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

Work will 60 easier and better ii
you think it out ahead.
BED the horses well SO they viii not
bfuise their knees on the floor.
You help yourself when you heIp
your neighbor to be better farmer
Mix your feeds dry and wet after
wards, if you want to secure a good
mixture.
Eggs from the best of the two-year
old layers are considered best for
Matching.
With goodly flock of chickens the
farmer rs never at loss for a little
ready money.
Where crude petroleum is obtain.
aple at low enough price it makes
practical dressing for roads.
When buying stock for breeding
purposes be willing to pay the price
which will secure the good grade ami;
NAL.
Ii the temperature Of your fruit and
vegetable cellar ranges too high open
the door during the night and close 1t
during the day.
The mistakes of the past should be-
come stepping stones to better things
this year not stumbling blocks which
are going to bring further failure
To sch the corn off the farm sells
the teTtiIity off the place bnt fed to
the seRcfslE returns. a double profit In
hatteaea cattle and hogs and In
n1afltnse
When the name and tail are al
lowed to become clogged with dirt 1t
is apt to create, itching, resulting In
the horse rubbing himself in such
way as to- injure Them,
A diary for the dairy might be
good thing this year. Begin to keep
record of the COWS. See what each
one is doing. Test the milk once
month Weed out the poor COWS
Keep the appeutes of the hens
sharp, SO that they will always be on
the search for food Underfed is%bet-
ter than overfed with poultry every
time But the best; rule is to study
your flock and feed just right,
Making time and marking time
sound a good deal alike, but.they are
vastly different in fact. The maker |
AZ time Is the hustler, the marker Of
tt1.s is the fellow who stands still
and shuffles. Lots of stepping but no
headway.
Ii Is said that not two per cent. of |
the edible plants OF the world are
grown BY the American farmers. This
is reason enough, then, why the gov
ernnent should send its agents into
all the world to find new plants better |
adapted TO our lands than some we
are now growing.
Swifts words are still true: Who |
ever makes two ears of corn, or two |
blades of grass, to grow where only |
one grew before, deserves better of |
lnankinG, and does more essential
service 10 his country than the whole |
race Of politicians put together" Can
you stand up brother and say that's
mey
Mark 1t down>as a safe rile that the |
bleating calf lacks something in the |
way Of food, water or care to insure |
its confort. However there are calves
that will bleat almost continuously |
and for no, other, reason apparently |
than because they are of that uneasy,
restless spirit which marks them as
undesirable to raise for dairy pur-
poses. Get rid OF such animals.
Lord John Russell held farming In
high esteem. He said: in moral
point Of view, the life of the agricul-
snrist is the most pure, and holy of
any class of men; pure, because it is
Yha most healthful, and vice versa
hardly find time to contaminate it; |
nd holy, because it brings The Diety
2erpetually before his view, giving
tim thereby the most exalted notions