little potash.
A correspondent writes that dehorn-
ing COWS has not the least effect on the
quality and quantity of milk.
Sheep is the only class of stock that
will make money for their owner out
of weeds which grow ON the farm.
The Freeman potato is well liked by
some farmers, who say that it is early,
of good shape and good quality.
The happiness of some is due to the
fact that the time for griddle cakes
for breakfast is palatably at hand.
Wheat is one of the shallowest feed
ing of our farm crops, hence fertilizers
for it should be kept near the surface.
When tho hens refuse C orn and let it
remain IN the ground. it is an indica-
ton that they desire a change of food.
Avoid ringing pigs if possible. II
you ring pigs you take away one of the
ways which nature has provided for
getting a living.
And now you see the value of early
Matched birds. Compare with the
chicks that were late Matched and
mark the difference.
Pigs should never be permitted to
sleep under houses or in any place
where there is much dust Dust will
kill them off like cholera.
When planting an orchard select the
highest good ground upon the farm
and you will thus secure at least par
tial exemption from loss by frosts.
To break up a cold try the inhalation
Of hot salt water and an application OF
some on the chest and throat, if af.
fected, will often relieve a hard cough.
The skill in feeding the heifer in hei
two or three year old form, especially
the former, will determine most Ger.
tainly the character of the future COW.
The currant and gooseberry are the
small fruits which are raised with per.
haps the least labor of any, and are
very pleasant and wholesome for the
table.
Never cut the entire top off of a tree
when transplanting. 1t will not heal
so as to be sound. Shortening the
branches SO as to make a good formed
top is a better plan.
Heavy horses are chiefly needed in
the crowded cities, where horses car
not move rapidly and where heavy
loads are necessary. For the country
a different sort of horse is needed.
The kindly treated horse is the gentle
horse; the gentle horse is the safe horse
the safe horse is the highest priced
horse, other things being equal, and SC
is the kind treatment turned into dol
lars.
In marketing poultry a neatly dress
ed carcass is half sold. Bleed in thu
mouth, dry pick, draw every feather
wash feet and head to remove dirt ant
blood, and pack in a clean basket, DO,
or barrel.
Before planting a tree consider
whether the place chosen will be APP
propriate when the tree is grown. Toe
many plant without thinking of the
future. A tree out of place is nui
sance in its place it is a blessing.
In baking a pie in a stove or range il
is best to first set the plate on the bach
partof it long enough to warm it; the1
set it in the oven, Oh the upper rack, SC
as to bake the upper crust quickly
watching it well when it puffs up and
appears to be nearly done, remove it tc
the bottom of the oven and let it bake
the under crust. A pie should be well
watched while baking.
An Ohio fruit grower employs, when
packing apples for market, a table
eight feet long with side boards SIX
inches high, that will hold two barrels
of apples. He sorts the apples into al
least two grades. In remarks made be.
fore a farmers institute he said: 'Fol
the first grade set two tiers of smooth
good colored, medium sized apples, and
fill up the barrel with apples that will
run as good or better. Shake them
well, level off the end, press the enc
in SO tight there is no chance for an
apple to move, and after the head il
nailed turn The barrel upside down ant
put your name on it as a guarantee OF
No. apple, to be sold for what the
buyer is willing to give"
Why the Lecture Was a Failure.
One winter Nye was at Jefferson