Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Farm and Stock Notes.


Ammonia is said to be an excellent fer
tilIzer for strawberries.
Rolling potatoes in plaster and sulphur
has saved many fields from the rot,
Cooked food answers as well for poultry
as for stock, but should not be fed eXclu-
siYely.
1t is said that cottonseed meal, when
fed to cows in summer, increases the
frmness Of butter.
A Maryland poultry raiser thinks that
pint of epson salts to halt peck of
meal, fed to chicks, is the best remedy for
gapes.
Cut clover hay when about half the
heads are of reddish brown. 1t Injuries
the quality of the hay to cut it too soon or
after the seeds are ripe.
Sow the summer varieties of spinach at
any time from April to August. For a
winter crop sow from August to Septem-
Der in light, sandy soil in drills.
authority on butter-making says that
if the crown of the turnip be cut off and
only the bottom of the bulb be given there
will be no turnip flavor to milk.
Soluble phosphoric acid implies phos-
phoric acid or phOsphates that are freely
soluble in water, but which are made so
through the agency of stronger acids.
An Illinois farmer stated that he keeps
eggs for long time by packing them in
powdered dry earth. He placed first a
layer of earth, and on this layer of eggs,
filling the spaces between the eggs with
earth. The earth and eggs are thus alter
mated until the keg or barrel used for the
purpose is full.
The following is recommended as good,
cheap sheep dip: Tobacco, IS pounds; oil
of tar, pints; soda ash, 90 pounds; soft
soap, pounds; water, 80 gallons. Boil
the tobacco and dissolve the other agents
in few gallons Of boiling water, retain
ing temperature of about 10 degrees.
The above will suffice for fifty sheep.
There is a strong feeling in various por-
tions of the United States in favor of the
total abolition of fences. 1t is stated that
the cost of the maintenance of fences an
nually in this country is not far short of
$S0,000,000, a pretty snug sum if it might
be saved to the farmers. 1t is estimated
that there are 100000 miles of fencing in
all this nation.
Cucumbers intended for picking pur-
poses need not be planted till July. The
land for them should be such as has been
well cultivated the year previous, and the
manure should be fine and well rOtted.
In order to guard against the attacks of
birds and insects an excess of seed should
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after they are up.
In feeding potatoes or roots to stock it
should be borne in mind that such food is
notperfect. Although adding bulk, which
is necessary, something more concentra-
ted, such as meal, bran and oil cake should
be given. For cows hay should also be
allowed plentifully. Root crops are used
more for dietary purposes than for their
actual feeding value.
The Bucks County Iate1liqencer states
that Mr.. Louis Williamson. of Delaware
county, Pa, keeps /, 200 fowls. They rOost
in several large houses. which are warmed
and well lighted with large glass windows.
He feeds well, gives them extra attention
and was so well pleased with his success
last season as to nearly double the num-
Der to be kept next year.
Many young chickens are killed by being
fed too much water with their meal, and
especially If corn meal is fed, which is
very concentrated food. The wet masses
are compaeted in the stomach so that they
cannot be well digested. If corn is fed it
is better for young chickens if broken into
small pieces and fed dry, but wheat with
out breaking is better still.
Don't turn the cows out during the night
too early in the season. The instinct Of a
well-bred COW is pretty&afe guide. and
so allow her to go into the stable nights
as she wishes to do so. It is a singular
but suggestive fact that a great many
cows know vastly more than their owners
and would prove much more profitable if
they could have an even chance.
To one bushel of gypsum (plaster) add
one pint of coal oil and stir it thoroughly.
The oil will diffuse itself in very short
time through every particle of the plaster.
have used this mixture in the green
hOuGn n 9 VVal a fha rror IL
injury to the tenderest plants and to the
utter disgust of the bugs.
A. RosBAcH.
Ammonia and nitric are the results of
the decay of organic nitrogen in the soil
and manure heap, and are the most active
forms of nitrogen. The former occurs in
sulphate of ammonia and the latter in nj
trate of soda. About II parts of ammo
MIA, or sc parts of pure sulphate of am
monia, contain IA parts Of nitrogen, while
50 parts of pure nitrate Of soda contain IA
parts of nitrogen.
A couple of years ago a careful expert
ment was made by Mr.. Charles Beach, of
the American Jersey Cattle Club, which
proved that to make one pound of butter
required eleven quarts Of milk from q
COW, while six and 0ne-third /
quarts of milk from Jersey was all that !
was needed. This shows that a common |
cow giving twenty-five quarts of milk |
viii not make a particle more butter than |
a Jersey giving twelve quarts and one /
pint.-Fdrmer and Manufacturer.
As a sample of the profits they make in |
Southern Illinois, Mr.. Eudicott owned up /
that he made, clear profit, 81, 200 this year /
from twelve acres Of Strawberries and /
grapes. This, he said, was, after the pick /
ing and crates had been deducted, the net /
profit; and some OF the berries, Sharpless, |
were so poor a crop as to yield only about I
a dozen crates of marketable fruit per |
acre. His berry for money is the Cres- |
cent, with the Captain Jack or Wilson. |
The grapes, Ives, pay an annual profit of |
from $500 to $500 per acre, with good cul-
ture.