Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-22
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

Shavings sprinkled with diluted car
bOlic acid Will make nest free from VeT-
min.
A hay crop of two and a half tons ear
ries off 400 pounds of mineral matter to
the acre.
All other breeds of sheep in this coun-
try are outnumbered by the Herino, and
perhaps the COtswOld holds second place.
1t does not depend so much upon the
amount of land titled as upon the thor
ough and efficient manner in which it is
done.
If you keep cows for making butter test
each 0He's milk separately asd see If she
is PERFORMING the Work For which yeu
keep her.
n 10 undoubtedly better to shelter ma
nuye after the fermentation hHs stopped.
Then all the plant food is soluble and
easily washed away.
Many OF the most valuable portions Of
the manure aFs soluble in water and easily
earned off by rains. 1t should be, there
fore, sheltered or else hauled to the fields
and spread as fast as it accunulates.
Sheep often go into a decline only be-
cause their toes have grown out so long
that it becomes painful for them to stand,
and they will lie around 80 much that the
others will eat the food away from them.
is only another word for vegetable mat
ter, alive or dead-appears to be the only
medium by which nitrogen is accunu-
lated in the soil TO be used again by living
vegetation.
Mr.. j. 81. Brakeley says carp culture is
destined to bring our native water lilies
into the prominence to which their beauty
and delicate OdOr entitle them. They
serve the double purpose of feeding the
carp and identifying the home.
The Importance OF watching the feet of
sheep and keeping them trimmed and In
proper shape, aud if one gets lame seeing
Immediately what is the matter, cannot
be too strictly enjOined on the attention
of f1ock-masters. Prompt attention will
often prevent a serious outbreak of food
rot.
The primary object IN breeding horses
for your own use should be to get the kind
best suited to your business and best
adapted 10 the country in which you live;
but IN raising horses for the market the
first thing taken into consideration should
be the class of horses that will bring the
most money.
ANY cow can he MIXED dry in few
weeks by irregular milking, sometimes at
| intervals of "a hours and sometimes OF 8.
Separation from her usual company, a
change to new lOsati0n, y strange mixer
and scOlding voice, are sources of irrita-
| ton that more or less impair the milking
qualities Of COW.
No one hears complaints of the low
values Of grass in any form. Grass seems
| to have a steady and substantial value
which does not decline because of a sur
! plus product and which may he turned
| from one use to another with advantage.
| And its growth does not exhaust but rap
idly improves the soil.
Many farmers maintain that owing to
the price of labor they can buy Germ
cheaper than they can raise it.; but, says
the RurdL Home, by raising IL large
quantity OF fodder is obtained, thus ena-
bling the farmer to feed more cattle, to
make more manure and, consequently,
the next year to make more corn.
Where calves must be weaned and the
skinned milk fed to them, the change
from whole to skinned milk must be
gra6ual. AS the skinned milk is in
creased add corn meal, one pint of the
meal to two gallons OF skinned milk. As
the calf becomes older the amount Of corn
meal may be gradually increased.
They have a summary way Of dealing
with negligent stOckmen in England. A
short time since Mr.. Martin, of Canter-
bury, was arraigned for neglectfng sheep
that were afflicted with scab, and al
LnOQgn ne PLEADED ignorance ne WAS III
formed he had made himself liable to
fine OF 1850. he was admonished and
fined f20.
A sheep has eight front teeth, all equal
in size, the first year. The second year
the two middle teeth are much larger than
the others. The third year two very small
teeth appear on both sides OF the eight.
At tue end of the fourth year there are
six large teeth. The fifth year all are
large. The sixth year all begin TO show
signs Of wear.
A Colorado sheep-grower Of large expe-
rience has never failed to cure scab in
sheep by dipping them in a solution of
sulphur and lime, the proportion being %
pounds of sulphur and 12H pounds of
lime 70 100 gallone Of water. This liquor
is kept at 40 to 100 degrees by the Their
mometer In the dipping vat. He also feeds
sulphur with salt regularly.
To produce the best laying hens re-
quires two or more years. A common flock
may be increased in size by crossing with
Brahmas. The progeny should be crossed
with Leghorns, which will give early ma
turity. The next cross may be with a
Wyandotte or Plymouth Rock. II there
is no objection to black plumage, the next
cross should be with Langshan.