Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-06-22
THE HOME AND FARM.


vehicles perfectly clean and we'll
oiled.
A COW needs a good deal of water
twice as much when giving milk as
when dry.
1t is impossible to make gilt edged
butter if the milk aud cream are kept
in a pantry or kitchen.
Let men of large means raise the trot-
ting colt. The developing and train
ing are too expensive for a farmer.
The grass crop of several States
recognized as heavy producers is re-
ported to be in O favorable condition.
Scarce pork will make the high
priced mutton next fall and winter.
Stick to sheep, wool tariff or no wool
tariff.
A sick hog or one that seems to lack
ambition, will frequently improve rap
idly and get we'll, if given a liberal
dose of scalded oats twice q day.
The value of a yoke of oxen depends
much on orderly habits. Don't let the
young steers become breachy by turn
ing them into scanty feed poorly fen
ced.
Do not expect the colt to do as much
work as an old, we'll trained horse.
Give him time to learn. The SAM rule
of patience should be expressed toward
the boy.
The mutton maker who lives near
town may be able to sell readily at the
right price, but he must contend with
the town dogs, which is no slight dis
advantage.
II you have not the conditions to
keep and ripen caeam properly, churn
it sweet and educate peoples tastes to
like it 30. l am not sure but it is the
plan anyway.
Sheep farming has an advantage
over dairying in balancing up the
work of the year more evenly. If it
increases the winter work it makes
less to do in summer.
The chick that is strong, growthy
hardy and active from the shell on
ward, is the N to keep for breeding,
Keep an eye on the broods and marx
the best youngsters early.
Swine seem to need the elementsthey
find in charcoal, wood ashes and rot
ten wood, especially at this season O
the year. See that some one or all O
these substances are kept in the pen o
field.
Life is too short to spend it in quar-
rels or litigation, or to buy trees of ur
reliable dealers because they ar
cheap" and then wait for them {
prove true to name only to be disaI
pointed.
The future apple tree planter neet
to know and ought to know the II
best varieties for his locality for
family orchard, and the two varieti,
which he can best plant by the acre
ten acres.
The unrulysow is Improbable becaul
80 often in mischief. The garden ON
destroyed is a whole years loss. 81
had haat ha fottanad , thn,nh
good mother. Strong brine will ke,
her better than fences.
June hached chicks come upon ii
scene just in season to harvest the i
sect crop and CLEAN the grain field
Happy coincidence for the chic
Others may have their choice but ,
have a liking for June Matched pulle'
especially of the small and mediu
sized breeds.
The wheat prospects at present wrI
ing are still unsettled. From all we G.
gather there has been a large increa
in the acreage of spring wheat, qui
enough to make up for any lost on 9
count of damage done to winter whe
by unfavorable weather, etc.
There is no reason why crops shou
not be cultivated among the tire
These may include potatoes, cabba,
strawberries, raspberries, corr a
other hoed crops that are sown bros
cast. The crops should never be pla.
ed nearer the tree than 8 to 8 fe
Most standard apple trees should
planted from "a to So feet way. Sol
trees have a spreading habit which
mand greater distances than oil
varieties require.
An orchard tree eats Just as does
corn plant or a stool of wheat.
vigorous orchard tree is a greedy eat
If the ground is not MANFRED, I
supply of plant food isin time 30 mu
exhausted that the tree can not
material for vigorous growth or
abundant fruitage. II the orchard
cropped with grain or grass, the 7
cess of exhaustion is, of course, qr
rapid. The trees vitality IL brouI
to a low point, for it is half starved
more, hence 1t falls an easy prey to
scots and fungi. The owner wond
why his orchard does no good, v
the trees winter kill, why they do
bear, why they persist in dying {
If he would give a liberal dressing
good fertilizer, and spade it in alb
the roots Of the trees, he would
that he had discovered a most poi
remedy.
A gentleman, under forty years
age, whose hair was rapidly bee
inc thin md urau harau tka Sc,