The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-13
Farm and stock Notes.

A poor tool on the farm imposes a tax
upon the user every day it is employed,
often greater in year than the whole price
of good tool
After careful experiments a dairyman
concludes that bran is profitable for the
milkman, but that oats are much more prof
liable for the buttermaker.
The old advice to treat a COW as lady is
first-class advice. Ii anybody cannot do
that, and milk rapidly and thoroughly, better
not attempt to milk at all.
Hay contains the largest amount of nutri-
me t per acre when somewhat past the
bloom, but the proportion of nutriment
per ton Is greater when cut at an earlier
stage.
1t is estimated that the food of one cow
and 100 hens is 20 cents Ter day on an aver
age. AS TO which will prove the more
profitable depends on the mode Of manage
ment.
Geese may be picked every ten weeks. Old
geese should be kept for breeding, and the
surplus gOslings marketed as soon as they
are large enough.
No aged SOW that has proved herself
good breeder and sucker should be disposed
of to make room for young and untried
Sows as lolIg as she will raise large filters of
good pigs.
An enthusiast says that the silo will make
dimples on the faces of a good many dairy
men, aud that if they fill the silo according
to the latest light on the subject, they will
never regret it.
Not only should skim milk be warmed
when it is fed to calves but it should also be
warmed when it is fed to young pigs. The
fact is that cold milk is just about poison
to the bowels of any young animal that it is
fed to. Not only should it always bo warm
when it is fed. but it should invariably be
sweet.
Add to the capacity of your farm by add
ing to the strength of the soil. Many farms
of so acres produce more and are more
easily cultivated thal other farms of 100
acres. Ii you can double tho productive
ness of your farm you will more than dou-
BILE its value.
The weighing of the milk, testing of the
COWS, and knowing to dollar what one is
doing, is great help to the dairy farmer.
IL enables HIM to get rid OF poor mixers
and replace them with good CUES, and the
latter cost no more to keep and aid handle
than the former.
The experiments of Dr. Vcelcker, of the
Royal society of England, prove that man
nre gradually depreciates by keeping, even
under the very best manage nent. IL gains
in water and loses in valuable organic mat
ter which IS spent i'll tho terr' eni alton. 1t
stands to reason, If this be true, that the old
fashioned method of turning and working
over manure for six months before useing is
wasteful and to be avoided.
Noimplement needs better care an those
that are costly or difficult 10 construct
Some of them are used but a short time
during the year, such as harvesters. They
should be we'll cleaned, and every part sub
ject to rust given a brushing over with
kerosene. If convenient, expe 1sive ma
chiuery should be covered, as during the
winter there is always an accumulation of
dust that does more or less damage to imple-
ments.
A lack Of pasturage must be supplied in
the form of some other kind of food If the
number of cattle be few and the pasture
field large, with abundant growth, but little
grain will be required for growing stock,
though mich cows should be fed all they
will eat Where the cattle are compelled
to forage over the pasture a mess of grain
will be required at night in order to keep
them in proper condition and increase their
growth.
A great many more men can succeed on
small than on large farms. In this latter
case it may be almost said there is no real
success, the money apparently male being
gerally less taan fair interest on the capital
invested. This is proved by the fact that
those who try to farm Oh "a large scale on
borrowed capital are nearly sure 10 fail. Men
who try to farm moderately are equally
sure of moderate though substantial sue
cess.
A garden magazine says not one-tenth of
the people of the United States ever tasted
an apricot, yet they may be successfully
grown wherever peaches grow. California
is one of the largest apricot-producmg
states, and the fruit is there produced far
beyond the possibility of utilizing il.
Large quantities are canned for the mar
kets of the world, but the fruit is abundant
ly grown in family orchards, from which
none finds its way to canneries or other
markets.
A large English farmer says that his ma
nure. which is taken from the stables and
piled up under shed all winter, is worth in
the spring four times as much as that which
has been exposed to the weather. This is
undoubtedly nearly correct if the exposure
be a bad one, such for example as throwing
the manure out of the stable window aud
letting it rest in pile against the side of the
sta BILE exposed to the rain dripping from the
roof. In this way most of the tertilizing
salts are drained out of it into the earth be-
low the heab or are washed away in the
overflow of the yard, and the manure is left