Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-05-24

"A farmer WITH quantl'lcS OF ex-
perience says: ''Of all the kin Is Of
cattle food | ever grew sweet fodder
corn is the bes'."
For fertilizing purposes there Is no
more valuable form Of pot ash than
wood ashes. The plants have digest
ell it once and adapted it 10 the use OF
all other plants.
Turn un Ter the weeds rs soon rs
they appear BY permitting them
to grow and seed they can be entirely
Grad Gated i'm short time.
"A sharp plow will save its cost in
a seasons work. All tho farm tools
and implements should be put in
proper order for spring work if not al
ready done.
Pick off all the blossoms that may
appear on your young straw berry
vines set out this spring. Do not allow
any Of the young plants to fruit. 1t
will inj ire their growth and lessen
their productiveness next season.
-D,rking fowls in this country
prove excellent layers, owing to fresh
importations of the breed. Formerly
they were closely inbred. Now they
are hard :, and are considered on, OF
the best breeds we have.
"A breeder Of poultry says; Every
spring | rocure quantity of ced ar
boughs and scatter them plcntifully in
and around the hcn-house. The odor
of cedar keeps away vcrmin. The
remedy is simple and elective
Bald Mountain, in North Carolina.
is again showing signs of q commo-
ton in its interior People living
near it think that it is really a SUM
bcring volcano. and expect some day
10 sec it burst out with food of lava.
Farmers should consider that corn
is not proper food for young stock.
1t will fattcn them, but docs not en-.
courage growth. A young animal
should be made TO secure bone and
heavy frame, not fat. II GIN be fat.
tened after maturity. 1t is simply
wasteful to feed corn to young stock,
"A forty or fifty pound lamb ready
for sale in May does not come up o.
its own accord, says the journal OF
Agriculture. Linseed meal is good fol
the lamb and the mother also. Cot
,on-sccd meal is also good. but IL the
feeding is generous a mixture with the
linseed is preferable,
Don't overlook the fact that n COW
is to great degree susceptible t,
training, not only as to docility and
tractabilitv. but as to the development
of the milking "habit" Experiment
will certainly convice any one Of this,
l-Ndtiondt Stockmam
Delaware, Georgia. Illinois ant
Wisconsin are credited with the sam,
number of mich cows rs a year ago
and in every other State and Territory
there has been an increase. Nebrask;
leading all other States, with sever
per cent increase, against an avorag,
of 2 8 per cent.
Mr. r. H. Bradley recently bough
the walnut timber on the Hughes
farm near Versailles. KY. anon,
which is one tree five feet in diametc
and forty-five feet 10 first limb Mr.
b has bought $4,000 worth of wal
nut in Woodforl County in the pas
two years.
Watermelon hills may be prepare,
IN this way: Lay off the rows ten fee
apart each wac. and at each intersec
ton dig hole two feet deep A
the bottom place few chips. thel
manure. Next make hill three fee
square. aud work plenty of manur
into the soil.
DR. Salmon says there are tw,
oulagious diseases known as hog
cholera. one affecting the bowels III
other the lungs The one is the gen
uine hog cholera. the other the swim
plague. 1t is possible for an ANNA
10 have both diseases at the same
time.
MIR. Miller. in the HusbaHdman
refers 10 the fact that recent expert
men's made by the Agricultural Col
ie-e of Michigan showed that ih
Hplslcin calves made the largest aver
age gain. on the least quantity Of foo
in a given time. of all standard breeds
xceli ,g even The shorthorns. III
gainways and the herefni5is. The NOR
Inc gooi qualities of this breed If ca
iie are known the better thew are al