Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-08
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

If ounce orchard be well MANFRED it
will last 40 years or more, and the crop is
usually sure one.
MIR. Bronson, of Ontario county, n. Y.
says that the premature droppings of the
foliage of plum trees may be prevented
by using plenty of barn-yard manure
and kainit, at the rate of 200 pounds per
acre.
Who has not observed that the soil is
always loose and moist beneath a stone
heap? The american CUttirdtOr tells OF
some pear trees that were mulched with
stones. and which made three times the
growth Of any others, though they all did
well.
Those who have had an opportunity to
test the different fertilizers are, as rule,
opposed TO the application of large guam
titles of fresh stable manure, especially
to the pear orchard, but if such manure
IS to be applied it should be applied in the
autumn.
The ounce is n slow grower. For this
reason it is an advantage to buy trees well
grown, say four or five feet high, rather
than mere slips. Such trees viii come in
bearing in three or four years, and prove
cheaper in the end than smaller trees at
lower price.
In heading back-budded trees the bare
wood bOye the bud will sometimes dry,
50 as tn prevent the wound from healing
over unless il is covered with cement of
some kind. Gum shelac dissolved in al
conOl, and applied with brush, Will be
found excellent.
An exchange says that the scraping Of
fruit trees Is often carried to excess. A
healthy. vigorous tree does not require to
be scrAped at all; it needs all its natural
tl.ss a
winds of winter and against the parch-
ing sun OF summer.
The killing Of sheep by dogs is usually
done during the night. To guard against
dogs the sheep should be induced to come
up every evening TO be fed inside Of a
high Enclosure made of pailings or wire,
with an open shed IN the centre for protec-
ton TO the sheep against storms.
Keep the cream, If not churned imme-
diately, at a temperature Of 81 degrees or
below, but not lower than 40 degrees.
Churn at a temperature not below 60 de-
grees nor over GA degrees, as conditions
vary the emperature. Stop churning
when the butter Is in granules about the
size Of wheat kernels.
j. =. Hole, a well-known berry cultur-
list OF Connecticut, warns planters
against putting raspberrrles or similar
crops iu peach orchards, as the drain on
the moisture IN the soil is thus too great.
Mr.. II. advises "not 90 plant anything in
peach orchard, but manure, with a plOw,
harrow and good team"
Blind staggers in pigs are often caused
Dy overlooking, which produces indiges-
ton, inactiOn Of the stomach. and conges-
ton OF the brain, or apopleXy. IL Is not
easily cured, but one Of the best rene
dies is 70 mix three drops Of crOton oil
with tablespoonful OF castor oil and
give TO each pig as "A dose.
When Proctor Knott made his fanciful
Duluth speech tlfteen years ago the hui
NOR Of the thing tickled the entire cOnti-
nenl. No one dreamed that Duluth would
ever amount 20 anything, aud when Knott
called her "tho paragon OF cities every
body laughed. sim this town Is third in
the list Of crain-receiving points, beating
Milwaukee, Toledo, and 81. Louis.
Fat oils have n strong affinity for doors.
MIX, cream and butter readily take up
any scent that may be carried or held by
the air. Hence the necessity Of actual
cleanliness Of every utensil, implement,
apartment or the person In everything
connected with dairying. Dirty COWS,
dirty hands, The odor Of the unwashed
body, bad smelling stables, the odor OF
manure piles or garbage Of any sort, the
scent u cooking. lily ventilated apart
ments or any decuyiug substance or germs
OF disease--all these are readily taken up
and carried In milk.
The Hon. N. Z. Wilder, President OF the
American POmOlogieal Society. has re-
commended BY far the best and most con-
vcniont label Tor fruit trees. "rake the
usual strips Of zinc, pat them 10 water for
u couple Of days, and then BY being ex-