Savannah morning news., 1886-05-10
FARM ANDSTOCK NOTES.

A correspondent of the Gardner's
monthly says he tut 1900 pears from a
oeckei tree In hisgarden to tighten the
crop, out found l,19 pears upon Ii when
he came TO gather te fruit in August.
In England they are now registering
goats and kids from good milking fami-
lies. Although il lsbeing ridiculed. there
Is no reason Tor rehsing to separate the
seryiceable goats tom those that are of
but little value.
AS remedy for sOurs in calves tea
spoonful Of lime water in the milk at
each meal is recommended The lime
water must be keptwell closed in jug,
In order TO prevent DESCRIPTION of carbonic
acld gas, which chInges its composition
to carbonate.
An active brain one OF the greatest
l2bor-saving implements the farmer can
possess. 1t shoul be kept bright and
sharp. The man 1hO permits il to rust
from want Of use,5r dulls it by dlssipa-
tion and strong dink, may 60 to Con.
gress or become bank president, but
will never make agood farmer.-Wilmer
Atkinson.
The farmer couE raise honey and wax
and take them to market with the other
products of the arm. The mechanic
could sell his hOny TO his tellow-wOrk-
man, friends and leighbors, and be would
ma that even thOigh he raised but few
hundred pounds of honey each season,
the money realized therefr0m would be OF
great help to himelf and family.
A simple way t test the quantity OF Oil
cake, saws the Beeders' Gazette, is to
throw few handful of the ground arti-
Gle into boiling wster and let it cool. I h e
amount OF scum Oh the top will show the
oil, along with tht straws, chaf and light
weed seeds contained in it, the sediment
at the bottom willshow the sand and dirt.
while the odor will indicate whether it is
made of sound orinferiOr seed. This last
point is very important one.
While tits positively known that plants
require carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and
nitrogen as constituents of their food
there are severa other elements found III
plants whose essential chars cter is not sc
certainly established. Some recent eX
periments, according to Mr.. Z. Jameson
an English chemist, furnished proof thai
| sulphur is not an essential; that ever
lime and magnesia are of doubtful neces
sity, but that phosphorus and potassium
are indispensable. Iron and chlorine Oc
cur IN plants, but have little claim to bt
regarded as essentials
How to make cheap and simple gatt
in a wire tence is thus described in thu
Germantown Telegraph: "The fence il
made as if no gate were thought Of, anC
then the wires are all tightly stapled t
the two gate posts. Alter this ligh
post is placed close to one of the gatt
posts, and to this every wire is stapled
after which they are clipped between i
and the gate post, and the gate is tbel
ready to swing, the wires being hinge
themselves. Only a fastening is required
to keep the loose post in place, and
gate is ready for use that will answe
very well where it is only OCCASIONAL,
used"
In the practice Of green manurlng. it i
found to do well in any condition Of sea
son, or of soil, il it were needing any fer
tilizing agent. This will in all cases prov
good for it, and in most cases will do NOR
good compared with the cost of applying
the whole crop than only return
ing part of it, and using that in live
and green state, is better than to have i
dead and dry before using. For sOmt
very dry seasons, and for some crops, tht
turning under OF heavy growing crop il
green manuring a field, will help the sol
to retain moisture enough to carry it
crops through such a season better thal
with any other conditions Of manuring o
tillage for such year.