Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-01

suade farmers to abandon grain growing
and 20 into the fruit business. This is
very unwise and selfish. II farmers should
take their word for il the fruit business
would soon BE below par. The farmer
should maintain the independence Of mis-
pursuit by planting all these things as he
has need or can sell to advantage. He
NAV have All Of them and be farmer
still. without losing All be made on either
Of them.
FARM AzDstO kAOTGs.
TIE United states raises - Per cent. Of
the corn grown in the wos.d.
Never aGd wood ashes to the manure
heap. Plaster, however, viii be found
beneficial.
s0Ie Of the Western premium crops Of
corn last year ranged from los to $40
bushels per acre.
The growing Of mustard for seed is said
to be profitable. as tbe seeos NOS oi3y pro-
duCe an excellent quality Of oil tut are
utilized after being pressed.
ReceEteNpe riments show that the weight
Of gFain IN wheat ADD rye ia proportion TO
straw is about One-tbrd Of tGa Whole,
while iH barley It ranges from ODa-nalf to
One-tnlrd.
In some experiments made with the diff
1erent breeds Of fowls it was demonstrated
that with warm, dry quarters and good
management the LeghOrns were equal TO
the Asiatics.
1t saves a great deal Of work to do what
is to be done at Just the right time. The
farmer who is always little behind with
his work IS generally poor One-poor in
management and forethought at least.
A Hereford bun L0rn Wilton) ). II years
old, WAS sold in England on Aug. % for
$500 guineas, equal 10 E3 800, or $l9,3ll go.
There were some American bidders on
hand, but the bull was at last struck off
TO an Englishman.
The mulberry is good tree to raise in
a poultry yard. 1t is hardy and long
lived, and the fruit is popular with the
hens, besides being very nice for the
children. The leaves are large and the
shade it makes is dense, which is Gesira-
bic also in summer.
Before a man plants any fruit extern
sively he should ascertain now the yarie-
ties which he proposes 10 plant succeed
in his neighbOrhoOd. If he cannot ascer-
tain then plant moderately, so as to "feel
his way The variations on account of
soil and climate are very great.
Gilt-edQed butter makers do not use
large quantities Of cOttOn-seed meal,
thbugh they allow a small quantity, not
exceeding quart a day. A proportion
/ Of linseed meal should always be fed with
the cotton-seed meal, the mixture beng
better than either when fed alone.
1 1t may be valuable, says the Rur0l Cat
/ ifOrBidB, to know that flock of 300 tur-
/ keys kept q large vineyard clear Of bugs
/ and worms last season, while in neigh
/ boring vineyards not so treated the bugs
~ az . I'm
/ keys became very fat and brought good
/ prices al Thanksgiving.
/ An English farmer says: For two win
! ters | have placed six horses on the fol-
! lowing weekly allowances: Forty-twO
I pounds oats, . pounds maize, p pounds
/ beans, p poUpds hay, ii pounds oat straw,
( cut into chat, 20 pounds long hay. Total,
/ 1876 pounds of food per week per horse.
i Upon this food the horses nave done adj
mirably while in constant work.
One Of the Test remedies for diarrbua
/ in fowls is as follows: Give a teaspO0niul
/ of raw linseed oil, repeating the dose the
4 second Gay after. Then give one scruple
/ each OF powdered Peruvian bark and by
/ pOsUiphUe of soda made into pills with
/ common soap once a day for three or four
1 days. Keep the FOWLS clean and feed them
on cooked oatmeal until they fully re.
1 cover.
II is said that inorder to keep machine
! ~ tr0m IuSting take one ounce of cam
! phor and dissolve it in one pound of melt
I ed la,d: take Oft the scum and mix in as
much fine black lead as Will give il an
iron color. Clean the machinery and
smearlt with tais mixture. After twenty
4 four hours rub clean Wiih "a soft iHen
! cloth. It VIII keep clean for mon rs l,i.
/ der ordinary circumstances,
Keep aNles Of wheeled implements Well
( oiled. A dollar expended IN painting the
/ woodwork with crude petroleum or red
lead in oil viii save ten. When tires
shrink loose suspend the wheel in shall
low trough Of boiling hot linseed oil, turn
/ slowly and soak thoroughly. and they
VIII remain tight for years. When not in
use keep all implements under cover, and
oil plOwshares with clarified oil to pre-.
/ vent rust.
About two bushels of oats are estimated
as an allowance for each sheep during the
winter, provided they are also gwen LONG
food Thus, if 81 pounds of oats g:
pounds per bushel) be divided through 9C
days, the proportion for each day is about
twO-thirGS of a pound, the cost for one
sheep being about 70 cents for oats. The
wool should pay for the feed at least
while the amount derived from lambs
should be clear profit.
use all the way from 60 10 s. parts Of neu.
trail lard to 40 and 10 parts of good butter
respectively, in making butterine. These
are thoroughly mixed, sailed ard cOl0red
a golden yellow, and the tubs are branded
with fancy naLeS as from country cream.
cries. 1t Is said an iufailible test is tC
melt the butteriEc ana then suddenly chill
it by surrounding it With cracked ice
when the lard goes 10 tie bottom and the
{ OF e1t if,s,
being plainly visible.
The indications of the beginning Of dis.
order eli the lungs in cattle, SAYS the New
| York Times. is q somewhat hurried breath
ing and loss of condition, shown by q tight
skin and falling in flesh. The eyes are
! unusually bright ana the appetite is good
for short time, but after awhile cough,
| disturbed breathing and conspicuous te-
Yer appears, and the animal falls off rap
idly. DiarrhGa next occurs, with loss OF
appetite and falling of in milk. The dis
ease is contagious, and veterinary sur
! geOn should be called in as soon as indi-
cations of the disease appear.
The veteran writer on live stock topics.
A. i. Allen, states that he finds wheat
bran an Improbable feed for swine. "They
do not seem to possess the power of d.
costing it, consequently much of it passes
/ through them only partially assimilated.
! IL IulAGu Win CUEu meal II uOcS DeLter
and can be fed with advantage to cattle,
along with cut hay, if mixed with it and
well wetted, as it then undergOes a second
masticatiOn." In careful experiments
made By the writer, wherein bOth the food
/ consumed and the growth made were
/ weighed, bran was found Improbable, as
! compared with corn meal, whether fed
/ alone or mixed with the meal.
/ In California favOrite and rather new
/ kind of mash for horses is coming into use,
composed of two quarts of oats, one Of
l bran and half a pint of ilaXseed. The oats
/ are first put in the stable bucket, over
which is placed the linseed, boiling water
added, then the bran, cOyeTing the mix
ture with an old rug and allowing it to
thus rest for five hours; then the mass is
stirred up we'll The bran absOrbs while
retaining the vapor, and the linseed binds
the oats and bran together. A greater
quantity Of flaXseed would make the
preparation too oily and less relishable.
one feed per day is sufficient. 1t is easily
digested and is especially ada tied tOyOung
animals, adding to their volume rather
than to their height,giYing substance to the
frame.
To wean a calf as soon as it can crack
corn and eat grass, says the National
Lire Stoct ElgiSter, is to wean it earlier
than natHre intended. and earlier than it
is profitable to wean it. The same rule
applies to the litter of pigs. Abundance
Of milk at calYing and farr0wing time can