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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion calls attention TO the fact that in
It's experiments potatoes raised from
large, whole seed ripened nine days ear
lleSslthan these from seed cut to single
eyPs n 1 fFGT 81
It Il an old prOYerb that the first point
10 be learned in successful stock-raislng
Is IfNer TO allow an animal to lose flesh.
The loss OF pound is equivalent to alOss
Of two. a. the animal should gain instead
of losing flesh.
Mr. y. w a BAH. Of Concord, Mass, the
originator or the Concord grape, had at
One-time 22,90g seedlings. The Concord
was just offered to the public in 1876 by
Messrs, HOvey x Co., OF Boston, and the
iirssgear's sales amounted to $4,000.
There II one great advantage in farming
by lrrigation--you bring the Grain when
you want 1t. In depending upon the
showers from heaven. there IL always
more or less uncertainty, while water
from the ditch Is tolerably sure thing.
The Mississippi valley produces $4,000
tons of cotton seed, One-tourth OF which
Is marketed In Memphis, much OF IL being
shipped in crude state from that point
to Italy, whence IL is returned 10 this
country Ia the shape OF 'pure olive OIL"
In laying tile drain 1t pays 70 cover
each joint with collar 50 lifted that the
soil will not work In and I'LL the tile. II
the bottom of the ditch Is cut down 10 a
point exactly the size Of the tile, the lat
ter will never move literally and cause
trouble,
The pumpkin contains six or seven
times as much water as either corn or
oats, but even IL the pumpkin be freed en-
tirely OF It's water It would not equal the
grains for feeding; put, considering the
ease with which pumpkins can be grown,
however, they are very cheap.
a Montana correspondent has fire.
quently counted 100 stems aud wel-flled
heads Of oats grown from one seed,
while 200 TO 300 grains 10 the head are
common. rhereforeit 10 possible 10 grow
10000 grains or more from one. This
would DO fifteen bushels from llounce Of
seed.
Mary Wager-Fisher says: "If i were
a young man with a capital OF two or
three thousand dollars. I am t0lorably
sure that should 20 West But with a
famdly.-wife ani little children--and no
money to speak OF, can imagine nothing
more forlorn than 30 try to mako q home
In the newer West.n
Onion sets may be planted In the fail.
with a favorable prospect Of obtaining
large onions earlier IN spring than would
be- IN any other way and considering the
risk Ia watering sets fall planting N TIE
safest plan. In this case IL ~ absolutely
necessary that the ground should be Ia
the best condition and perfectly drained.
Onion sets have poor chance 10 survive
IA stagnant water aud ice. After tho
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03
BITS OF SCIENCE.

Mr., Edwin Lowe again advocates the
use OF explosives for bringing about an
increased rainfall in New South Wales.
Plates bave been truly and distinctly
ruled by G. Fazoldtup 70 ], 200, 600 lines TO
the inch. He believes the limit has been
reached.
Oak pillars are better support for a
building m case Of fire than those ~ iron.
The latter liable 10 warp from the effect Of
the heat.
The average height Of Africa, as found
BY S 600 hypOmetrical measurements, is
not less than 2, 100 feet. This large aver
axe is due 10 the high plateaux Of the
country.
The Lancet condemns the practice OF
giving such narcotics as choral and bro
nide as a remedy for sleeplessness. The
eaises Of sleGplessness are many, and
each requires a direct and specific treat
ment.
TO make q good black varnlsh for iron
or other metals, dissolve by heat three
ounces of aspha ltum, iovr quarts OF boiled
III and eight ounces Of burnt lumber.
MIX the compound with turpontino while
cooling.
Nearly 1000 miles OF underground iele-
graphic cable have been laid In Germa.
ny. crossing seventy rivers, and soyon Or
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

the Cheshire Dairy Farmers ,Associa-
ton. The increasing Competition from
America, and a greater scarcity of dairy
maids qualified by training and expert
ence to make prime Uheshire cheese.
have directed the attention Of the assoei-
alton to the desirableness of: acquiring a
pasture farm of about 200 acres, on which
TO impart special instruction to the sons
and daughters of farmers. The President
of the ASSOCIATION, the Duke Of Westmin-
ster, and the Vice Presidents, Lords Toll
lemache and Combermere. have recently
impressed upon Cheshire farmers that if
they would maintain their position in the
home market against competition from
America they must make a better average
quality Of cheese. At Chester, Mr. Willis,
Secretary of the association, introduced
bis scheme, which he said could be made
absolutely self-supporting. The scheme re-
ceived the enthusiastic support OF the
members of the association, the details OF
the farm management being left for dis
cussion at special meeting.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

