Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20

Iicuiaf point. BE LAVISH with the feed
and other provisions which are required.
and there will he no lack OF winter eggs
Country Gentleman.
Farm and stock Notes.
Fourteen farmers of OImstead county,
Minnesota, have gone to Europe after
stock, their motto being ''the best is none
/ too good"
Says tue Iowa RegiSter: One hundred
bushels Of corn will shrink to ninety in
/ the crib, and TO an extent more than that.
/ depending on the Openness of the crib and
/ the honesty of the neighbors.
French farmers make speciality OF
combining together tor the purchase of
/ fertilizers. The practice is growing in
/ some sections of this country, and is a
/ step in the right direction, as it not only
cheapens the cost but does much to pre-
/ vent imposition.
The Tyler is one of the earliest rasp-
berries, while the Gregg is one of the
/ latest. They are newer varieties. how
/ ever. superior IN flavor and size, but
for market purposes they should be
/ selected of varieties that ripen in sue
! ceSSion.
1t is now claimed 10y scientists that
dead branch eXhausts the vitality of a
vine or tree to a limited extent, and
should be removed. Dead canes on black
berries, raspberries and the useless vines
ef grapes should therefore be removed at
the earliest opportunity.
In trimming grave vines it should be re-
membered that the wood of this sc asOn's /
growth viii be the portion to bear next
year, and enough Of it should be left on
the vine Tor that purpose. The object of
trimming is to remove only the super
tluous wood. and the vines should not be
cut too close.
The Pittsburg StnckmzR, in noting the
fact that for three successive years the
corn crop has been more or less of fail
ure, says the fault is not to be laid entire
" TO the uufav0rabie seasons. but to the
planting Of inferior seed, selected from
the immature crop of one year tor plant
ing the next.
Orange county, n. Y, has IS, lJ5 COWS
according to the census, and produces l.
22l, 30 pounds of butter. Of which only
9IO.OD0 pounds are produced on the 4.:ilT
farms of the county. Nearly 1,00O,O00
pounds OF butter are produced by about
seventy-dve creamerieS. Oran-e county
also sends large quantities Of milk to
New York city daily.
Keep the harn-yarls drained 50 thor
/ Oughiy that they are at all times solid
and naVigable. IL does cattle no good to
20 wading abCut knee-deep in jlth, and
the eXhalatiOns from deposits of LIQUID
and solid manure, such as are too often
seen on the arm, 20 tar toward poisoning
the air for long distances around. The
thrifty farmer will keep his barn-yards tree
from mire.
The W0Odpeckers, which apparently de-
StrOy the trees 10y their constant drilling
are only after the Insects, and often save
trees that would be destroyed but for their
aid. There is no bird more valuable to an
orchard than The WOOdpecker, and the
sIrest sign of insect depredatiOns under
the bark is the visits of the wOodpecker to
the trees. He never attacks the trees I'M
less in search of food.
Mr.. Samuel Miller, Button, Mo-, tells
the Germantown telegraph that if fresh
fodder corn is stacked with straw-wheat
or Oat-in alternate layers of a foot of the
| former, there is no danger of spelling, as
/ the juices of the corn are absorbed by the
straw, and the latter is rendered so paIa-
! table that cattle eat it all greedily without
waste. Rather late, though there is yet
/ plenty OF very fresh corn.
! A good manure FOR fruit trees may be
/ made by mixing four loads of dry peat or
! swamp muck, with one load of stable
! manure. and one barrel of dry ashes, or
/ two barrels of leached ashes. Let it lie
/ in heap for a few weeks, and work it
/ over before applying. 1t would do no
! harm to add "A barrel of ground bone to
the above. When it is applied, cover the
! ground well as far rs the roots Of the tree
! extend.
The following is a good plan for prepar-
! ilg compost heap for animal matter: A
! layer Of vegetable matter and earth
| should first be spread; on this place a
/ layer OF animal matter-that Is, refuse,
/ only be careful not TO place any diseased
animal matter thereon; over this sprinkle
/ lime and thin soil; on top of this place a
layer OF yard or stable manure: then again
animal matter with lime-and so on, until
the heap is completed.
Prof. }. A. Lintner says that minute as
are most OF our insect enemies and in
significant in size to other than natural.
lists, yet, in combination, they have desc
lated countries and have brought famine
and pestilence in their train. II unre-
strained power could lie given them, all
counter checks removed. and they were
lett free to attack us, in our persons. food.
/ clothing, houses, and domestic animals.
the consequent disease, poverty. exposure
and want, would in the end remove the
human race from the face of the ca. tn.
Poultry needs lime with their food. The
common food alone will not furnish lime
enough for full supply Of eggs. In a
state of nature hen would lay single /
litter of eggs, hatch them. rear the /
chicks, and then give up business for the /
season. The ordinary food would supDIy |
q
40 eggs she will want as much lime i'm a |
month as she would naturally get in a /
year. This excess must be supplied /
Crushed bone and oyster shells are the /
hest, and should he kept always within /
reach of the hens. 1t is not advisable to /
give egg shells unless they are broken up /
very fine, otherwise the hens may learn to /
break and eat eggs.
A correspondent OF the Germantown
Ieieqrdph saws the rntting OF celery is due
TO several causes. One of these is a very
rank growth just before trenching in the /
fall; another that sometimes the ground
is SO dry at trenchng time that the crle-
~ wits and decays instead Of growing
third Is digging too early or covering the
trenches too soon. Celery should never be
lined until there is danger of Its being
frozen. No slight frost will hurt it; five
nr ten degrees will not iniure it unless
very soft indeed. But frost that will
Iasten it in the ground so that it cannot
he dug out will Kill it. There is no need
usually for covering against frost until
three or tour weeks after it has been
put away, and the covering should he
gradually applied and Of a kind that will
lie on 1t lighIiv.
How I'll M.shdi t'sa~~.d Xix Years in Dry
Cistern Star Gazing.
BaStDn JOHrhdi.
At the dinner of the Scientific Press
Association NJ. dc Lesseps gave some in
yeresting "reminiscences of his journey
through the Snudan some thirty years
dgn, with Sud PaSha. the VicerOy of the
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