Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

To destroy the cabbage worm bruise a
quantity of tausy in wooden bucket,
| over which pour cold water, and let stand
until the water lie quite bitter, and then
sprinkle it over the plants, being sure to
reach the worms with it. 1t is absolutely
necessary that the water should be quite
bitter.
DiarrhGa among the young chicks is
| generally caused by sour, sloppy food and
! impure water. When first noticed give
| half teaspoOnful OF castor oil, ana for a
few days afterward feed on cooked rice
! and stale bread soaked in milk and sea-
soned with pepper.
! The ground for celery must be very
! rich, and should be made ready month
previous to setting out plants, as it serves
to give better results, the manure being
| less heating and danger from drought
partially avoided. The finer the manure
the better, and it should be rich and free
from useless materials.
A COW, says the American Agriculture
list, should have clean skin in order to
give clean milk and make good butter,
and that cleanliness cannot be secured
except by the use OF the brush and the
thorough removal of dire and filth, which
| should be done before the COWS are MIXED
in the morning and evening.
In q good colony of bees there are from
10000 to 10000 workers, and the colony Is
| renewed every two or three months dur
| ing the working season, according TO the
| distance they have to travel to gather
! food and the amount slowed away. From
! the depositing OF the eggs by the queens
the young bees emerge from the cells in
q days. and queens have been known to
! lay 5000 to 1900 eggs in twenty-four
| hours.
| Nothing will purify and keep stable
! so free from odOrs as the free Use of dry
earth, and every one keeping horses and
cattle will find it pays to keep a heap of
it at hand, to be used daily. A few shoy-
| elsful of earth scattered over the floor
after cleaning will render the air Of the
apartment pure and wholesome. The
value of seasons manure pile may be
largely increased by the free use of such
absorbents. The strength of the gases
and liquids absorbed is retained and is
the very essence o. good manure.
There is point to be observed in fitting
| a barn for the reception of horses, ana
| that is the size of the stalls. The narrow
dimensions of the stall are a positive cru
city to the horse. Many stalls are built
| too narrow TO enable the horse to extend
| his limbs when lying down. He is COM
| PEELED, when in Tecumbent position, to
| double his limbs up under him; his legs
|
he ought to be completely at rest. A
narrow stall tends to make a horse FESTIVE
and uneasy, and frequently induces him
to kick violently against the contracted
sides of his narrow prison and develop in
HIM the Objectionable practice of crib
biting.
The smallest town or city lot can be
made mine of wealth to the family by
| cultivating it on the intensive plan. That
simply means to make it just as rich as it
VIII bear. Did you ever note how enOr-
mOusly florist could crowd his plants
under one another in small beds? Well,
| just so You can do the vegetables If you
will use enough water and manure. Beets,
radishes, turnips, carrots, pars nips, etc,
will grow almost in pile crowded against
one another. and as fast as some plants
are taken out others may be put in, plant.
ed from the seed or set out. 40 that the
ground reed never be vacant. This is no
difficult matter. You only need to know
how, when and what 10 plant.