Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
Farm and Stock Notes.

An asparagus bed may be made to last
twenty or thirty years, the plants are
never infested with insects and the crop
never falls.
Sliced carrots and oats figure largely in
the food given to sheep in Vermont. The
sheep of that State are said to eat more of
oats than of any other grain.
A New York farmer reports raising up
ward of 100 bushels of shelled corn to the
acre ON land which had been two years in
clover. Under every hill was placed a
handful of hen manure busted with lime.
For growing plants weekly applica-
ton of diluted manure water will work
wonders, but those in state of rest are
better without it; and, in fact, they need
little water of any kind until growth be-
gins.
Syrup made for feeding bees should not
be too thick, but of the consistency of
newly gathered honey. The sugar may
be dissolved with either cold or boiling
water; we prefer the latter and are care
ful to have all the grains dissolved.
Putting rings in pigs noses to prevent
roofing is needless precautiOn where the
animals are to run in an orchard of bear
ing trees. What roofing is done under
such an orchard will not destroy any val
liable grass, and the trees and fruit will
be all the better for it.
Members of the Illinois Horticultural
Society denOunce the practice of ringing
orchard trees to produce early bearing,
except in thickly planted orchards, where
the final intention is to take out alternate
trees. In this case the trees to come out
may be profitably forced into early bear
ing.
Because seed potatoes are cheap It does
not follow that it is best to use more seed.
Some varieties have so many eyes that
even with potatoes cut in small pieces
there Will be too many stalks In the hill.
From two strong stalks there will be more
merchantable tubers than from a heavier
seeding.
The best way to rid fields of the wild
blackberry is to let hogs root them up.
They are very fond of the bark of the root,
although it is bitter and astringent. In a
neighbOrhOOd where hog cholera was pre-
valent it was observed that those who had
the run Of blackberry-infested field were
not sick in any way.
The youngest COW ia the world, to our
knowledge, belongs to Mr.. G. NJ. Jones, of
Cottage Grove Farm. Berkeley Heights,
Nj. The Jersey Heller, Galaxy's daugh-
ter (20,00l) born on the 18th December.
1882, had her first calf March II, when she
was only year and months old; another
heifer, belonging to the same gentleman,
SoAAO al NhCh Ohay L 1Cdl anu - AuOnLuS
old.
The Jersey cow Princess I'd. which gave
the largest yield of butter ever produced,
was induced to do so by careful manage
ment. She was given walking exercise
daily and her appetite was stimulated i'm
every possible manner. Her yield was
remarkable, being twenty-seyen pounds
and ten ounces of butter in one week, or
nearly four pounds per day. AS her yield
three quarts, it required only about six
quarts of milk to each pound of butter.
The milk was but little inferior to pure
cream.
The foreman OF an extensive creamery
makes the following excellent suggestions
for butter makers: Cream can't swell in
churning if it is shut away from outside
air. There are TWO great mistakes made
by dairymen-One that cream must be
sour, and the other that it must be churned
hot. Air the Gre am by frequent stirring,
so that the oxygen Of the air will ripen
it; churn in revolving churns at about "a
or 80 degrees, and wash out the butter
milk with brine and set the color at the
same time. These are the three great
things for dairy people to know.
The Lancaster Farmer reminds it's read
ers that young trees planted in the spring
should be watched and their form regu-
lated by pinching the shoots that push too
vigorously and by breaking of the shoots
which start where branches are not need
ed. A little care given to trees while
young will make later pruning unneces-
sary. A graft should be regarded as a
tree planted in another tree, instead of in
the soil, and it's growth needs to be regu-
lated by proper pinching. Often the growth
from bud will be very vigorous. If the
top of this be pinched it will become
stocky and throw cut side branches.
Subscriber writes to the Indiano
Farmer: ''Haying read several inquiries
in your paper, and also in others, for I
remedy for MARBLES in cattle, l win give
you mine. 1t has been used in this neigh
] borbood TOR more than thirty years, and