Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-10-26

seeded with cio'ser, and then after one
or two wears growth the clover plowed
under IA green manure for some hoed
crop, SEQ ures both the immediate prof
it and the permanent benefit to
the soil Ayhid h every good farmer
seeks1-Am&rn can Cultivator
FARM 81 yD GARDEN NOTES.
Feed the Chi ckens early inAhe morn
ing.
No stock.giv es larger profits than
hogs.
AlfalfaSwhen we'll tseeded lasts for
years.
Sunfowerssa ed isaagood egg-produc-
ing food.
Young chicke MS delight in parched,
cracked corn.
Chickens aresassfolld of ripe fruit as
human beings
Ducks generally Il y at night or very
early in the mornini :.
At seven or eight years cows are at
their most profitable age.
A sick fowl is "a uisance, but many
sick fowls are Gala nifty.
The chickens fiiona stolen nests are
generally strong and lively
Cows should beemilked daily at the
same time and by the same, person.
/ Dust fowls well with insect powder,
ito be had at any drug store, to kill
alice.
T A little carbolicj,acid added to the
Nwhitewash will ,kill,the lice in the hem
lIhouse.
To harvest barley successfully begin
esarly, while heigrain, isGomparatively
.green.
Itsis said that when cows,are fed on
bransthe cream rises,sEowlWand is hard
to ctrurn.
| Ittis the pampering which pure-bred
fowls get that causes hack of eggs and
infertnity.
Exercise, sunshine and abundant
fresh armand water are good for pigs
of alhages.
KeepAuptwithi all improvements and
do not become so attached to old
methods faat youcannot abandon4hem
| for new ONES.
Not only our butter makers but
cheese makers are beginning torealize
that salable article cannot be pro-
duced from milk from cows that drink
stagnant water or are kept in foul
barns. Cleanliness and eration are
becoming none and more popular.
Persian insect powder is harmless<to
poultry and may, be applied freely to
the plumage.
Many farmers are feeding their
wheat to their stock instead of selling
it at present prices.
Eggs will spoil iftleft in the nest dur
ing hot weather. Collect themsdaily
and put in cooP place.
The mortality young turkeys
is chiefly due to dhmpness and to the
large lice on their heads.
If you have Large flock of fowls
confined to a smaM yard, green food of
some sort must be provided daily.
1t is claimed tlaat the slug of pear
trees and grape leaves may be exter-
minated with hellabore in weak kero-
sene emulsion, sprayed on with a fine
rose.
Stony land that is unfit forianything
else will often raise tthe bestifruit. Do
not let such land lie idle, but plant
something that will atN least keep the
weed from growing.
The appearance of vegetables, ETC.,
from the farm has much to do with the
price which they bring in,the market.
1t pays to have them look neat when
they are offered for sale.
After the potatoes are dug, throw
the old vines in heaps and burn as
soon as dry enough. In this way spores
Of fungus may be destroyed, which
would do much damage another year.
Windmills and hydraulic rams will
often supply the place of hired men in
: the care of stock when the farm man
,, ager is wise and thoughtful But one
of the worst uses to which a good
stream near the barn can be put is to
make sewer of it for the waste of the
barnyard manure.
When fruit is being planted for the
market it is best TO have all the trees
9 of the best known varieties As o
general thing it is best never to plant
r over two OF three kinds. Large firms
5 prefer to handle fruit in large guam.
1 titles of the same sort, and the cost OF
{. disposing of the crop is less when they
e are of the same kind.
Q Fruit trees that are near an apiafy
n often bear large crops, while those
P that are not frequented by bees have
S very little or no fruit at all 1t seems
9 very clear to us that the bee is the
It friend rather than the enemy of the
i fruit grower, and think that both the
IS bees and the fruit would do better if
e the hives were set in the orchard.