Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

gladioluses, ETC., and dahlia roots, should
be dug as soon as frost Injuries the tops
and stored away for next year.
For appearance sake, clean up the gar
den and grounds around the dwelling, re-
moving all dead stalks, canes, brush and
poles, and, above all, all senblance Of
weeds.
Fields where cucumbers, squashes,
melons, ETC., were grown should be run
over with a horse rake and the dead vines
gathered for bedding or for use as an alb
sOrbent.
To feed potatoes, beets, carrots or pars-
nlps to horses u them into slices not
more than an inch thick, and sprinkle
them literally with bran, to which a little
salt has been added.
a quart Of coal tar in half a barrel of
water should always be kept on hand.
Stir it up well and sprinkle the water
over the floors Of the coOps or against the
sides, and it will kill lice and purify the
coop.
One of the best methods of preserving
eggs is to use wood ashes. Pack the eggs
in a box, without allowing them to touch
plenty OF ashes. They will keep several
mont S, and il turned two or three times
a week it Will be so much the better.
A good eve veil kept pays for its keep
IN wool, the manure pays for the labor
and the lamb is the profit. A three-months
old lamb is often worth more than its
dam, and a flock of a dozen sheep will
easily pay a farmer 500 a year, if only
for the domestic consumption of meat,
and small 1Ocks may be managed by a
boy.
In France fOOt-rOt in sheep is prevented
by placing shallow trays in front of the
doors Of their quarters in order that the
sheep may be compelled to wade through
a mixture Of lime and water. 1t is net
used as a cure, however, as diseased
sheep must be caught and the hoofs pared
and anOinted with a solution of blue
YitriOl.
Chickens, when first Matched, should
not be hurried out of the setting nest.
For twenty-fOur hours at least from the
time the earliest commence to show them
selves, it is better to leave them under or
with the hen mother. They need no food
for from a day to a day and a half usu-
ally. When they get strong enough to
venture from beneath their mothers wings
it is time to move the brood.
There are ten varieties of ducks recog-
nized-the Pekin, Rouen, kylesbury,
black East Indian, gray Call, white Call,
colored MuscOvy, crested white and white
Muscovy. OF these the Pekin is the
largest, the Rouen the most beautiful in
plumage, and the Aylesbury the most
prolific. The MuscOvy makes an excel
lent cross on the common kinds, but the
offspring is sterile. The others are more
ornamental than useful.
The poultry house needs to be thor
oughly cleaned three or -four times q year
and the present forms II good season.
Such work is far more convenient now
than during the frozen season of winter,
fbRuph onfarppicfnn ooTItrv p,Cu IrCOr
their houses warm enough in winter to
admit of work of this kind at any time.
Increased profit will follow the work of
keeping the house clean and sweet and
preventing the accumulation of vermin.
There is great advantage in having a
hay cutter in the barn. By it's use straw
and other coarse fodder can be so mixed
with meal that stock will eat all readily,
and thus the capacity Of the farm to keep
stock n make manure may be largely
increased. The stubs of coarse corn stalks
VIII not be eaten unless steamed, but it is
worth while to cut them up, if only for the
advantage of having fine manure to be
evenly spread during the winter and
spring.
A good wash for roofs and buildings is
as follows: Stake lime in a close box to
prevent the escape Of steam, and when
slaked pass it through d sieve. To every
six quarts of this lime add one quart of
rock salt and one gallon Of water. After
this boil and skim clean. To every five
gallons Of this add, by slow degrees, three
quarters of a pound of potash and four
quarts Of fine sand. COlOring matter NAV
be added if desired. Apply with q paint
or whitewash brush.
j. S. Davis, of Marion county, Iowa.
claims that hog cholera is nothing more
than dyspepsia in swine, caused by too
heavy n constant draughtS of water.
The hog eats heavily of heat-producing
food and drinks water charged with lime,
causing thirst and fever, demanding more
water. In this way the digestive organs
are taxed beyond their capacity, various
forms OF dyspepsia are developed, some
of which are malignant and fatal, called
in many cases cholera.
There are many reasons why HABITS Of
neatpess in farming lead t. success. Such
habits are none too common, ana in every
business the men who do their work in
the most thorough manner get the best
pay. The world is full of poor work, that
of necessity can only be poorly paid. Tie
farmer who grows his crops among weeds
can never sell his grain at the highest
market price, while the extra care needed
to secure absolute purity is sure to be
prOpOrtiOnately well paid.
Any person may easily get at the exact
height of a tree when the sun shines, or
during bright moonlight, by marking two
lines on the ground, three feet apart, and
then placing in the ground on the line
nearest to the sun a stick that shall stand
exactly three feet out of the soil. When
the end of the shadow of the stick exactly
touches the furthest line, then also the
shadow of he tree will be exactly in
length the same measurement as its
height. OF curse, i'll such a case the sun
will be at an exact angle of 4j degrees.
By annual measurements it is interesting
to compare the growth of trees from year
to year.
In order 10 know whether we are MAX
ing farming profitable, we should know
what it costs to raise every bushel of
wheat, every bushel of corn and oats,
every pound of grass and clover. in fact,
everything we raise. The farmer should
know how many pounds of feed it takes
to feed his stock and to fatten his stock
for market. If he knows what it costs
him to raise every bushel of feed and then
knows how much he has fed and knowing
how much his stock is worth before he
commences feeding or to fatten. and
knows the value of the manure produced
by his stock and what he has received, he
can tell whether farming is profitable to
him.
A correspondent gives the Western Ra-
raj his receipt of everlasting fence posts.
He says: 81 discovered many years ago
that wood can be made to last longer than
iron in the ground, but thought the pro-
cess so simple and inexpensive that it was
not worth while to make any stir about it.
L would as soon have poplar or ash as any
other kind of timber for posts. l have
taken out bass wood posts, after having
been set seven years, that were as sound
when taken up as when put in the ground.
Time and weather seemed to have no eff
feet upon them. The posts can be pre-
pared for less than two cents. Take boiled
linseed oil and stir in pulverized charcoal
to the consistency of paint. Put a coat
of this over the timber and there is not a
man that will live long enough to see it
rOtten.'
A new species Of wild horse, brought to
St, Petersburg by the Russian traveller,
Przevalsky, on his return from his third
great Journey into Central Asia, inhabits
the great Dsungarian Desert, between the
Altai and Tianschan Mountains. 1t is
met with in troops of from five to fifteen
individuals led by an old stallion. Mares
seem to make up the rest of the troop.
This species of horse has highly sensitive
powers of hearing, smell and sight, and
is very shy and fleet. 1t has the peculiar
warts on hind as well as the fore legs and
broad hoOfs like the true horse. The long
hair of the tail does not begin until about
midway down the tail. On the short, erect
manet there is no forelOck, and this ami
NAL has no dOrsal stripe. Its color is