Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-20
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

Be careful that your seed corn is per-
iecuy dry. Hang it up in dry place
where the temperature is even.
Although large tree can be trans.
planted to new location, yet it will not
grow as rapidly nor as large as one that
mas occupied the same place since it
sprung from the seed.
Beehives should be kept as near a tenn
perature Of 50 degrees as possible. The
o2lect should be to prevent too much cold
and at the same time avoid warmth that
may cause the bees to come out.
Sour milk mike with two quarts ground
oats and one part wheat middlings, is an
excellent egg-producing food for hens ard
Will greatly promote laying, as well as
assisting TO keep the hens in health.
A dairyman should keep as many cows
only as he can feed well. 1t is not eco
nOmical to divide the food among a large
number when the same results can be Sc
cured from smaller number we'll fed.
The larvae of the borer lives several
years in trees. Hence be sure to probe
for the borer and remove him if it be pos
sl6le. Borers have done more damage
TO the peach than all the diseases known.
An excellent method of utilizing the
hayseed and dust is to place it where the
hens cab scratch it over. They will find
quite an amount Of valuable material
which would be useless for any otner pur-
pose.
Apples are not injured by freezing I'M
less they suddenly thaw. II they become
frozen, allow them to remain in that con-
dtion il possible. 1t is the sudden change
OF temperature that does the damage and
not the cold.
A good Oxford Down sheep should have
poll well covered with wool, a gray face,
short, dark eyes and a heavy body we'll
covered with medium wool. They often
attain over 300 pounds when years old
and shear II pounds of wool.
Milk may be canned just as you would
can fruit. Bring the milk to the boilr q
point and fill your jars to the brim with
it; then shut air-tight. This will keep
any length Of time and be just as good
when opened as when it was put up.
Muddy corrals will cause the milk to
fall off. When COWS are Compel ed to
stand knee-deep in mud, with their bodies
piastered over with it, dirt will find its
way into the pail, while additional food
will be necessary TO supply that lost from
cold and exposure.
When tree is to be transplanted never
leave more branches than are wanted tor
mains, four or five at most; never grow a
mass OF unnecessary limbs to be crowd
ing, which must be cut out afterward,
much to the injury of the tree. Remove
them from the head at first.
If you have good farm hand keep him
even if he must be paid small advance.
New hands on farm do not always give
satisfaction, and in the busy season,
should changes be made, it is difficult to
secure the necessary help that is required
for certain work. The old help becomes
accustomed to system and therefore saves
labor.
A correspondent says: 81 have tried
many ways of keeping grapes through the
winter, but none gave better satisfaction
than tying string to the stems and hang
ing them up in dry, cool cellar, tue
nearer ire Zing the better. TO keep grapes
they should be thoroughly ripe and dry
when put away. All varieties do not
keep well; the s0-called natives are poor
keepers"
Prof. Roberts had a portion OF clover
crop analysed, roots and all, and after
drying it until the roots contained only
10 per cent. of water and the stalks but
~ per cent, the tops or stalks on an
acre of ground were found to weigh 1926
pounds, while the roots from an acre
weighed 1888 pounds. This shows that
blowing under the stubble returns a large
amount of valuable fertilizing material
TO the soil.