Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-05-10
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HERE AND THERE.

HERE AND THERE.
1T is more profitable to keep a few
bees in roomy quarters than many in
close. small rooms.
There is no danger of growing
too much fruit of good quality, but it
is an easy matter to overstock the
market with an inferior article.
-Stagnant water on the farm is the
hot-bed of disease. and annually will
cause ten times the loss equal to an
amount appropriated for draining it
of.
Sheep must have dry location at
night Dampness is fatal to sheep.
being the cause of distemper, while
wet pasture fields conduce to foot-rot.
Winter seals up the gases and de-
stroys foul odors, but as the spring
opens the necessity for some kind of
absorbent in the stalls becomes more
impor tant. The health of the animals
depends upon the cleanliness of the
stalls.
When the udder of COW becomes
hard prolonged bathing of the udder
with warm water is the best remedy.
Use the water freely and rub The udder
during the applications; then wipe it
dry. Ii should be repeated daily un ii
relief be given.
There never was n time when the
demand for good horses was so great
rs now Good stud horses of every
description have all the work they can
do, and mares, in many instances,
have TO be turned away. -Rrat World
--Proprietors of first-class hotels
and res aurants state that thcre is
more difficulty in obtaining superior
mutton than any other kind of meat,
poultry or game. If this DO true it
should be hint to farmers in all Sec
tons of the country.
If a hen should lay two eggs q
week she would more than pay for
her food and use of the quarters. All
over that number should DO profit.
Four eggs a week, however. would
give double the profit derived from
three eggs in the same time.
DO not get the bees out of the cell
lar too soon. or a cold snap may over
take them. On clear warm days they
will como out and clean the hive. but
care must be used to not have the
hive in a warm location until danger
of storms shall have passed.
commissioner Colman has esti-
mated that the introduction of one
bull with rleuro-pneumonia into Mis-
souri, cost the people of that Slato 81, :
900, 600. And the introduction of one
into Kentucky cost that State 50. 900. :
000 The outbreak at Chicago cost
Illinois more than 81, 900. 900.
The garden should be made as
fine as possible. If large the karro W
should be used, and the ground gone
over dozen times If necessary. After
this let the rake be used. Too much
work can not be given to the prepara-
ton of the garden. Not a single clod
or lump should be allowed on it
Rotation of crops battles. in q
measure. the root enemies. both insect
and fungus that prey upon them.
Each plant has its own peculiar
enemies. and changing of plants re
moves them to fields unoccupied by
such enemies This is true of the
enemies of the above-ground growth
of plants to an important degree.
1t is just as importa MT with horses
to breed for intelligence as 1t is with
the human race. A dumb, stupid coli
can never be educated to be valuable
horse. Without intelligence it will
always be sluggish, and will never
have an attachment to its master, mol
manifest any disposition 10 obey and
serve him as a pleasure. Most intel.
ligent horses are naturally docile. oil
can be easily trained to be kind. re,
liable. and even affectionate.
An Iowa man writes to the St
Louis Journal of agriculture as fol.
lows: Il had 100 sheep year ago
They were fed on hay and straw, ne
grain. One was drowned in tn,
spring; sold $3.50 worth of wool; RAISED
so lambs; l died when 2 months old
SS had lambs; l of the old sheep died
sold $40 worth of sheep; 6 were kill
ed by dogs and have l0S sheep in til,
flock now. better sheep than l had las
year"
"A Farm and Garden correspondent
writes: Il wish all ho-semen knew
the value of sunfower seed. 1t is no
only one of the best remedies fO
the heaves but horse can be entirely
cured by giving half pint twice
day in his feed. ! took an otherwis,
valuable young horse last fall whicl
was so stiff that you could hardly ge
il out of its stall. aud in two week
you would no; know that any Thin,
vas the matter with it and it has besI
al right ever since"