Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
Farm and Stock Notes.

a Western farmer saws a common mis-
take is turning COWS into pasture in the
early spring, before there is sufficient
supply of grass. In their search for bet
ter cropping they pack the soil and destroy
much grass. After there is a supply of
grass care must be taken to allow only a
limited range at first.
English farmers think that ensilage may
be preserved by heing pressed very com
pactlY into bales. They state that in Bel
GUM it is customary to bale it. The outer
portions Of the bale, however, become
slightly injured, which may be avoided
by using straw for an outer covering,
which may be also pressed with the ensi-
lage.
In some of the experiments tried last
season the Excelsior pea ripened ahead of
the Daniel O'Rourke and American Won
der. 1t grows to the height of two feet.
The Early Sunrise and American Racer
also proved very early. The later varie-
ties preferred were the Dwarf MarrOwfat,
Champion of England and Yorkshire
Hero.
At the late Onondaga County Fair, at
Syracuse, n. Y, the prize for the best
package of not less than. twenty pounds
of dairy butter went to that produced at
Lakeside Stock Farm, from the milk of
HOlstein cows. The butter was Judged
being withheld, and very great surprise
was expressed when it was learned that
it was from the HOlstein cows. The HOl-
stein breeders are quite jubilant over the
result.
The advantage of preserving the Ameri-
can buffalo or bison to cross with our COM
mon stock has been often urged. One
farmer in Manitoba has tried it, but the
result, except as regards picturesqueness
not oInn Tho n
coarse, ill-built animals, and for no ordi-
nary purpose equal to any one of our COM
mon breeds of cattle. OF course, buffaloes
are not good mixers; no wild stock is.
Even for beef they are coarse and poor.
William Hartley, of Lacrosse, Wis,
writes to the Breeders Gazette that he has
used remedy for milk fever which ought
not to remain a secret. 1t is one pint and
a half of lard and one-half pint of kero-
sene, given in new milk, warm, repeating
the dose every two or three hours. He is
corroborated by Mr.. T. G. Jones, another
correspondent, and, according to their ex-
perience, the remedy has never failed, to
their knowledge, though frequently re-
sorted to in that section.
Farmers who are ordering fruit trees
should not let the opportunity pass of
procuring two or three or more Ornamen-
tai shrubs or vines. Money is well spent
NhiNh tthNo w AnC BCoNtbs anu dbll dCbAht-
ness Of an estate. A pretty vine over a
rock, a wall, or on the side of building
is a profitable investment. If vegetable
seeds are being ordered Of a scotsman, let
the women Of the household order their
share of flower seeds. At least one por-
tion Of the farm should be ornamented.
In ordinary barnyard manure the most
valuable parts are ammonia and the sOlu-
BILE salts. In these are included nitrogen,
phosphOric acid and potash. The follow
ing table gives the composition of one ton
of average, fresh barnyard manure: Wa
ter, 40 pounds; carbOnaceOus matter,
such as lime, sand, etc, 556 pounds, leav-
ing potash, lO4 pounds; nitrogen, pounds;
phosphoric acid, AZ pounds, so that these
three substances aggregate 1876 pounds,
or little more than one-eightieth Of a
ton.
The New York Tribune mentions an
easy and profitable way of disposing Of
the hard bones which are usually left
kicking around the back yard or distrib-
uted by prowling dogs. BURY peck or
half 5ushel or more of the hard bones
under newly set grapevine or fruit tree,
or within reach of the eager roots of an
old one, which will search them out and
feed on them year after year till the last
fragment is transformed into grapes or
apples, as IN the celebrated case of Roger
Williams"
Mr.. Thomas JamisOn, the eminent chem
list of the Sussex Eng Agricultural AS
ISOLATION, says that neither sulphur, mag
nesia nor lime are absolutely required in
manures; that nitrogen PHOSPHORUS and
potassium are the only elements required;
that nitrogen influences chiefly the cereal
crop; that PHOSPHORUS influences the
root crop; that potassium does not lnf1u-
ence any of the usual crops so much as
nItF0Opn and nbnGnhnrnr1G no
shown dominance over one class of
plants more than another.
a great many sheep have been driven
from California to the Northwest within
the last year or two, the entire Journey
being made on foot and consuming seYe-
raj months. There is prospect that this
business will continue as long as CalifOr-
MIA sheep hold out, as 1t seems to be one
of the best methods of getting rid of a kind
Of stock which in that country has seen
its best days. 1t is customary to hold
these sheep over a season for grazing in
Wyoming, and then drive item down into
Nebraska to be fed and ripened for the
market.
In reply to an inquiry as to what varie-
ties of ounces are best, the COanilV Cen
tlemdn advises the planting most largely
of the old, well-tred Orange ounce
Rea's has succeeded admirably for some
Years III Tic lew lOcdULlGS where IL mas
been fully tested, and there will be little
risk in planting it. The newer Champion
is fine in appearance and excellent in
quality, but needs further testing 1t
may be too late in some localities, and
possibly it may be more subject to blight
than the others. 1t IS a very promising
sort, and time will fix its position.
The enormous size to which many of the
better specimens Of the bronze turkey at
tain was something exceptional for a few
years after they commenced to be dissem-
mated, but at the present time so marked
and special has this valuable trait of size
proved that thousands of monster goDblers
of the bronze turkey are distributed in all
parts of the United States. The ground
color of the bronze turkey is mostly black,
varigated upon wings and tail with brown,
white and gray, while nearly the whole
plumage shows reflections, in Il bright
! light, Of the most beautiful bronze.