Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-01
FARM AND StOCi NOTES.


autumn there are many5pportunitles to
MAKE improvements, tOr%hch the season
is favorable and the tim prOpirious.
Have you set out anysmall fruits this
season! If not, set sqne at once. Hill
up the soil around Elephants just before
! the ground freezes, so the frost will not
heaVe out the plants.
The liberal use of dy dirt will assist in
removing the pungentand offensive od0rs
! OF the cow stable. Oice week good
| sprlnKling of solution Of copperas will
also prove beneficial.
! Norfolk, Va, Is the greatest straw berry
shipping place in the world. Among the
many strawberry farms in its neighbour
! hood Is one of 440 acres. the largest straw
berry farm in the word.
Well-drained and deeply titled land
stores warmth to sucl an extent as to
prolong the season OF growth and obviate
risks OF frost that otherwise ight reduce
profits of cultivation materially.
Although the shOrthoru is one of the
lal gest breeds of cattle, IL is stated that
cow of thai hreeC belonging to Mr..
David Niles, of Picksway county, O., gave
birth to a calf weighing only eig ut pounds.
1t was well developed.
Robert BUST, Jr., passed around for in
spectlon the other day specimen of
| "Chrk Castle" which weighed 81 pounds
This variety has just been introduced by
Mr.. BUST and the specimen was fine
one.
The Ingredients of commercial fertil.
izers upon which both Their agricultural
and commercial value depend are nitro
gen, phosphOric acid and potash. Sui
phuric acid and lime are also ALWAYS
present in superphOsphate in the shape of
plaster.
The sow that has litter of pigs requires
plenty of water. Her food sOnu d be sloppy
but pure water should be- provided also
She should also have mess of grass or
cur hay, steamed, with shorts middlings)
twice dav. Only a small allowance OF
corn meal is necessary.
The first thing to do before storing corn
in the CRIB is to have the crib raL-Br0of
and well protected against beating rains.
Rats will destroy more grain than the
most liberal estimate allows of loss and
the crib should be so protected as to Or >
vent them from getting in through any
source.
Fowls are so provided that they can
grind any kind Of rood eaten. Grinding
the food for them is therefore not neces.
sary, unless for the purpose of feeding a
mixture or variety that cannot be given
them in any other shape. They should
always have plenty Of gravel for grinding
purposes.
The Experiment Station of New Jersey
has demonstrated that the sugar from
cane worked Without leaf or snea h is OF
superior quality, while the expense of
evaporation is also lessened. All that is
now necessary to make sorghum sugar
manufacture O success is some cheap
method OF stripping the cane.
Rather than turn under heavy growth
of weeds up land where the VIII at is 10
be sOwn. better go to the trou nle OF cut
ting, raktng and burning them, for 1t is
impOss bic o grow maximum crops upon
bed of weeds. But better than cutting,
raking and burning is TO pillow before the
weeds have made much growth.
The New Hampshire Mirror saws that
there is habit OF retiring the old hens
and using pullets under the suppositon
That the former are useless after their
second year. This is a mistake. The hen
is in her prime in her fourth year. and her
eggs will hatch a larger percentage of
chicks than will eggs from pullets.
In storing away garden seeds place
them 10 wooden bags, with piece of gum
camphOr in each bag, and also dust the
seeds with insect powder. These methods
will protect the seeds against insects,
WHICH uesGIOy many hlHus, suCu as peas,
beans. etc. All seeds should be kept in
a dry place, and an examination OF them
should be made several times during the
winter.
The French, who export more pears
than any other nation, cover the inside OF
the boxes with spongy PAGER or dry moss,
which absorbs the moisture. EACH pear
is then wrapped In soft paper and placed
in layers IN the boxes, the largest and
least mature in the bottom, filing all in
terstoes with the dry moss. Thus they
will keep month or more. They are so
closely packed that though they cannot
touch each other, all motion is prevented.
If one decays the others are not harmed.