The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
Farm and Stock Notes.

rlIe Is Une DeSU preventive OF disease In
orchards and vineyards. If all the old wood
be piled up and burned it will greatly lessen
| disease and insect attacks. 1t should be
| done early in the season.
Southdown rams are the best for crossing
on small native breeds in order to produce
excellent mutton. The ewes from such cross
should be mated with Oxford or Shropshire
rams if larger size be desired.
Prof. Long says that in one year Great
Britain imports 257, 000,000 pounds of but
ter, requiring, upon the ordinary estimate,
773,00o, 900 gallons of milk to make it. This
milk in its turn would require for its pro-
duction ], 7l7,000 cows.
A well-balanced ration, fed at regular
hours and in regular quantities, with atten-
ton to water, salt, bedding and all the points
which go to make the animals comfortable,
will save money, particularly in a season
when feed is high priced.
There are 1900 acres of vineyards along
the Hudson River Valley, N. Y, and the
average yield is four tons to the acre. At
&c per pound this means $240 per acre to
the grower. Some grow larger crops than
this average and realize at least $500 per
acre in the sales.
According to the agricultural returns
there are 2 ,299, 1923 pigs in Great Britain. as
compared with 1921 AIS in 1886, an increase
tributed to the cheapness of potatoes and
barley meal and the higher prices now OBJ
tainable for this description of stock
The utility of windmills on the farm is
now very generally recognized and they are
seen dooting hundreds of farms where five
years ago none were to be found. A West
ern farmer writes that with his windmill he
grinds all kinds of feed, makes good arti-
Gle of corn-meal and Graham -four, shells
4 ~ = L
saw.
When the farmers are advised to give
warm water to stock, it should always be
understood that if above blood heat it
should have feed of some kind stirred in il
to make it palatable; bran or corn meal will
do. If given to them clear it should be, for
the best results, only little warmer than
ordinary spring water; the icy chill entirely
removed.
Any soil upon which water does not re-
main during winter, says writer in Vich'S
Magazine, can be made to grow small fruits :;
in fact, any soil which will produce weeds
VIII grow them; but as there are few soils
which can produce two crops at the same
time, it is better not TO try to grow a crop
of weeds and a crop of Strawberries on the
same soil together.
To quickly rot a heap of rough manure
add small proportion Of lime and wet the
loss of gaseous matter, but this loss NAV be
prevented by frequently turning the heap
and sprinkling kainit over the materials.
The heap must be carefully managed ard
as soon as the heat genera ed therein shall
have reduced it to proper condition it
should be spread on tho land.
A writer in the London Lice Stock Jour
nal claims the following advantages of
cross-bred poultry as stock for the farmer:
l. CroSs-bred chickens are less liable to dis
ease. 2. They grow rapidly 3. Indvidu
atty is not wholly lost by crossing. T. The
laying qualities Of several breeds, and of
poultry generally, will be improved by
crossing. 5. Cross-bred fowls will, as a rule,
attain greater size than if pure bred
Major Alvord, of Amherst, Mass. has for
several years kept an accurate record of the
milk yield of summer mixers and those OF
winter, the latter kept under favorable con-
ditions, ard has found that winter mixers,
as a rule, give about 1000 pounds more mi K
in a season than spring mixers. AS winter
milk is always better than the summer
quality, this 1000 pounds of milk should be
worth at least Sig more than the summer
yield. With dairy of % cows this would
be S30O-enough for man and his wife TO
go in August to the White Mountains on u
tour or, better, perhaps, to buy three or four
more irst-class dairy Jerseys, and thus add
to the income Of the following season.