Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-03-30
THE HOME AND Farm,
A dirty barnyard is thing to be dis

couraged.
Hoe your current bushes as you do
the rest of the plants in the garden.
Peas may be planted as soon as the
ground is open enough to receive the
seed.
The Bush lima bean has stood the
test now of several seasons in many
different localities.
An English grape grower has 25
acres OF vines under glass. He gets
90 cents q pound for his grapes.
Pour boiling water over ~raisins, and
let them stand a moment before seed
ing. 1t lessons the labor wonderfully.
In sowing grass and clover on poor
land, do not be stingy with the seed.
The poorer the land and the rougher it
is, the more seed it requires.
A Mississippi nan who has counted
the number Of seeds in a bushel of va
rious grains, found that corr went 72,-
100; wheat $50 5000; peas, 100, 900; cot
ton seed, 1874, 1876.
BY judicious feeding, we'll bred two
year old steers may be made to weigh
upward of two pounds for each day of
their lives. AT that rate of gain beef
PRODUCTION can be made profitable.
The new variety of cabbage christen-
ed Succession, it is claimed, is a good
variety for the amateur, as it does well
whether for medium early main crop
or winter use, under average conditions.
A simple remedy to keep rabbits
from gnawing fruit trees is to make
common whitewash to which you add
four ounces of carbolic acid to a gal.
Ion and a quantity of flower ofsulphur
T. J. Harris says the hog needs more
care than any other farm animal, and
that where he has had the best care he
has paid in the last 10 years three times
the profit any other kind of live stock
has done.
Place a few seeds of gourds for sum-
mel climbers. Get the ornamental
gourds seed, and you will have not
only lu%xuriant foliage, but curious
fruits in the way of gourds of various
sizes and shapes.
Mix one cup of coffee with one egg
and m half cup of cold water. Put
1t into the coffee pot, and six cups of
boiling water and boil for three min
utes. Stir down and set it back on the
range for ten minutes.
A Jersey COW, Bison Belle, finished
recently n year with 1923 pounds
1St ounces of butter to her credit.
This is the largest years record vet
made by a Jersey. Belle was imported
by George P. Duffee, of Mobile, Ala.
1t may be pretty early to mention it
but when you finish up spring work
do not leave your tools and farm impIe-
ments out in the weather. 1t never
pays. A cheap shed is better than no
shed at all. Proper care given farm
tools pays although it may take a little
time.
One bed Of Strawberries three or four
feet wide and 100 feet long, if highly
cultivated, will produce a large guam
tity OF berries for a small family. In
the family garden the narrow bed plan
Is the best. Have the bed three or
four feet wide, with three rows of
plants to the bed.
The American Agriculturist says
that for covering the joints of tile
drains nothing is better than a strip of
sarred paper four inches wide and
reaching to within an inch of the bot
tom on each side. The water enters
the tile at the joints near the bottom,
or, during a heavy rainfall, at the
level of the running water inside the
tile. '"-'
There should be no time wasted in
making beds in, the farmers garden.
Plant everything in straight level rows
the longer they are the better. This
will save time when preparing the
ground, and makes cultivation much
easier. The small raised beds may do
for the village gardener, who has time
to be fussy, but not for the farmer who
means BUSINESS.
A calf that is to be raised should not
be allowed to suck its own dam, or an.
other COW, more than a few times, as
1t Is then easier to teach it to take milk
from a pail. The new milk is to be
drawn and then given to the calf by
hand. Feed the calf three times a day
for the first week or ten days. AT the
end Of ten days add skim milk to the
new milk, very little at the first, and
increase.
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