Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-10-04
THE HOME AND FARM,

About 90 percent of the apples shipped
from America last year to Europe were
from Canada.
A bushel of corr fed to a thrifty 3
months old pig will make more gain
than if fed to n twice its age.
Texas has shipped more sheep and at
better prices during the past eight
months than in any previous season.
Live stock breeding is the gateway to
greater prosperity for the individual
farmer, and in consequence the nation.
Let the boys take your best horses TO
the fair. They may not get any prem
iums, but they will see the horses that
do get the honors.
Tennessee's land is about equally d.
vided into cultivated farms and wood
land for one half the state and natural
forests the balance.
Canada shows 100 varieties of pota-
toes at the Worlds Fair. and her dis
play of fruits is a surprise to many of
her Yankee cousins.
The farmer who makes swine grow
ing a specially may be able to tell some
thing about cost of his pork when
ready for market, but his figures will
not always answer for the general
farmer.
Now that wool is low, we hear that
there is mo money in sheep" The
improvement of the fertility of the land,
due to the presence of sheep, is an i'm.
portant element of profit frequently
overlooked by the grumble.
The hard times proves most forcibly
the advantage of diversified industries.
kalamazoo, Mich, all factories have
shut down, but money is plenty owning
to the great demand for celery, an arti'
Gle which has there made large fortunes
for growers.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
are those who strongly advocate the
exclusive use of mineral manures, the
great mass Of farmers still believe in
the efficiency of animal manures thai
contain more or less vegetable matter,
When, as is sometimes the case, @
man makes the declaration that the
manure made upon the farm is an injury
when returned to the soil, and had
better be thrown away than to be &C
used, it is safe to say that he belongs
to a class, that ought to be demoninatet
agricultural cranks.
Chemicals applied to soils, may bt
all right, but they can have no effec'
mechanically upon the soil, which mus
be taken into account; on the contrary
any vegetable matter that passes thro
the process of decay, acts both mechan
ically and chemically upon the soil, ant
in a manner that is ESPECIALLY favorable
to the growth of plants.
Nature understands its own require
ments, and by the fall of the leaves o.
forest trees, and the gradual decay Of
dead branches, and these supply fertility
to the soil.
The Importance of vegetable matter
in the soil is recognized in green man
uring, as it is called, the blowing in O.
some crop especially grown for tina
purpose; it is also recognized in thu
benefits resulting from cropping after
grain crop, from which heavy stubbl'
Is left to be plowed under; also in tn
blowing in of clover stubble and tn,
extensive roots that 60 to decay.
Regardless of the fact that perhap
satisfactory crops may be grown frou
the sole use of chemical manure, Their
is no observing farmer but that ha
noticed the healthy ndvigorous growtl
and abundant production of crop
grown upon soils well supplied witt
vegetable matter.
1t is sometimes claimed that potatoe
Of a better quality can be grown upol
a soil fortified wholly with chemica
fertilizers, but that is at variance wit
our experience. Wehave had excellen
success where a firm soil was plowe'
and well torn in pieces by the harrow
fertilized with horse manure, we'll mixe'
with the soil. The tubers were Of goo
size, perfectly smooth and of the fines
quality.
These are the important essentials
and when they can be secured in tina
way we are bound to recognize the i'm
p~ortance of vegetable matter. 1t ma
be considered perfectly safe to believ
in the efficiency of vegetable matte
until it la be shown to be Injurious
VIM. II. Yoemans in American Farme
and Farm News.
To gain strength-Hood's Sarsapa
rilla.
For steady nerves-Hood's Sarsapa
rilla.
For pure blood-Hood's Sarsaparilla
Mrs. Take-Doctor suffer dreadful,
from dyspepsia.
DR.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS! Yo,
haven't got dyspepsia.
Mrs. Take-No but my husband has
Brooklyn Life.
1t Should Be in Every House.
j. B. Wilson, 871 Clay St., Sharps
burg, Pa, says he will not be withou
DIR. King's New Discovery for consump