Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-18
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

An Indiana farmer advocates cutting
Oh part OF the top of potato vines when
! they grow too rank, and states that hehas
increased the Yield by so doing.
Save the corn fodder before it is injured
/ by frost. When cut before frost il is green
and nutritious, full Of starch and susar.
Frost tends to change these TO woody
! fibre. This portion of the corn crop is
| often equal to the grain
lire glIlarity in the amount of food given
| The COW will cause her sometimes to grad
ually dry up. So will worrying, fast driv-
! ing oreXeitement of any kind. An animal
| giving milk is very sensitive to bad treat
ment or surrounding Influences.
II wheat or other winter grain is sown
late it will require heavier seeding than
that put In at the usual time. One and a
half bushel will do very well if sown
early in September, but if delayed until
October two bushels per acre will be none
too much. m So.
1t pays to burn the garden over after
the grass, weeds, etc, are fully dried. BY
| SO doing many seeds viii be destroyed
and a clean appearance will be gwen.
| Fire will perform great service against
the weeds If freely used in the fail and
| will save labor in the spring.
| The damage of causing potatoes to rot
| by large applications OF fresh manure is
! largely obyiated by drawing it on the
! land intended for potatoes tue fall before.
| The manure is also distributed through
the soil, so that the same quantity does
more good than would its application in
| the spring. 1888 as ~5
A writer says: Last year l put twelve
| mOlesin my straw berry patch OF five acres
| 10 catch the gFubs, and they did the work.
never had a dozen plants injured during
| the summer, either by the grubs or moles.
know some people do not care for moles
on their farms, out / want them in my
strawberry patch.
The fact that corn meal tends TO pro-
/ duce fat rather than milk should not be
| forgotten by the dalryman. For little
while it Will make an increased flow of
very rich milk. Then the COW will begin
to fatten and dry off. TO fatteB a COW
while milking her corn is the best of the
| grains; but for making milk Ii is inferior
to oats, barley or mill feed.
The following is said to be a cheap,
| simple aud efficient way to cure sore
backs and old sores of any kind on horses:
| Take white oak bark, peel the ross or out
side of, add water and boil it DOWN till it
is as black as ink. When cecil add to a
! gallon OF the bark extract two ounces
alum. Wash the affected part two or
| three times day until cured.
Rapidly growing trees will need to have
the labels looked after, especially those
bound with wire. 1t will cut into the
bark and, unless removed, will almost
entirely check the flow OF sap. This
sometimes has its advantage in bringing
to fruitfHlness tree that is tardy in bear
| ing. Sometimes limb of a young tree
! is Durp0sely enciTcled with wire 10 make
1t fruit and thus determine its variety and
value.
In contest in Adair county, Mo-, last
season in raising single acres of corn for
! premium of $50 for the best acre there
! were nine contestants. The largest yield
| was 149 bushels and 40 pounds, ana the
! smallest gave 70 bushels and Il pounds.
| Ms TO profit or loss in cultivation there
were no indications made public. The
! crucial test in working the soil, as in feed
! ing stock, is the money outcome over the
cost Of production.
One hundred rods OF portable fence is a
! great convenience on many farms where
| stock is kept. Even if COWS are stabbed
! and soiled, there is often lot OF fresh
| feed that can be fed off without damage
! late in the season, when frost VIII soon
stop growth. Tie portable ience needed
10 fence of such places will pay good in
! terGst Oh ltS cost. 1t can also be used to
retain stock on the poorest parts of the
! Held while being fed and thus enrich those
places with little labor or expense.
| Mr.. James Baker, of Beden, Texas,
writes: Seeing good many inquiries for
! some remedy for wevlls in corn | would
! Just like TO give my recipe: When Lgather
! my corn from the field l break enough
| green sassafras bushes, with leaves on,
| to cover the floor OF my CRIB or barn aud
| throw corn on them, say from twelve to
eighteen inches thick, then put another
! layer of brush, and so on, until done.
think if any OF your readers who are
| troubled with weVils Will try this plan,
they will never be troubled any more.
! Use plenty OF sassafras bushes. gather
my corn from the middle Of September to
| the last OF October, and wevils never
| trouble my crib. l invariably have old
corn when gather nay new crop.