Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-30
SAVANNAH MORNING NEVIS MONDAY. NOVEMBER 80 1885.

until they are fully six months old, or the
breast bone will likely TO become crooked.
There is no cure for it, and il is disqual-
lhcation everywhere.
Wen, how many cows will be kept over
this winter at dead loss for their keep
lngY One or more on every farm, where
the owner does not test the value of each
one; If he does, very likely the brag cow
will prove to be the poorest.
In unwholesome and uncomfortable
quarters hog will consume large guam
uty OF dry corn and make but a meagre
return in weight for it, but at the same
time there is no animal that will respond
more quickly to fair treatment than the
poker.
Dry and store rowen for fowls with as
much care as for new milch cows. taking
care that it be kept perfectly bright and
sweet, and unless 1t be quite short, run
ming it through a hay-cutter will be an i'm
provement, then soak it an hour or two IN
water, drain off and sprinkle with meal
and bran.
1t is an exploded theory that one ring
grows upon tree every year. The agri-
cultural department at Washington finds
that trees of six years showed twelve
rings; of twelve, twenty-one; of five,
eleven and of twenty-four, twenty; the
trees being respectively locust, hickory,
crab apple and oak.
No one appreciate the many points re-
quired in good farm horse until he tries
to buy one to use. He will ind scarcely
one that is not defective in some respect,
and before he finds the right one will be
obliged to pay dearly for him. A farmer
who has a horse that is reasonably salts
factory should hesitate long before SELL
ing. The horse will be more difficult to
TpDIapn than ha now GnnDOGeG
Butter is a very difficult article to keep,
unless very low, uniform temperature
can be secured. When butter is needed
for long keeping, the best way is to make
lnIsmall and somewhat oblong rolls; wrap
closely in well brine-washed muslin
cloths, and immerse them in brine made
from boiled water. These should be kept
beneath the surface so that the air will
not get to them. A small quantity can
thus be had at any time.
From recent bulletin of the Massa-
chusetts Experimental Station it appears
that when COWS were fed from the silo the
cost of feed to produce a quart of milk
was much less than when they were fed
on hay, the average cost per quart for the
last period Of ten days being S3-100 of a
cent. For the first period of ten days the
average cost of feed per quart was 1.21
cent, indicating that the longer they
were fed from the sllo the cheaper the
milk was produced.
Do notpOstpone till spring anything you
can as we'll and conveniently do in the
fall. Remove dead wood from trees and
shrubs. Cut down whatever trees you
wish to, and dig up and remove whatever
old shrubbery you wish to displace. If
the trees or shrubs are evergreen, save
the branches to help cover up or otherwise
protect in winter whatever somewhat ten
der bushes or herbaceOus plants you may
have In your garden; even thick, bushy
branches of deciduOus trees and shrubs,
are also useful for the same purpose.
The lambs should be kept growing and
in order to do this little grain should be
glen to them. Oats are a natural food for
young animals. When the lambs are
weaned they Will get a set back unless
they have some extra food of this kind to
take the place of the mothers milk. Two
or three old sheep should always be put in
with the lambs to teach them to eat grain
and to be driven. These sheep should be
tame or else the lambs will become wild
and unmanageable. A lamb will get poor
! in a week after 1t is taken from the eve,
if it is not supplied with plenty of suita-
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