Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-06-08
THE HOME AND FARM.

armlng. clover SEED q not with
afety be sown until spring, immediate
Y after the ground is settled. The soil
must be in good condition.
Corn may be injured by soaking it in
solution of strychnine, if the solution
S to strong. A weak solution ought
lot to destroy or injure the germ. A
of tar will keep mice and crows
away and not hurt the seed.
Improvement goes on in all branches
Of farm industry. Even the bee keep
ers now know how TO cross and to i'm
prove their stock. There are almost as
many varieties of bees as there ore OF
Over seventy five breeds OF
fowls are o bred to standard of
The best depth for covering grass
and clover seed is two inches, accord
ing 10 tests at the Ohio station. At
that depth the seed will resist fall
drouth' better, although the lighter
covering may present a better APP
pearance earlier in the season. Glover
covered three inches deep did best.
Old meadows often get turf bound,
or what is worse, grow messy, from in
active circulation of air. A good,
thorough narrowing may destroy
some roots, but it will make what is
left grow better, so that the grass will
be thicker than. on meadows not 81
treated. The quality of the grass will
also be improved.
The best way to regulate the temper
allure of the cream when churning is
to add warm or cold water as required,
on the outside of the churn, if the dash
churn is used, by placing it in a tub.
Dash churns, however, entail too much
labor compared with those that revolve,
though they are still in use by some,
who prefer them. The cost of the but
ter depends on the labor of churning,
and failures result when the process is
slow and tedious.
The process of %sprouting gives off
carbonic acid gas. This indicates that
their is some waste of the substance of
the seed, a slow burning as it might be
termed, and it is this that makes the
warmth which is always noted when
one places his hand in corn or other
grain that has begun to grow. This
warmth when the seed is in the soil
greatly aids the roots of the germ to
secure the plant food needed.-Col-
mans Rural World.
Farmers lose a large amount of
seed by covering too deeply, which is
money thrown away, says a writer in
the Practical Farmer. Red top, tall
oat, orchard, meadow, Italian rye,
millet grass and red clover should not
be covered more than an inch to Sc
cure the largest per cent. of growth
OF the above grasses, all except rec
clover, if covered from 4 to / inche
only one half of the seed will grow
OF red clover, if covered from II to 9;
inches, only the same amount viii
grow. Timothy and blue grass SHOULD
be covered only finch for the creates
per cent. to grow; if covered I to / incl
only one half will grow. The abov,
shows the Importance of having a fine
level seed bed TO SOW on. There ar
$4,000 seeds in two quarts of medium
red clover, which would give owe
twenty two plants to the square foot
more than twice as many as will gro'
on it. Last spring we used only tw
quarts per acre and never had a bette
stand. After sowing we go over wit
a light smoothing harrow.
CORN AND CLOVER.
We have the secret in eastern cor
culture in the way that corn and clov,
are growing together. Large col
crops in the east means c%orrespondir
clover crops. We have found TIL
clover sod is the best for corn, an
such a field requires only a sma
amount of manure for two SUGGEST,
years or even longer. But witho'
the clover the land requires hea,
m~anuring and in course of time Il
soil degenerates even in spite of hea,
manuring, so that only inferior Gro
of corn can be cultivated. Both Gro,
are good for feeding. The hay is val
able for the stock, and doubly valuab
as manure made by animals than al
other feed. Glover supplies nitrog,
in large quantities and corn is especii
ly lacking in this quality. The clov
consequently supplies what corr CT
never do, both to the animal and
the soil. Glover is thus never vast
nor will the farmers lose by plantiI
his fields with it every few years.
is not without some promises of su
cess u at the attention of western fl
mers Is called to these methods of ca,
ern farmers. The former may gro
more corn than the latter, but they
not produce much more than one-h,
to the acre. More attention spent
less land would cost less, and wor
undoubtedly produce better resul
In the western lands where soil is su
ly degenerating, and where land
cheap, it would certainly pay to div
the present large farms up into clio
and corn fields. Let both be grow
side by side by side and when one
grown on the field for two years II
reverse the order, Plant the corr
the clover sod and SOW the corn st
ble tn clover. IL wonld not he surn