Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-15
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

IT is mater OF surprise that so MANY
should be cCntented to have so few tools
| with which tO work and know so little of
| their use. occasionally One does find a
! farmer who possesses good chest OF tools
! and well a'rar geG Workshop; how much
oftener does he find one whose kit of tools
| consists Only of dull handsaw, ham
mer and few rusty nails.
Farmers, when butchering, will make
| profitable use Of their calf and sheep
| heads to throw them to the poultry. They
| are better if cooked hut will be eaten
raw. A certain amount of meat is me-
| cessarv. and where this cannot be found
| it should he supplied. Persons VINO AVE
| their poultry on small runs will find crack
| lings cheap and benefic al. If they are
| run through a sausage mill they will be
| all the better.
To prevent manure from fre-fanging
make holes ia the heap and pour cold
water in them. Manure must heat if it
( decomposes and water win often hasten
the process. but when II becomes so heat
/ ed as to fire-fsng the result win be a loss
Frequent turning over Of the heap. which
exposes it to the air, c6ols 1t. A pint Of
suIphuric acid in pail OF water sprin-
Killed. through the mass with some suita-
BILE vessel will decompose it and also pre-
vent loss. $50
In the way of improving tomatoes, what
we want is a variety that will resist rot :;
that VIII keep longer than any kind now
offered for sale. 1t must, however, be
smooth and of goodly size. We have Sc.
Iected tomatoes nor the past ten years
with the above object always in the fore
! ground. Before the writer, on a table in
bis office, 10 tomato that has been there
three weeks without the app arance OF
lie ahriVolipn tho
persimnon. II
The objection to the Ives Seeding grape
is that 1t takes the proper color before 1t
is ripe and ia marketed in the green state.
While Ihls permits some to market grapes
early, yet the deception practiced on pur-
chaseFs. many Of whom buy such grapes
surprising them to be ripe, when in fact
they are green and bitter, causes distrust
and really lowers the prices of good grapes
when they reach the market. The grow
ers Of the best grapes are IN favor of
suppressIng the Ives Seeding if 1t can be
done.
If left to themselves sheep will retire
at night to the most elevated part OF the
field, says the American Cultivator. This
is a relic of the time when they were wi Id
and such precautions were necessary tn at
they might guard against approaching
udhEEi 'i'Ib Whiu ahluidles tJub JuC ldCb
has it's advantages. The knobs thar sheep
select for their sleeping places are origi-
nally poor, but sheep VIII soon enrich
them. The grass also is sweeter IT, an
on low land and sheep are less liable to
disease.
The raising OF turnip and cabbage seed
has proved very profitable and added ma
terially to the income Of the farmers on
the east end OF Long Island. One farmer
near Mattituck Is said to have cleart d
81, 200 from cabbage seed alone. Another
made 1920 from turnip seed raised on a
small plot. The main crops in that Sec
ton are caulifowers, cabbages and pota-
toes, and the raising or seed has bereto-
fore been subsidiary TO these crops, but
it has proved 80 profitable that many
farmers have gone into it largely.
The Western Rural says: GAS to sDe-
cial grains we name buckwheat as one OF
the most valuable for the production Of
eggs. Sunfower seeds should also be IN.
cluded in the bill Of fare OF all well reg u
lated poultry Yards. The large smount
OF oil that thev contain seems TO be esDe.
cially valuable tor Young. growing chick
ems. They also give gloss and brillisncv
to the feathers probably unequaled by any
other food Even when led n large guam
titles no bad effects follow. a. the husks or
she'll must be taken with the meat"