The record-union., 1893-03-31

He is called book farmer, because he
uses his brains and scientific knowledge
in his business. In 1850 he produced
$50 pounds lint, three bales, on one acre,
the largest yield ever known III the State.
At one of our Piedmont cxpositions his
exhibit alone covered l eco square feet of
space, and included sixty varieties of
corn, thirty-four of cotton, forty-three
species of hay and grasses, ten of to-
oacco, nlnety-siX specimens of garden
crops, twenty-five kinds of wine, $50 jars
OF preserves, jellies, etc., with many va
rleties OF wheat, oats, peas and potatoes.
de was the youngest exhibitor at the eX-
position and took the first prize on several
OF his exhibits.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Plenty of small fruit on farm costs but
little and is of incalculable value.
The regular rotation of crops should
never be interfered with. Nothing justi-
fies it.
In 1892 but forty-seven head of cattle
out of 80, 676 were lost in being shipped
from this country to Europe.
Early chickens are by all means most
profitable. The pullets hatched early are
always the ones to keep for laying pur-
| poses.
There is no danger of over-production
OF beef. Farmers will find it TO their in
farm will feed.
Farming is the best business on earth.
The profits are not the largest, but they
| are the most secure. The industrious,
! economical and Intelligent farmer is
bound to succeed
The new Secretary of Agriculture, j.
Sterling Morton, is the author of Arbor
Day. The value of this movement to
farming interests is not confined to the
great prairie States.
Make rule to plant a few fruit trees
every spring. In a year or so you will
be surprised to find how easily you have
secured magnificent orchard. 1t is
better than a gold mine.
The value of clover on a farm can
hardly be overestimated. 1t is doubly
valuable as food and u fertilizer. France
breeds some of the finest horses in the
world, and they are raised on clover.
Once narrowing Immediately after the
soil Is turned up by the plow is worth
more than two or three times after it has
dried up. If narrowed ut once, the
ground is easily and thoroughly pulver-
| lied.
y sure cure for lice on calves or year
lings Is teaspoon of pnlverized copperas
given for three days; stop three days, and
then repeat for three days more. 1t is
said TO be sure cure and good tonic
| besides.
The danger of cholera on high, airy
! larm is reduced almost TO nothing if
house, stables and grounds are kept
cleaned up and pure. Leave no old lum-
Der or traps lying around orchard or
lawn this year.
TO prevent tinware from rusting,
grease the seams with fresh lard or sweet
oil and set the vessel Oh Il stove shelf or
other warm place for twentyfour hours
| before 1t IS ever washed, and it will never
rust III ordinary service.
There is no window plant more suita-
! bic to the farmhouse than the orchid. 1t
| requires just enough management to
make 1t interesting and add quality TO the
beauty and cheer of a home without dis
placing any old favorites.
Wait until you know Just what YOU
want before taking steps toward any i'm
| portant improvements on the farm. The
whole thing is spoiled and years OF regret
are produced by going off half cock Ell )"
as so many are disposed TO do.
The best material to restore the fertility
| TO an exhausted pasture is broken bones
applied at the rate of one cwt per acre for
every TWO years the land has been pas
tured. The use of cake and other con-
centrated foods on the land will assist in
its restoration.
The best soil on sidehills is ruined by
washings. The only help for this is to so
| direct the flow of the water that the dam
age is reduced to minimum. Energy
and perseverance willtriumOh, and every
| blow struck in this cause brings an ample
reward in dollars and cents.
The farmer who comes the nearest rais-
ing everything he uses is the one who
prospers in the long run, for if one crop
fails they will not all. He who devotes
his farm to one thing-be it corn or cot
ton, and depends on buying everything
else, is likely to lose his entire crop occa-
sionally.
Each year the value of poultry produce
increases The high prices of this season
have given great impetus 10 the busi-
ness. Farmers should treat the subject
with the same intelligence and calcula-
ton they do their corn crop or their horse
stables. Nothing repays care and prepa-
ration like the poultryyard.
The loveliest flower bed is not attrac-
! tive when in reach of hens. AS it is next
TO impossible to keep hens from the flow
ers, 1t will be found fairly satisfactory to
keep the flowers from the hens. BY that
means, al least, you can raise flowers and
| have reasonably contented mind, though
your flower beds are relegated to the veg
etable garden.
Experiments have proven that a cows
milk can be increased twenty-five per
| cent. by warming her drink i'll winter To
blood heat. Beside this it has been proved
that from twelve to fourteen per cent. of
food is saved by warm drinks. The dairy
COW needs warm liquids and will respond
! literally to the treatment that provides
| abundance of bran-mashes and meal
slops. Indeed, the drink of all stock
should be slightly warmed in severe
weather where at all practicable.
Accidents are very frequent about a
farm. Burns, scalds, cuts, ETC., are espe-
cially common. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that one-half the suffering on such
occasions, as well as the serious conse-
quences, are due TO loss of time running
eXcitedly hither and thither hunting up
bandages and remedies at the time OF the
accident. Much of this can be done away
with by keeping always on hand, and in
a proper place, such things as are liable
to be needed, so that the hand can be
calmly placed on them in any sudden
emergency.
Birds of Passage
Between this and the other side of the
broad Atlantic, in the shape of tourists,
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