Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-14
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

A pound Of guano, with two pounds of
sulphate OF potash, dissolved in half a
barrel Of water, makes an excellent fer
tilizer when sprinkled on lawns.
In st. Charles county, No., a farmer
raised 900 bushels OF onions from four
acres OF land, which he expects TO sell at
SOC. per bushel. thus realizing him about
$500.
BY giving COWS water at temperature
OF 66 deg. f., a yield OF milk One-third
greater is obtained. Such we're the re-
suits OF experiments In France at the
Agricultural College at ST. Remy.
There are stables in which one might
find nothing disagreeable, and in which
the air is purer than in many dwelling
houses. A man whose house is not per-
fectly clean will never have a clean sta
BILE, simply because he does not know
what perfect cleanliness Is.
Really meritorious fowls will never go
a-begging for purchasers. Water finds
it's level no more surely than well-bred
stock will command its value in gold.
Good fowls--tO use a hOmely phrase-sell
themselves. 1t is those OF mediocre and
low standard that tax the ingenuity OF
the salesman.
In view Of the unblushing adultera-
ton Of various foods, the law of France
that every dealer convicted OF selling
adulterated food products be obliged to
suspend conspicuously in his shop win
dow for one year thereafter large
placard bearing the official statement OF
that fact might be proper thing on this
side OF the water.
The number Of hens apportioned 10 a
cook must vary with the surroundings
and the breed. IL fowls are given abun-
daDt range, so that the requirements OF
nature in respect 10 exercise are com
piled with, their vigor will be such that
from eight TO twelve hens, according 10
breed, will not be too large a proportion
for one male, while IL their run Is limited
to a small yard, with no special provision
for exercise half. that number is suni-
olent. Circumstances alter cases.
The quality OF milk has been deter
mined upon by the Illinois State Dairy
mems Association, after number Of
tests, as follows: Water. S7.5; solids, 1913,
In scale Of 100 parts. There are not
few dairymen who claim an unusual
large yield OF butter from 100 pounds
or milk, 10 some cases over five pounds,
which simply illustrates that they either
talk at random or have a breed OF cows
that give butter instead Of milk. The
trouble with such people Is that they do
NOT know what they are talking about.
Animal matter In the shape OF meat.
scraps, or bone chopped up or served IN
granulated form, may be fed to poultry at
any season, judiclOusly. 10 very good adj
vantage. But there should be no excess or
this, lest "toO much OF thisigood thing
prove good for nothing" through the
means suggested. Bone meal Ia very
good, mixed In small quantities with soft
food, for young chickens. The coarse
DIAL Of the slaugher hOuse-plucks, hairs
let's, etc. should be cooked and minced IN
small particles when fed. But little OF
this hearty food goes great way, and an
oyer-supply Is not conducive 10 health.
Raw meat IL too crude and gross.
Pineapple, known In most countries OF
Europe as ananas, are bienniel, with the
habit 0f an aloe, and came originally
from Brazil. In the centre Of the foliage
rises a stem about two feet high, on the
upper part Of which are the flowers,
crowded In the shape Of q conical spike.