eight miles are laid under water. Most
of the cable contains seven wires, and
the rest four.
An electric horse chrorometer has been
invented. The movements controlled by
a current opened and closed by the break
ing of an almost microscopic copper
wire stretched across the track. 1t is
said TO record to the l,5OOth of second.
A large lump of magnesium has been
shown by DIR. Frollch to the Berlin Physi-
cal Society as the product OF an electricity
tic induetry, the process OF which is based
essentially on the melting OF chloride OF
magnesium and decomposing 1t in the
melted state by an electric current.
MIR. r.. A. Proctor says that electricity
might be obtained by utilizing the heat of
water applied to the junction of two
metals; but the current produced by IA
temperature OF 100 deg. Fahrenheit at one
junction, aud say go deg. Fahrenheit at
the other, would be too small to be- com
mercially successful.
Pipes made of steel plates are coming
into use III England for the conveyance of
water under high pressure. The plates
are coated with lead on both sides by inn
mersion or otherwise, then rolled TO form,
riveted, soldered the whole length and
covered with pitch. The first coat is said
English practical science demonstrates
that reversing an engine on railroad
train has scarcely perceptible effect in
checking it, the main reliance must be
upon the brakes. In one case, where the
engine was reversed a quarter OF q mile
from the station, the train passed the sta
ton at the rate of 20 miles an hour.
The English Treasury has granted DIR.
CLIPS application for q heliometer of large
size for the Royal Observatory at the
Cape Of Good Hope, and contract has
been entered into with the bIessrs. Rep
sold, of Hamburg. The instrument will
be of seven inches aperture, and is to be
completed by the end of 1886 at an eX-
pense of G12,700
In ascending high mountains the rare
fed air produces IA sense OF exhaustion,
known as mountain sickness. To rene
dy the difficulty Mr.. WhympeT, in as
cending ChimbOrazo, stayed FOR time at
different heights. sometimes as many as
ten days, until his party became, as it
were, acclimated, and then proceeded
without difficulty.
There are but two classes Of persons
who can really float in water, those who
are very fat, and those who are slender,
with small bones and propOrtionally
large lungs. Heavy, muscular, large
OOneu men, without excess OF lat, may
make good swimmers, but cannot float.
On the other hand, they display much
''alacrity in sinking"
In order to keep machinery from rust
ing take 1 ounce of camphor, dissolviug
it in l pound of melted lard; take off the
scum and mix in as much fine blacklead
as will give it iron color. Clean the ma
chinery and smear it with this mixture.
After "a hours rub clean with soft linen
cloth. 1t will keep clean for months un-
der ordinary circum eances.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

ground becomes frozen hard the beds
should be covered lightly to prevent thaw-
/ ing.
| In an experiment with beets the tap
root was traced nearly two feet. Branches
started out from this at intervals during
Its entire length, no roots appearing
above the tap root. The branches were
traced to distance of two feet horizon
/ tally from the tap root. The fibrous roots
were very slender and delicate, and,
| though not very numerous, extended over
an area of about u square feet. They Of
ten extended upward from the branches,
| anu IN some cases appeared to reach the
surface of the soil.
A dairyman states that he was troubled
| with the smell OF garlic, or wild onion. in
| the milk from his cows. To obviate this
he put the cows in the stable about 3
! O'Clock each afternoon and fed them on
| nay, giving them their grain as usual.
1 The result was all he anticipated. A rest Of
/ three hours allowed the odOr to pass of
/ in the other secretiOns, though previously
1t very strongly favored both milk and
! butter. The same course would probably
/ be of advantage when the milk tastes of
other weeds in the pasture.
Prof. w. A. Henry regards salt simply
| as solvent, since sodium and chlorine.
/ Of which it is composed, are always
| present In soils. He compares IL in its
| effects with lime, in that it sets free or
renders available food otherwise not i'm
mediately available to the plant. He
makes the following apt comparison;
Salt and barn-yard manure are to the
growing crop as whip and oats to a
hosre. You may get work from horse
for time by the use of whip. but soon
er or later oats must be given or the work
Will cease.
A California gardener has adopted
plan for growing strawberries IN a dry
season, First, he states, cultivate thor
| oughly and pulverlz- the soil to the depth
| desired. Then take boards, or saw-mill
slabs, and with pinch augur bore holes
in the slabs Is inches apart, alternating
from one side of the slab to the other.
Place the slabs some rs inches apart, and
then with a trowel or suitable tool set the
strawberry plants in the augur-holes.
Cultivate between the slabs. The boards
will retain moisture during the dry, hot
days of summer, grass is avoided, and the
fruit will be clean when picked.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

