The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-16
Farm and Stock Notes.

Ut. salmon says Unere are TWO contagious
diseases known as hog cholera, one affecting
the bowels, the other the lungs. The one is
the genuine hog cholera, the other the swine
plague 1t is possible for an animal to have
both diseases at the same time.
The Persian Rose Muscaette tobacco is
said to be one of the earliest varieties, of
vlgororous growth, attaining height of
about five feet The leaves are said to be
very large, finely ribbed, and when well
cured very elastic, of light brown color and
mid flavor
Many believe that corn has a higher nu-
tritive value if cut when the grain is well
formed. Dr. Collier has made more than
100 analyses of corn fodder in all stages of
growth, which prove that the fodder actu
ally increases in nutritive value until the
ears shall have become ripe.
The bright spring days will cause the
young pigs to grow rapidly. Turn them on
grass as soon as they are ten weeks old, but
gradually at first or they may have the
scours. 1t will cost but very little to raise
a few pigs if they be given the privilege of
a small grass plot and fed twice day.
Farmers who keep sheep should not for
get that wool is only product of the sheep.
The real profit to be derived is not so much
from the wool as from mutton and lambs.
Wool may be low and fail to give profit,
yet sheep and lambs may pay we'll The
sheep industry may be profitable, even
though but little demand exists for wool.
If a hen be properly fed she will continue
to lay without desiring to incubate. She
should not be allowed to become fat The
supposition that hen lays certain num-
Der of eggs, or a clutch, or glitter" as it
is sometimes called, is erroneous. If prop
erly fed hen will continue to lay until the
period shall have arrived for her to mott
Bees should be furnished water if good
supply be not close at hand. In early spring
water may be set out to them, to which may
be added a little salt. Take salt barrel
that has just been emptied, soak it in water
and set it near the apiary, and the bees will
show how they appreciate such tonic.
A housewife says it is moisture. not heat,
that causes honey to sour She has kept it
well for year on top of the kitchen cup
board and not more than eight feet from the
stove. Still it is good advice to store in a
cool, dry place, as in such temperature the
Matching of any eggs of the wax-moth that
may be present can be prevented.
When stock is turned on the pasture, and
there left all day. the water supply must be
looked after A mich COW must have plenty
of water. She cannot wait until she is
driven up at night. The water is neces-
sary constituent of the milk, and she must
have it during the time the milk is being
manufactured. If deprived of water dur
ing the warm days her supply of milk will
fall off.
There is but one secret in preserving eggs
and that is to keep them in a cool place, the
nearer 40 ABOVE zero the better, but not
over co.. The eggs should be turned two
or three times a week. Eggs from hens not
in company with cocks viii keep fresh twice
as long as will those that are fertile. No
packing material is necessary. Simply lay
them on racks and keep them cool
The average of usefulness of the dairy
cow is probably less team ten years. To get
this length of usefulness out of herd, says
the DdiT7jndR, the cows must be from a
breed of strong and robust constitutions.
Can this be done with COWS of exquisite
symmetry, with delicate bony head, thin
withers, fine bone and all so-called surplus
joints fined away until this race horse car
ries no extra flesh and bones whatever
The wheat production of India, which
has been bugEear to many in this country
and Europe, is not likely to experience any
sudden or extraordinary increase. For the
last four years the crop has averaged 262, =
937, 81 bushels, but the crop of lSS4-5 was
60,000, 600 bushels, and that of 1856 was
20,000,000 bushels more than the crop of
1857. The area under wheatremains year
after year, pretty uniformly, about q, 900,
600 acres. DIN
The little red mites will infest the hen
house in countless numbers on the approach
of warmer weather The cheapest and most
effective method of getting rid of the YER
min is to add a quart of kerosene oil to three
gallons of strong soapsudS and sprinkle the
mixture wherever it can be applied If
forced into the cracks and crevices with a
hand force-pump 1t would be all the better
There is no better diet for growing pigs of
any age than wheat mill feed. This is much
better than bran, which is too coarse, and
goes through young pigs without doing
them much good. In fact, pigs will not eat
bran unless starved to it more than growing
pigs ought to be. If given bran in milk
they will drink the latter and leave the
bran in the trough. If cormneal be mix, d
with wheat bran the meal will be sifted out
and the bran left. This pigs cannot SO we'll
do if the feed be finer.
A writer in the RoraL NeW Yorker says
that the Holstein- Friesian breeders have got
the best breed of cows for milk on the face
of the earth; there is no other breed that
can show up anywhere near them. They
had been bred for one special purpose
milk-many years before American breed
ers got hold of them and began to improve
them and they have improved them. But
he adds that they cannot have the COW; it
is out of the question.
A Farm aud Garden correspondent
writes: | wish all horsemen knew the value
Of sunflower seed. 1t is not only one of the
best remedies for the heaves, but a horse
that has recently foundered can be entirely
cured by giving half pint twice a day for
a while in his feed / took an otherwise
valuable young horse last fall which was so
stiff that you could hardly get it out of its
stall, and in two weeks you would not know
that anything was the matter with it, and
it has been all right ever since"
The following occurs in a recent address
before farmeIs' institute: Be assured that
when the roll call of successful farmers is
ordered, he who refuses to experiment, who
will not expend dollar unle.s he sees two
at the door knocking for admittance, whose
movements for regular monotony outrival
the seasons, whose footprints of this year fit
snugly into those Of the past, who occa-
sionally puts doubt at rest by pricklng him
self to make sure that he is yet in the flesh,
will fail to respond.
Popular Science.
Wood pulp is rapidly being substituted