Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27


wait for her.
For sheep there is.no grass, that equals
white clover. Sheep. being close grazers
do not like long grass, and as the white
clover is shorter than the red. and can be
grown on poorer soil than that adapted to
the red, it may be made valuable grass
In pastures thatare devoted to sheep.
When one does nearly everything posi-
bic to exclude rats from 3, hen-hOuse they
may still come occasionally; but if he
takes no pains at all he must expect them
as free bOar3ers regularly. Many a hen
merry is little else than q rat boarding and
breeding house provided by careless
farmer.
They ara growing big potatoes again in
the New England States. The editor of
the Popular Science NelCS has an expert
mental farm, on which he this year grew
arieties, some of whose specimens sur
prised him. He says: S'Of three leading
Variesies-the Mammoth Pearl, American
Giant and Lily-Of-the-V alley-the latter
gave the mosk astonishing results. A sim
gle specimen Of this variety, of perfect
foam, weighed, when taken to the cellar,
two pounds and seven ounces, and eight
taken from two hills weighed fifteen
pounds and nine ounces. These eight
potatoes, placed end to end, measured
four feet and eleven inches, and side by
side two feet seven inches"
How to grow good asparagus is thus
told by the Country Gentleman: "TwO
things are necessary, plenty of room for
the plants to grow ard cOpieus manuring.
Manure is best applied to thick beds by
covering the whole surface with it, two or
three inches thick, late in-autuHan, and
forking it in very early in spring, before
the new shoots start. Thick beds, how
Ma hYf
plant be allowed three or four feet each
way. Three feet by five is a common and
suitable distance, and large stalks may
be obtained in this way" Although the
fall manuring is over, growers may apply
Well-rOtted manure in early spring to be
fOrked in, especially in line and in good
condition.
The idea prevails, says the Farmer and
Dd0ynldR, that stirring the surface of the
soil is an advantage in time Of drought.
Experiments q t the New York, COnnecti-
cut and Missouri experiment stations con-
firm the popular idea. Professor SanbOrn,
of the latter State, found that subsoHing
was conducive to the retention OF moist
ure, Crop tillage decreases the moisture
of the area titled, or hastens its eVapOra-
ton, and economies the great reservoir
of moisture beneath the area stirred.
Hence, deep tillage in times of draught Of
surtace-rOoted crops, like corn, is an erro-
neous practice. 'sPlOWing out' corn not
only involves too deep tillage during the
dry season, but adds to the mischief by
seyering the roots. Our true policy is
shallow and frequent tillage.
The late Mr.. Parish G. Furman gave
this good advice in regard to the impor-
lance of stabling cattle at night: 81 am
satisfied a well-fed cow will make from
fFlcr OF ffrh n1o g
manure in the course OF year." He also
says: ''Do not be satisfied with what you
get in your stables. Remember that hui
mus is decayed organic matter, and that
leaves and muck are fine forms of it.
Gather all the decayed matter from the
bitches and fence corners, and add them
to the decaying piles for winter compost
ing. Also, go to the ponds and branches
and gather the mud and muck, mix it
with little land plaster, let it dry and
add to the heap. In short, turn your at
tention to accommodating humus, for the
man who diligently works at the compost
heap is building up sure and firm fOun-
datiOn."
A correspondent of the New York Times
rcfiu nov he had fresh nc Ian. Ian. me-, rur.
ing the winter: ''Last fall l took tp a
quantity of rhubarb roots, aid instead
OF throwing them away, as intended at
hrst, i dug them up with plenty of
SOIL, packed them in half barrels
and put them into the eel
lar. In a short time they sprOuted and
made large shoots, which served for pies
and tarts through the winter in very ac-
ceptable manner. OF course, the roots
were exhausted by this growth and of no
further use, but it was no more trouble to
throw them away then than in the fall,
and there was good deal gained by keep
ing them over. Old rhubarb roots are
greatly improved by taking them up and
replanting. Each root may be broken up
into several pieces, and this work may be
done now better than in the spring.
1t may be depended upon that the ex-
ternal appearance of articles has much to
do with the price they bring in the mar
ket. We do not care what the products
may be, the rule is the same. Vegetables
OF all descriptions, if oUtwardly fresh and
clean, make favorable impression on the
buyer; apples, if in good, clean barrels,
will bring more than if presented in old,
dirty, greasy ones; and grain in neat,
clean bags looks better and probably will
bring more than if in shabby, dilapidated,
patched up sacks. Other things being
equally neat, clean-looking articles bring
the highest prices. The value of poultry.
for instance, is often diminished One-half
ny INC uublSig HlduU6I III WHICH III is sent
to market. Farmers viii find that mat
tentiOn to these little things frequently
depriyes them of the privilege of COM
the highest market prices Tor
their prOducts,-MjrrOr.
The great majority of foals are dropped
in the spring and early summer months,
there seems an increasing num-
Der of mares bred in the fall. AS many
farmers are situated it seems that fall
dropped colts would be preferable to those
dropped in spring. Many farm mares
which have to work hard during the sum-
mer have little or no work during the
winter and could better suckle a coh dur
ing the leisure time. Colts born late in
the spring have had hard time the first
winter; more so than would an unweaned
tOal. The latter would be in good shape
to go on grass in the spring, and would
come to the second winter a strong, lusty
fellow, well able to care for himself on
dry food. There is rather less regularity
in mares coming in season in fall, and
some think them less likely to stand SER
vice than in spring. Usually, however,
stations are less called on for service in
the fall, and ought to be more sure
Breeders Gazette.
Professor Bessey has recently been
in his lectures how among the
advantages of a rotation of crops is the
Kidding of the soil of fungus growths and
insects, which, where the same crop is
grown year after year, are certain to find
easy means of subsistence. Smut, he
says, grows up through the interior of
wheat plant and finally develops its spores
within the bran casing of the grain, filling
it with seeds of the parasite, which stick
fast to sound grains of wheat, and also to
PARTICLES of the soil, where they are ready
10 enter into the circulation of next years
wheat, unless killed by sleeping the pol
Iuted seed in blue vitriOI solution and dry
ing off with lime. The polluted soil is
purified only by using it for some other
crop on which the smut plant cannot take
hold. Smut, in fact, although an extremely
low form of vegetable growth, is still an
organic vegetable and may even be de-
scribed as parasite weed.-LORdOn
Graphic.
sob, my back!' is common exclama-
ton and expresses a world of misery and
1t is singular this pain arises
from such various causes. Kidney dis
ease. liver complaint, wasting affections,
colds, rheumatism, dyspepsia, overwork
and nervous debility are chief causes.