Average eggs weigh about eight to the
pound. Thus dozen eggs weigh one and
a half pounds. A pound of eggs con-
tains more nouishishment than pound
Of meat and bone. Hence eggs st 24c. a
dozen are as economical food as beef
steak at lGc. a pound There is no flesh
food that may be served in so many pala-
table ways as eggs, nor 50 easily obtained
BY farmers. They may bebOiled, poached,
scrambled. fried, made into omelets plain.
on mixed with herbs or sailed meats, and
used in variety of ways in the cake, In
dian bread, and other cookery. Thus
there are few seasons when il will be
good economy In the farmers family TO
stint themselves in this easily assimllable
anu nutritious food. Every family having
ansice house, or other cold storage, should
preserve a good supply to be used when
they are scarce. They may be kept fairly
we'll in a cool cellar, if put down In au-
ttmu. ae
One reason why persons suppose eggs
lack nutrition is that they are in semi
fluid state, Yet heat readily converts
them into solid by c0agulation. Like
milk, eggs are perfect food, containing
all the constituents of nOurishment and,
like rare roast beef. soft-bOlled eggs are
digested in three hours. Milk. like eggs,
Is capable OF great variety in the cooking,
and milk and cream should constitute a
considerable portion of the diet in farm
life, especially in the preparation of pud-
dings, sauces, and the many dishes which
form palatable accessories to table eniOv-
ment. IL is, therefore, bad economy for
the farmers family to stint themselves in
milk, cream, and eggs, on the ground that
they are not solid food. Salt pork, bacon
and ham are indeed solid food in the
sense of indigestiblity. 1t takes five
hours to digest either, and only strong
stOmachs can bear them. They should be
used more as relishes than as true food on
the farm in summer, as they are every
where else. It should be remembered
that it is simply the juices of any food
that serve the purposes of digestion.
1t is only that portion Of any food that
is soluble in the fluids of digestion that is
assimilated and taken up by the system
Fresh meat is largely water-about II
per cent, and thatof eggs about the same,
or about that of blood, which contains 3
per cent. more. The marketable meat of
the OK contains 10 per cent. bone, so that
this again would bring eggs fully up to the
standard of lean meat. The fact that the
farmer is compelled to depend 80 largely
upon sailed meats in summer, and the
added fact that milk. cream, and eggs are
especially valuable in the preparation of
sailed meat dishes, render careful thought
on the subject all the more necessary. -
Chicago Tribune
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03
Vernin.

There are few things that are more
ftnblesome TO poultry raisers than YER
Bs,- The pests come in the shape of the
Common body louise, and are always found
The head of young chicks, the hen
having produced them during the period
aineubation. These cannot be avoided
Or prevented, but are easily XII lied by
sitting Persian insect powder over the
chick, or greasing the head and neck with
cream. The red mite is not so easily dis
posed Of, and the best remedy is not to get
them. The way to do this is to keep the
runs and house perfectly clean and free
fOmall bad doors. Mix in your white
wash carb0lic acid or coal oil and use Of
ten Hang bottle of crude carbolic acid
inthe house, and so arrange your roots
Aat they can be lifted down, coal Gil
poured over them and burned of. If, In
| spite Of our precautions. they come any
bow, the first thing to do is to take each
aSl and sift through its feathers the in
ect powder named. This will drive them
If
Remove them from the house, get out
!eur wbitewash and carbolic acid and
E@everytding in sight good coating.
Burn the old nests, smoke the boxes thor
Nghly, Or, best Of all, burn the nest in
aFn' Lice will not stay in a clean
poultry house that is kept constantly
aaIewasheG and disinfected. Where
Hllis permitted to accumulate the house
IVY 81 stencil. the nests polluted, they
Ell eomein countless millions. and where
le} are permitted to thrive is the place
where no profits are found.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03


