The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11
Farm and Stock Notes.

the red spider.
Use liquid manure only for plants that
are in actual growth or in bloom.
Sulphur is the remedy used for the mil
dew in California vineyards with great sue
cess.
Young plants grown from healthy cut
| tings often give better satisfaction than the
| older overgrown stock.
All manure made on the farm contains
| the seeds of weeds, hence always endeavor
to decompose it before using.
The farmer who feeds sour swill to his
swine seldom realizes that it causes derange-
ment of the digestive organs and gives them
| diarrhpa.
| The pigs will be most thrifty if kept in
clean, dry pens and well Uttered, but will
make more weight on less feed if they shall
have run on clover lot.
In pruning roses, cutting back closely pro-
| duces, as rule, fewer blossoms of finer
| quality, while from those not SO closely
pruned will be obtained larger quantity
of smaller flowers.
Corn feeds near the surface of the ground
| All that is required in it's cultivation is to
keep the surface of the ground loose and
| fine. 1t is not necessary to tear up the roots
| by going down deep.
Strong liquid manure is injurious to young
| trees and vines. No manure or fertilizers
except ashes or bone meal should be applied
around young trees. Coal tar, when applied
to smooth-bark trees, will kill them.
The Texas advertiser recommends as
specific for cholera in swine and fowls the
leaves Of priczly pear, beaten and soaked
| in water, and allowing the animal treated
to have access to no other water
1t is not uncommon to find people taking
| off the leaves of tho grape in order that the
sun may color the fruit. Grapes color bet
ter under the shade of good healthy foliage
than when that foliage is removed.
The growing use of manure-spreading
| machinery necessitates more careful han
| ding and preparation of manure. Manure
from the compost heaps is i'll just the proper
mechanical condition for use in these ma
| chimes.
An English writer has Shropshire eve
| that recently dropped six lambs; two are
alive and doing well, the others are dead.
Another Shropshire dropped four lambs,
| all living, and two half-breeds three each,
all living.
1t is mistake to save the cream for a
| length of time i'll order to secure enough for
a churning, as is frequently the case whore
only one COW is kept. The old cream in
| jures tho new and the result is sometimes
bitter butter.
The practice of using the milk from
| COW in a day or two after the calves should
| be condemned Such milk is not in proper
condition for food, being ropy, and iniu es
young children who are compelled to use it,
| especially when such milk is added to that
| from other COWS that have been in milk for
several months
Wherever the orchard and poultry-yard
have been combined the trees grow fast and
| the hens lay well. The trees afford shade
to the hens and permit of their scratching
during all hours of the day, while the trees
| are not only protected from many kinds of
insects, but the droppings serve to fertilize
| them
The fence corners should be cleaned out
! before the weeds become thick. If weeds
and grass be allowed to remain in such
places until they produce seed the work of
Graduating weeds from the farm will be
lost. Many farms are overrun with weeds
every season by neglect of cleaning the har
| boring places for seeding.
The attacks of the rose-bug on rose bushes
is a serious drawback to the flower garden
Mr.. e. s. Carman states that the bugs can
be successful ly combated by the use of py-
rethrum insect POWDER. Use fresh pow
der, moisten two teaspoonfuls with alcohol
and slowly add two gallons of water Apply
| in the shape of fine spray over the bushes.
Milking seems to be getting moro and
more the work of a specialist, says the
| Rural Nel0 Yorker Good mixers on dairy
farms are generally sure of the best wages.
They get more milk than careless or indif-
ferent hands would; consequently they rep
resent so much cash saved to their en-
blowers. Some men are naturally good
mixers They have firm yet gentle hand
and a way of getting the cows best conf
| dence. No man can be good mixer until
he does get the cows confidence.