Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-03-27
GUAPTi0N ON THE FARM.
Some Pointed Paragraphs of Value To
Wise Fa.mefs,

Have two Or three plow-point
on hand ready for the time @
need.
Leave no long nails striking ut
out fallen rails or posts in the
pasture.
What is finer than an old
fashioned spring after an old
fashioned winter?
DaspIse not the day of the one
horse farmer, for it leads tc two.
horse team.
| We sh >uId not complain when
We think the other fellow has 9
bassar job than we; rather let Us
rejolce.
Fhls is tbs month for the land
Foiler, if the land is dry enough.
Push the roots IL good and cut
more grass to pay for 1t.
Gran fatii"fs's traits oftel- ruiz
e's nn- - grandson yelrs after
- hlr.sa f is dead. What kind
gta:d-ou do Y u want7.
A good many men wYso woulo
ION 81 hf.~se hole ia their
5"f.nsArs' p@ck t ara all tho COM
2 yt"'t "oen regarding the hole
III the barn roof.
l. The ten.cent CO + n or canvas
cvos th"+ ira 50 largely worn Ly
tarmers may he wator proofed by
dipping them il melted para ffine.
Ii yau don't went thIngs, don't
bid OH them at au anction. First
thing you know they will be
yours, and you will have to pay
for them whether y5u want them
3r not
Dynaya can be used for very
many purposes on TIE farm, but
/ }ou should know how to use it
1t 1t expIodes, don't blame the
dyna mite. That's what its for.
Do you use a spike tooth ham
row. How are the teeth7 Worn
down blunt? Take them out and
have the blacksmith sharpen
them. The harrow will do a
great deal better work then.
1t is not woman's place to
care for the pigs aud poultry, to
CHIP wood or milk cows, when
there IS a stroug healthy man
around. Keeping a home in good
order is enough for any woman.
Il is quite chore to get stove
pipe up every time just right.
Tsli you how we do it: When
We take the pipe down we mark
every length with g piece of white
chalk. Do it before you take it
down aud there will be no trouble
nex5 time.
''Do you remember me, Mr..
Roosavelt?h said ths efusive
stranger to the Colonel. "N-no
but delighted, I'm sure. Wher
did l have the pleasnre?" "Why
when you reburned from Africa
and there was shat big crowd or
the wharf, I Vas the man in the
brown derby hat.'
Make your garden planting
sm 1ler and plant more frequent
ly, every week or ten days; thi
will produce young vegetableI
that are more tender, juicy ant
sweet than where large planting
ara made and part of tho vege
tables are allowed to kecome big
tough aud strong favored.
| A good, balanced feed for
horse is one quart Of oats and or
of bran twice each day, when idle
and three times a day when a
work, substituting corn for oat
occasionally; and half bundle c
fodder, or one good forkfal Of ha
three times day at regula
honrs Ny horse keeps fat O.
this. He is given plenty o
water.
Some farmers wall because th
robins and catbirds eat cherries
. Now [ have noticed that with a.
their eating the birds only eat
small share. I have sevora
cherry trees, and let the robin
ea5 all they want. If a share c
nv cherries will coax them t
build aud rear their young in m
orchard, acting as bug poiic
mean While, I am the winner :
From April Farm Journal.
There has been so much inter
} est in the Republican situatio
! lately that Governor Woodro