,,.s foot ;, 'sstump-foot," or "cluo-
W disease that destroys great
fo'' osbbages every year in some
rau' tho country. The symptoms are
par, In the sun in the middle OF the
w. W. Gradual cessation of growth ana
aa,i death of the plant, within a rev
pua ,.s after they are set outin the garden
wen sometimes plants are attacked
OF - .sood bed and show symptoms while
u -. rorng. On pulling the plants mp,
w. -oots or main stem, or both, VIII De
~. rS greatly increased in size, OF a
parr quiz ~ mrnip-like growth. which VIII
oO'e5 a,,er a short time. Good authori-
lso13 80 claim: that the disease is caused
N p ar Henderson, in hi. work 'Garden-
or Prof, sa the inseci which
Ny club.foot is the most formidable
V'u9l If tbe insect tribe thst the cabbage
susm ~sr has had to contend with. 1t has
noticad that club-foot never attacks
D w. tbst are grown in soils that are
. ,arv made up Of seashells. like some
~,bo soils along the Jersey coast, and
inf.ronce has been drawn that lime
obstructive or repulsive to the insect.
n. henderson has found that by the use
slbone dust, applied at the rate of ton
-, ocra. he can grow cabbages success
sJ,v on the same ground, while il man
w.. ora used he must raise them on new
land every year; that is, land which did
sot ,roduce cabbages the year preceding.
4 r.s inference he draws is that the insect
.p,parrect or winged state does the
osbnages no harm, but being attracted by
q .hon # laws its eggs in the soil, where
n t5sv hatch the following year, and while
4 = na larye state attack the cabbage
r,ot. causing them to make an unnatural
,rowtb which soon ends in death, If Mr..
aorjerson's theory is correct that lime is
nod far the insect, free use of bone dust
emd seem to be an ex Aellent method of
ombstting it. for bon, is one of the best
napures to use for alrost any crop. We
roW Of no way to sars crop Of cab
mges after the plant begins to wilt. Pre-
,sn.ion is easier than cure in this as in
A,st other cases. Where one can do so,
one should select land for cabbages and
s-pips that produced neither the year
r-avious
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

The Chalk Hills called Downs, IN the
county OF SUSSEX in the south of Eng
lasd. are the home of the SouthdCwns,
ro% SO famous all over the world, not
onlT for themselves. but as stampinz
thea. characteristics on every breed upon
which they have been introduced and
this they owe 10 the prepOtency of their
blood continued down uumlxed for nearly
a thousand years. But the S0uthdowns
were not always what they are now; just
about 100 years ago an enterprising sheep
owner, Mr.. John Gilman, commenced the
improvement OF the SOuthdowns. by Sc
lecting judiciously and breeding most
carefully. This was aft2rwarl continued
with equal skill by Mr.. Jonas W bb--whO
with others has brought these beautiful
animals to their present perfect cOndi-
tinn. Their pleasant dark faces--their
broad straight backs and splendid legs Of
mutton are everywhere known For this
pa,t OF the country they are beyond doubt
the most valuable sheep we have, either
pure bred or their grades, and are de-
servedly the most popular Grinnel, IN
L)IOlgl1tLll.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

'ialt s.ss,p.. aper 'tays' A hlghly-lm.
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.,,,.,r,,l,ural Department.
- s1eID, FARM AND GARDEN

vo,+ articles for this department
VI ms, NJ the writer should accompany
me , n+t or article, not necessarily lor
ile ls,'t, but as evidence of good ial1n'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-03
The Cotton Warns.

