Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
Farm and Stock Notes.


states, has proved effective with him for
several years. He says that whenever the
slightest Indication of rot is observable
scrape every Vestige of vegetation away
from the vines to the distance of four feet
in every direction and cover the space
with fresh lime, air or water slaked. He
does not put the lime closer than six inches
to the vine, and if a heavy ram follows he
repeats the dressing of the lime.
The blood is three-fourths water, and is
the vehicle for the distribution of nutri-
ment and heat to all parts of the system,
as we'll as for carrying off the waste mat
tiers taken in. When water in insufficient
quantities is furnished, all the functions
or the animal economy are intertered with.
Young animals stop growing, COWS shrink
in milk and fattening animals cease to in
crease in weight. Water in sufficient
quantity and of good quality is quite as
important as food, and deprivation of it
will destroy life sooner than hunger.
A correspondent of the Prdlrte Farmer,
in abiding to the loose method of judging
at poultry shows, states that at a county
fair last fall a farmer took the first pre-
MUM for Plymouth Rocks with a coop of
Dominicks. Another exhibited white
COchins as light Brahmas, and the judges
did not notice the difference. The owners
of these ''frst premium" fowls will ad-
Vertise them as such, no doubt, and sell
eggs from them at good prices to those
who are no wiser than themselves and the
judges. Such examples occur at more
than one fair.
French shepherds find that salt dis
solved in water and sprinkled over the
ratiOns of sheep gives them an increased
relish for their forage and contributes to
their health. A French writer states that
the proportion used is about one pound of
salt to twenty head Of sheep, but he does
not say how often they are thus fed. He
also states that in very wet weather one
and a half ounces OF green vitriOl dissolved
i'll eight parts Of water are given to sheep,
and that it is especially advantageous to
house-fed stock.
Salt has been greatly recommended as a
specific manure for the ounce. tits I'M
dOubtedly helpful, but it owes it's good eff
feet more to its influence in keeping the
soil moist and preventing its freezing,
than to any inherent manurial properties.
There are undoubtful times when salt is
absolutely hurtful to ounce trees, applied
in large quantities after deep cultivation,
which has broken, torn and bruised the
slender roots. Of the mineral manures,
potash, in the form of wood ashes, leached
or unleached, we have found most benefi-
cial.
One of the most successful persons in
raising peaches is Mr.. Andrew SWeeten,
of New Jersey, according to the Farm
Journal. The land is sandy, but he plants
the trees deeper than they were in the
nursery. At time of planting he places
two quarts of lime and small quantity
of manure on the surface about each tree,
cultiVates we'll and raises truck on the
land until the trees are large. He re-
moves the surface earth around the trees
for two or three feet when manuring,
making the depth about three inches, and
after filling the manure in covers it with
earth.
The sheep is avery pliable animal in the
hands OF breeders, says. the Pittsburg
StOcEn1dB. Studied crossing and mating
will produce marked results in the stock
as quickly as in any other, whether the
change be for Better or for worse. The
ease with which the character of the flock
can be entirely changed within few years
should lead breeders to be extremely care
full about the purchase of the best breed
ing stock Obtainable. A mean ram can
make an impression on flock in a single
season which 1t Will reqlre years to eradi-
cate. Buy something good, even at greatly
enhanced cost.
A correspondent of the Husbandlnan
says that sulphur is a preventive of po-
tatO rot, and this is confirmed by the ex-
perience of a Vermont farmer, who rolled
his cut potatoes in fine sulphur at plant
ing and busted the plants as they APP
peared above the ground. Neither rot,
worm nor insect touched them, though
potatoes on neighbOring farms were badly
damaged. His potatoes were excellent
and the crop yielded well. There is no
doubt that sulphur will assist materially
in preventing fungus growth in other
plants as we'll as potatoes, and it would
be well if farmers give it trial for such
purposes the coming season.
Mr.. George Fry, F. L. s., writing to an
English journal on the subject of ''fer-
mentation in sllOs," considers that green
food exposed to high temperature in the
silO, say 40 degrees Fahrenheit, will fer
ment less than when the temperature is
lower. If correct in his conclusions the
knowledge must prove valuable to all in
terCsted. 1t is only just to add, however,
that this conclusion has not been drawn
from oft-repeated tests. Implicit conf
dence, therefore, in its unfailing correct
ness is premature. 1t is never wise to
accept conclusions rashly in any depart
ment of farming. Nor, on the other hand,
is it good policy to ignore them until it is
proved.
The beautiful hedge of roses which has
attracted so much attention in Texas is
grown from the Pyracantha or Mccartney
rose, and the plants are set one foot apart
in trench eight to twelve inches deep.
If the land is thin it should be enriched
with manure. Leave about one inch of
the cutting or stem above ground. Do not
trim at all the first summer, but in the
February following cut down to one foot
in height, the next winner to two feet, and
so on, gaining one foot in height every
year until the hedge is four years old.
After that prune twice year-February
and June. A hedge of this kind should
be four feet in width at the base and be
trimmed IN pyramid form.
Mr.. William Fl. Yeomans, in the Nary
land Farmer, in an article on sorghum
seed, says that though the leaves of sOr-
ghum are eaten by stock they are harsh
as compared with corn. But, unlike corn,
the grain comes from the tasseled top and
is produced in considerable quantity. Ii
resembles brOOmcOrn seed and is found to
be valuable as food for all classes of ami
mails or even for man himself. He thinks
sorghum seed good substitute for buck
wheat, and claims that while it equals
buckwheat it does not disagree with the
constitutions of certain individuals as
does buckwheat. MIR. YeOmans is enthu-
siastic in the claim that his brother farm
ers are now enabled to grow their own
material for use in place of buckwheat for
cakes and the syrup for use with them at
the same time. AS plant we'll adapted
to a great number of purposes he cOnsid-
ers sorghum unequaled.
Yick'S Magazine says that mildew is apt
to infest roses at all seasons where the
soil is not we'll drained, and some varie.
ties are more liable to it than others. The
most vigorous growers are most free from
it. There is no absolute preventive, but
the best means are good drainage, high
manuring, selection of strong varieties,
proper pruning and busting with sulphur
as soon as it appears. To this we may
add that it usually appears more FIRE.
quently in autumn, when it does cOmpar.
atively little harm, the wood having com.
pleted its growth and become ripe. AS il
is contagious, such varieties as are mos
liable should be discarded. In those 10
calities where the disease is most preva
lent, MIR. Ellwanger advises the remova
or destruction of such sorts as belong Il
the Giant of Battles type, such as Eugene
Appert, Louis Chalk, Arthur de Sansal
! Crimson Bedder, Lord Raglan and others
Mr.. o. S. Williams writes to the Ger
mantOwn Telegraph: "The success o
many farmers is owing in part at least tt
the way they have of doing little things
at the proper time and in the right way