Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

FARM AND STOCK NOTES.


soils.
Hard subsoils serve to arrest and retain
escaping tertiliHing material, but are
usually cold and late in advancing crops.
Seedlings are apt to succeed best where
they originate, hence the many disap-
pointments when varieties are transferred
to other sections.
Rice is one of the best substances for
fattening fowls quickly. Boiled and
mixed with ground CRss and corn meal il
cannot be excelled.
Coarse and uupalatable feed, such rs
straw and fodder. may be advantaSeOusly
used by passing it through cutter, moist
ening and spTinkling it with bran and
meal.
The two principal errors most common
In the management Of poultry are; First,
allowing too many fowls 70 mass together;
second, neglecung to keep the house and
yards as clean and disiufected as they
should be.
An Ohio fruit grower revived q SEEM
ingly dead pear tree by spading half a
peck of salt into the ground around the
tree. The tree improved the second and
third years, and has since borne heavy
crop Of fruit.
1t has been discovered recently by med
ical men that "lump-jaw," as it is called,
sometimes caused by decayed teeth. 1t
is not known how much the poor brutes
suffer with the tOothache.
An exchange says: BY proper grading
up much time can be saved in the earlier
maturity of fat sheep. A grade that re-
quires three years to fully develop by
couple of crosses with a Down Will be
ready for market in 20 months.
Prof. II. Munk, a worker OF some emf
hence in agricultural chemistry, says that
moderate muscular exercise on the part
of cows increases the yield of milk, but
that violent motion hindeTs the process of
milk secretion. Dairy farmers may turn
his remarks to profit.
The following is the new remedy for
blackleg in cattle, and it is said to be eX-
cellent: Add 10 100 pounds CT salt 10
pounds of sulphur, 6 pounds cOpperas, 3
pounds saltpetre and pints of slaked
lime. Mix and feed in the same manner
as when feeding salt.
Sir j. b. Laws says that a given weight
of nitrogen, in the form of nitric acid,
will produce more growth in the crop to
which it is applied than the same weight
of nitrogen IN manure, but the influence
OF the nitrogen upon succeeding crops
will be very much less.
The milk of COW in her third or fourth
calf is generally richer in quality than a
younger one, and will continue so tor
several years. In dry seasons the quality
is generally richer, although cool weather
faVOrs the production of cheese. Hot
weather increases the yield of butter.
The best fertilizer for an orchard is pot
ash, either in the form of wood ashes or
as sulphate of potash. Trees, however,
will be benefited by superphOsphate and
manure, but the best results are obtained
when potash is used as the principal in
gredient in the fertilizers on the soil for
an orchard.
In great many instances diseases Of
root crops arise from the use of infer
mented or partially TOtted manure. Ii
|. only well-rOtted manure is used there
will be less liability of the crops being
affected with rot. This has been particu-
larly noticed in the eases Of both white
and sweet potatoes.
The best COWS are of a medium size, as
a rule, and have a good strong frame, but
they should not be large bOned and rough
looking, for such COWS are large eaters
and their food does not seem to do them
as much good, either for flesh or milk, as
it does when fed to smaller cows with
| more compact frame.
Mr.. Angel says that binders were in
vented by an Engllshman to hide defect
in the eve of a valuable horse; then they
were found to be good place for display
ing trademarks of nobility, and so came
into fashion. The New York Tribune
! thinks that ''They should be reformed off
| of harness in democratic America" where
coats-of-arms are marks of snObbery, and
not trademarks Of an ariStocratic no.
bility.
A very remarkable case Of glander poi
sOning occurred a few miles north of Nor
| rison, ILL.,, Monday. Mr.. Wellington Como
way, who has been caring for horse sick
! with the CHAMBERS, became afflicted with
the same loathsome disease. The flesh
| literally dropped off in chunks from the
| face of COnoway and his oldest boy. They
both died. Mr.. Harvey COnOway, brother
to the former, Is sick. The symptoms are
the same and it il feared that he will also
succumb to the terrible disease.
Lampblack mixed with strong vinegar
will mark sheep so that the name can be
read fer year, but will not injure the
wool, as is often done when sheep are
marked W th tar or paint. The English
practice was to slit or notch the ears,
mark requiring quick eye to detect in
flock. but which once made lasted life
time. BY changing the places on the ear,
using one or both, and varying the shape
of the cut, q great number of marks can
be made to Identify the property Of diff
ferent owners.
1t Is not often We find more truth in
fewer words than In the following from
the american CHItiUGtOr: "Seldom do we
find a man successful in any business en-
terprise outside of his own Legitimate &C.
cupation. Life is not long enough to
master the essentials OF half \ dozen
callings. Better for farmer to handle
his own surplus money In Improvements
on his own premises than TO trust it to
some one else with less Judgment and eX-
perience to manage. Better for an indi-
Vidual 70 stick to that which he knows al
about than to be tempted into an unknown
enterprise by alluring promises of glitter
ing gains. Better to be ones own presi-
dent, treasurer and board of directors and
draw all the salaries, rather than to listen
to designing schemers who want capital
for mining, boring for oil or raising cattle
among the billiards and snOwdrifts. He
who entrusts his surplus cash with stran-
gers thousands of miles away, in the hope
of magnificent dividends, seldom gets back
the original investment"