Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-28
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

An open shed will be preferred by pOul-
try in preference to a closed house, even
in severe weather. Fowls are partial to
fresh air, but require shelter from rains
and cold winds.
After chickens are weeks old they will
nearly double in weight every 7 to s
weeks. Good Asiatics. males. at 6 months
old weigh s pounds or more, and at s
months have reached the largest weight
for food.
A pigeon loft ought to be built facing
south or southwest, the sun being warm
est on them from these quarters; but if
you have not that convenience, you may
make hole in the roof of the house and
there lay your platform.
The hens that lay best in winter, and
which are less liable to colds and roup,
should have heavy pluff feathers under
the wings. Those that appear naked when
the wings are raised up invariably suffer
from cold more than those that are plutfY.
Small limbs need to be removed from
the apple and pear trees at least once
every year. During the mild weather of
autumn and winter is good time to re-
move them. We would not advise the
removal OF limbs much above an inch in
diameter in the fall.
House plants often become root bound.
In such cases the pot should be turned
upside down, the plant being held in one
hand and the whole contents dumped out.
Then reset in larger pot. Before re-
moving the plant it is good plan to thrust
knife into the roots IN several places to
give root pruning.
f. S. Rogers, who originated so many
valuable hybrid grapes, said: Sin cross
ing grapes all the blossom buds on the
cluster were removed except those to be
operated on, and when these were nearly
ready to open the caps were removed be-
fore the anthers burst and the stigma
touched with the foreign pollen"
A correspondent writing from Virginia
says that tea made of Jamestow" wood
or the seed of the plant. will effect cur" cure
in even bad ona.SSes of blind staggers. Mash
a teaspoonful OF seed and steep the same
in pint of water until the strength is
| out, and after it has cooled drench the
horse. If relief does not soon follow re-
peat the dose.
The best specimens of Poland-China
hogs have good length, short legs, broad
straight backs, deep sides, which flank
down well on the leg, very broad, full
| square hams and shoulders, dropping ears,
short heads, wide between the eyes, and
are spotted or dark in color. They are
| hardy. vigorous and prolific, combining
many OANO4AOhb 1AetAASAOos
Monuments and statues cast from re-
| fined zinc are given sparkling appear
| ance by directing sand blast under steam
pressure upon them so that the sand cuts
| the surface but does not adhere to it. A
| thin film of oxide is thus formed, which
| stands atmospheric exposure admirably
! yet the film is so thin that it scarcely ad-
mits of ordinary measurement.
When a fowl gets sick the parasites in
| crease rapidly, principally because the
| bird relaXes that activity which is neces-
! sary to keep itself clean. The dust bath
| should be close to q low window, so that
| the sun will shine directly upon it. A
| box, sunk till its edges are level with the
| floor, will tempt the fowls better than one
| on the floor, as some fowls will not use it
in that position.
One-haIf of all the new growth of the
peach trees should be cut away when
! there is leisure before they start into
| growth in the spring. The object of this
is two-fold. First, it causes trees to grow
| stOcky and compact; and second, it thins
out the fruit buds, thus preventing the
tree from bearing too large crops OF
| peaches, which is often the cause of their
dying or being attacked by the yellows.
If you are going to set a new orchard
| remember that it Is an excellent way to
| prepare plan of the orchard, showing
| the position of each tree, its variety, etc.
If tree dies it can be replaced by one of
the same sort. Some fruit-raisers keep a
book in which they register the age and
variety of every tree in their orchard, to-
| gether with any items in regard to its
grating, prOductiveness, treatment, ETC.,
which are thought to be desirable.
If sheep may be fed to profit in Eng
land, on land worth $500 per acre, says
Henry Stewart, we should not be deferred
krOm sheep feeding on lands worth $50 to
E0 per acre. England is considered pc
Marty Defeating country; but yet
best mutton brings a higher price than
be- Our large cities and manufacturing
toWyRre constantly increasing their de-
mandN kgOOd mutton, and this demand
is likelS< increase as fast as the produc-
ton.
Attention Ndrivers is invited by the
| National StOcHkG 7l to horse fact worth
! remembering, esq cially in spring; "QOn't
| think your horse Id best condition to en-
/ dure long trip or hard drive because
he has stood in the y ble for weeks and
| done nothing. IL thereNs ever time that
| he is ''soft" it is after long Idle spell
| but many unthinking mep-uO not realize
this, and horses of standing and staying
| qualities are often injured by being
hard labor"
Cork bricks have recently been intro
! duced in some parts of Europe. The ma
terial used is mixture of cork, silica and
lime. II is stated to be perfectly dura-
BILE material, guaranteed not to rot. 1t
has the advantage of keeping out heat
and cold. 1t is light in weight and easily
| applied. An interior wall might be built
of it where an ordinary brick wall would
| be too heavy. whilst it would be equally
| d,,ro hin o1ad cr1bcfanfia1 If ic nailo6 nm
to laths as a covering under roofs, or for
ceilings, for wall Innings and for under
floors; as it is said to be an admirable
preventive of damp, and sound prevent
i've also.
There is no domestic animal more liable
to disease than sheep; and yet, with proper
care, there is none more easily kept in a
healthy state. Sheep are tender, delicate
| animals but nature has provided them
with shields against many dangers. Ifthey
| have shelter in time of storms, and espe-
! cially rain and snow storms. have sutfi-
cient clean water, there is little to be
feared from disease. Sheep need frequent
! changes of pasture season, and the same
rule applies in reference to dry food. 1t
/ is a rule applying to all animate nature
that the more refined the organization the
greater need of variety in sustenance.
| We do not mean the variety in classes or
| kinds of food, but rather variety in that
general sense which includes in means of
sustenance all proper elements in healthy
! growth-care and treatment, as well as
/ food.
1t is the brain and wit of the success
full horse dealer which pays him, not his
continuous labor. The farmer raises a
! $3.50 sort of colt and offers to sell him for
perhaps $50 or 500; the sharp man who
| is shalf-horser buys him, teaches him
how to step and to behave in harness,
changes the contour of his body, the belly
particularly, by proper feeding, trains his
muscles and then sells him to wealthy
man for family roadster or trotter, for
three, four or ten times the cost. He i'm
proves the colt by careful study and at
/ tention to little things which the farmer
/ thinks fussy or unimportant. And yet a
| great deal of this training can be gwen on
the farm better than anywhere else, par
| ticularly everything relating to gentle.
ness. A horse should be so gentle that if
children should sleep under him no inten-
tional harm will come.