Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-08
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

The theory that fowls and turkeys injure
the grain by roaming through it is not
true, while the slugs they kill and their
drOppings made soluble by the rain in
crease the crop.
Where wire-fencing is not easily OBJ
tanned the poultry yards NAV be fenced
with laths. which will last two seasons.
Laths make cheap fence, but the wire
netting is more durable.
In storing potatoes the first consdera-
tion is to keep them In perfect darkness;
The next IS that the bins should not be too
deep, nor over three feet, else it produces
warmth and causes them to sprOut.
There is no farm interest that tends
more surely to profit than sheep on lands
suited to grazing, especially wnere weeds
or bushes interfere with successful Guilt
walton, or on lands too rough to till easily.
Beekeeping is a profitable industry to
those who are adapted to and thoroughly
understand the business. A young man
IN Illinois has already sold l0,400 pounds
of honey this season from 1856 colonies of
| bees.
There is no better plan for freeing rooms
and cellars of mildew than to burn sui
phur in them. The rooms should be eff
fectually closed and not opened for one
hour after being filled with the sulphur
| fumes.
Flowers intended for winter blooming
should be potted at once. ii not already
attended to. AS a rule geraniums that
have lowered freely during the summer
cannot be depended upon for wInJer
bloom.
The best drug for poultry is carbolic
acid. Get a pint of the crudest, Tor 80
cents, put it at once into a gallon of water
and sprinkle it. with u broom all over the
chicken house and Its furniture once a
month.
Tue best bed for pigs is one made OF
| leaves. Fine litter of any kind is always
preferred BY them TO that which is coarse,
and the eheapest,and most convenient Is
leaves, which require no preparation for
that purpose eAzs
After frost has piuched the grasses they
are no longer sufficient for cattle that
must be kept in good flesh nor tor cows
| giving milk. Add enough grain and the
grass will serve much better 10 maintain
! good condition.
Plans should be laid TO prepare the
| ground to be planted with raspberries or
blackberres next spring this fall. If the
! ground is plOwed at any time after this
! aid thOroug My cultivated about the close
| of October, the raspberries can be planted
as soon as frost is out without replowing.
Catnip Is one Of the most valuable plants
| for bees. The flowers are rich in honey,
| and for several months. commencing with
| June of each year, yield it freely at all
! hours and IN every kind OF weather. A
! patch may easily be raised from the seed,
suwn the latter part of summer or early
ia the spring.
| A Tennessee farmer made an applca-
ton of one handful of ground sulphur
and the same of salt TO about peck OF
ashes, mixed together thoroughly, then
applied IT to the collars OF the apple trees
! that were badly affected with the bOrer.
He says the remedy killed the worms aud
saved the trees.
The good start that calf has on milk
| in the first few weeks must be kept at
least through the frat year If the animal
is TO have full development. The first
winter is the trying time, but 1t requires
only liberal iced and comfortable quarters
to maintain steady growth. Anything
snort is sure to be loss.
In planting cabbage, etc., with the did,
| Der, be sure the soil is pressed firmly
around and in close contact with every
/ ibre OF their roots. 4 too common prac-
tice is TO merely close in the soil round
the neck OF the plant by surface appli-
cation Of the point OF the dlbOer. The
plant Is thereby left hanging, as it were,
in the hole.