"a i's0 congress made an appropriation
AM appointed an chronological commits
9''n WIN Prof. G. V. Riley at its head,
,'e purpose Of investigating the Col
'''oO locust and the Southern cotton
',~s' NoIlminous reports were made
4' Pu7hsled Of the locust, but no line
- 'sen issued by the government press
S sI 'ls reports on the caterpillar Why
Wy nave been suppressed the denart.
,,@ p' never explained, and we still have
'''us 10 PRINT TO show for the So. 900
e. 'pa'I LOT the cotton worm investiga-
81, ~, Dul recently inquiries were made of
''''eAe' OF Mobile, who was employed
~ commission to conduct the in
s-''on IN the State Of Texas. and
r'v'''us DIS own surprise at the sun.
\, ' s' Oh The reports, and after repeated
49,, 4,u euoTts 20 learn the cause. he has
N wv in Justiceto himself and the pub.
B,~ r''''SA al private notes made dur
ns,, D'ealigatio5. The first INSTALL
iag eH'ca appeNs in the Mobile Reo-
bo3y d, ~ 'eiesIing and promise In the
l,,, wy report to throw considerable
pl,s, 'Py M. 'uls great enemy Of the cotton
pna, l' also sets at rest many erroneous
pr,.,'. concerning the caterpillar. and
gm, much general information that
lbs,...' '0ad valuable on the subject Of
.1 p'ant and It's enemies.
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tere " we're written, upon either pa-
b. an. ,.a'e'ment, has faded and rendered
ts Nm yrs entirely undecipherable.
slli,,, ''eieiore, TO know that suoh
rna....'.' easily be rendered legible
asum..,'ps lae paper with water and
nls N.Y., o'er the lines in writing "A
mhs,, ,"S 'een dipped In "a solution
ll in,. '' ammonium. The writing
ao, ,s,' .,,''a'ely appear quite dark IN
alt ty.n '''' Color, in the case OF pareb-
saba D, -, preserve. Records which were
"A anp ' way IN the Germanic Mn.
hin N.Iehourg ten years ago are
1Qr tbo sue condition as Immediate
Apspsr ~, duplication Of the process.
~ ay.s, eeler, the color gradually
lbgrs ~ .,, out It may be restored NJ
seyplass,,I1oS application Of sulphide.
toa /. y ',aeon o. The action Of this ami.
oto tsa simple the iron which en-
lNslo.. Nvmp0sltiOn ~ fna la. a.
lalda s1e reaction Into the black
liant s,bo,p. uper says; A hlehly-lm.
levine was lately iaunoboa ~,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-13
GOULD We ASK FOR MORE

On the eighth of April Editor HART
wrote from Washington to the Inteligencer
as follows: Happily ell is peace and sweet
content in the Republican ranks. Could
we ask for more?'
Well, that depends upon what Mr.. HART
wants, and how he looks upon the wild
havoc that is rampant in the Republican
ranks, since his diagnosis Of Mr.. McCoR-
NACx's standing in Taylor county.
1t will be remembered in one Of his former
letters, he wrote home to his paper that he
had had an interview with President CLEvE-
AMI and called his the Presidents y atteu-
ton to his belief that Collector McCoRNICE
couldn't be elected in his " county to a
"dog-peltershiP" whatever sort Of office
that is, besides sundry other reflections upon
the present incumbent that were not Of a
character to turn away wrath or soften an
angry spirit.
The comments appeared in Thursdays
I~nteligeucer, o COPY Of which reached
Grafton in time for Mr.. Mccormick, who is
in the dual role of editor and collector, to
peruse the "dog-peltsr" business before his
paper went to press.
One can imagine how be must
have clutehed that paper, how he
musthaye whisked out his pencil, sharpened
the point thereof and after dipping it in
gall and NORWOOD so to speak, began to
jot down his pent up feelings. The infer
euce is adduced from the appearance, of
the Grafton Eagle, Of last week, his feel
ings must have been Of an irrepressible and
inexhaustible character as they flowed from
his feTered brain down onto the point of his
pencil and thence to the waiting sheets of
paper underneath. An entire page Of the
Eagle is devoted to Editor HART and the
I~nteIigencer and evidently there is much
more left untold.
Now when Mr.. HART says: "Al is pesce
ard sweet content in the Republican ranks"
may be not mean the deepest sarcasm and
is adding fuel to the bursting flames that
may enveIOp the Republican party? Who
knows what is behind all this? Editor HAST
could not rule-Nr. McCORMCE, WEs Ar.
KINsoN, WILL COwDES and that wing of the
party having won-so he is determined to
ruin, and like SAMSON, having lost his
power, he proposes to pull down the temple
Of the Republican party and at one fell
swoOp. destroy it and himself with sweet
revenge soothing bis departing spirit.