Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-21
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

A Maine teamster says: 81 can start the
most obstinate horse by taking him. out of
the shafts and leading him around until he
is giddy."
Persian insect powder is not poisonous,
and is only destructive to insects by suf-
locating them, as Its tine particles enter
the orifices through which they breathe.
Although machinery has displaced
many of the laDorerS on farms, yet the
average monthly wages paid farm labOrers
is said to be about $25, an increase Of 40
per cent. since 1855.
Grasses dry much more rapidly If cut
after the morning dew is of than they will
il cut when the dew is on. Rapid drying
is an absolute necessity when the best
quality OF hay Is desired
4 California paper says that a tomato
vine near COvIna, in that State, is years
old, feet high, and covers 24O square feet
of ground. II is not only in bloom but
loaded with green and ripe fruit.
Potash is indispensable to the soil, and
not only for the real part il takes in the
formation OF vegetation; its use goes
further. The phosphate of lime and mag
nesia, insOluble in water, meeting the
potash, form the double phOsphates Of
lime and potash, which are soluble and
can pass into the plants.
a poultry journal says: From this
time till November feed less corn and
more wheat, oats and sorghum seed. II
hens are not laying as you think they
ought, take them by the legs and ''heit
'em." Perhaps they are too heavy, which
indicates too much fst-that is too much
corn. Fat hens molt, but do not lay
well.
The largest farm in the void is now
said to be in Canada. This Is the "Bell
Farm belonging to the Qu' Apple River
Farming Company. IL consists Of $4,000
acres. OF which 1900 acres are under
cultivation. Every 200 acres has cot
tage upon it, with "A labOrer living in
1t rent free, who has charge OF three
horses.
Prof. Knapp, OF the Iowa Agricultural
College. recommends paint composed
OF three parts crude petroleum and one
part linseed oil, with the cheap mineral
paints as body. This paint, which is
very cheap, has been used on outbuildlngs
and fences on the college farm, where II
has proved durable and otherwise salts
factory.
a Salt Lake City paper says: "Mr.
Charles Crane brought in two OF the
heaviest tieeces ever seen in that city.
They were clipped from two French Meri-
no rams, were OF twenty-three months
growth and weighed 81 pounds each. The
wool was fl inches long and OF q very
fine quality. The rams were very large
weighing, previous to being shearedi 622
pounds.
Never use breast strap instead OF q
collar, whether the horse Is worked In a
wagon OF a buggy. With a good nicely
fitting collar, "A horse can draw nearly
twice as much, aud feel more comfortable
than with breast strap, which often In
flicts cruelty upon him, owing 70 the fact
that many persons make no discrimina-
tion between the breast strap and collar,
expecting the horse 20 do the same work
under all conditions.
A French savant claims TO have dis
covered In cotton seed new nutritious
matter, presenting some remarkable iea-
lures In It's composition. AN analysis OF
the seed OF the cotton tree, OF which sew
eral varieties are cultivated In Bolivia,
shows that this IL the richest OF all
known grains In heterogeneous substances.
He is convinced that cOttOn-tree seed
will make -four destined 10 take an I'M
pOrtant place as food for man.
The way sulphur operates IN the nest OF
sitting hens 10 this: IL Is warmed by the
neat OF their bodice, and then gives out
odors something similar 10 what Is pro-
duced by matches, and this order ~ DE-
structive 20 yermin In the nest. You need
not be afraid OF it's iniuring the young
chickens n you manage rightly. You
should give the nest a sprinkling the hrst
week OF incubation, and repeat the dose
during the second week. BY the time the
chicks come forth the sulphur will have
ratified down 70 the bottom OF the nest aud
viii not got into their eyes.