The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-06-26

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Some fruit growers make a practice
of washing their fruit trees, once a
year with soap suds. The rough bark
is scraped off, This destroys possible
hiding places for injurious insects
After the scraping wash the trunk of
the tree, as far up as you can. reach,
with strong soap solution: One part
soft soap to 100 parts of water. An
old broom is d good thing with which
TO apply the wash. The forks of the
tree should receive a good washing
too.
Poor economy to let the stock run
down even If feed is high.
b Reform your farm this year. Feed
the soil better and then till it better.
Cows left out in the storm and wind
are bound to show shrinkage in the
milk pail.
1t is to the interest OF every dairy.
man to produce not only clean milk
but rich milk.
Make home the brightest and hap
piest place on earth. 1t should be the
childrens haven.
The profit in dairying is dependent
on the kind of COWS man has and
the care and feed he gives them.
Make 1t point never to drive to
town without something in the way Of
produce to sell, such as butter, eggs,
poultry, etc.
When no r1vetis' handy "a good sub
stitute can be found by cutting wire
nail in two and using the part with
the head on as rivet.,
Fence posts are considerable item
of expense, making it necessary to
make them last as long as possible.
Peeling off the bark helps some,
Salt is required by the animals as
well as by man. Even the chickens
require a judici0us amount, Fed in
large quantities, of course, would
prove fatal
You can put the ewes which are In
rundown condition in fine shape by
feeding grain ration of wheat bran,
ground oats and peas, about oneshalf
pound to each sheep.
The grain binder or thrasher al.
lowed toiweather the storms of winter
under a covering of wheat or oat
straw will not be found to be in very
good condition for next seasons work.
Have the wood box large enough to
hold several days supply of wood.
Never let, it get empty. You can
bring in wood at odd times. Wife or
daughters ought never to have to go
out after fuel,
The. amount Of money, that finds
its way into the owners pocket at the
end of the year tells tie whole story
whether his cows are doing business
or not. You might as well have one
good COW as Al OF. the poorer ones.
It is easy to get money into the
poultry business and hard to get II I
out Go slow. Build up your bust
ness slowly and surely and you will
not be among the number which de
clares that the poultry. business does
not pay.
Clifford Pinchot, the government for.
ester, who has just returned from a
10,000-mile jaunt over the govern.
ment and private forest preserves of |
the country, declares that in 20 years
the timber supply will be exhausted |
if the present rate oF cutting goes. on.
Scripture saith that the very hairs /
of our heads are numbered This |
fact has perhaps inspired some indus.
trious person to count the feathers on
a hen, for he is out with the informa-
ton that the average hen has $3.50
feathers concealed In various places
about her anatomy
The large calendars with the big
white spaces where the numbers are
make admirable record sheets for the
poultry. Put in the squares contain
ing the dates the number of eggs laid
on that day, and so on through the
month, then, as the leaves of the cal
endar are torn off, file them, away for
future reference