The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-13
Farm and Stock Notes.

Out-N6tI- LIetS Will DGdl IuuSPltuLlllS
and thrive better than those that are larger.
1t is noticeable that the eye chooses more
frequently than the palate the fruit or vege-
tables to be purchased Notice the par
tiality for red apples and red Strawberries.
1t is suggested that farmers whose neigh
hors are at a distance establish horn signals
among themselves for protection against
burglars and to be used in cases of emer
gency.
1t makes no difference how the poultry
house is put upso thereis plenty of sunlight,
dry floor and all cracks and crevices closed.
The main objects should be drynesS and
warmth.
Plank floors are not good for horses to
stand upon. Hard floors of any sort in
stalls are injurious to horses feet. Dirt
floors are best, but they ought to be dry and
kept dry.
A Holstein- Friesian bull calf nearly six
monts old, weighing $50 pounds, is said by
a correspondent of the Breeders Gazette to
have been exhibited at the recent county
fair in Jasper county, la.
Use every precaution to avoid fire. Have
a convenient peg for each lantern in use in
the barn and never place light where it
may accidentally set fire to anything. Be
careful i'll leaving hot ashes around.
The main use of Shropshire rams, says
an admirer Of that breed, is in breeding
them to fine wool or common ewes. The
Shropshires are said to be very popular in
Michigan and flock well IN large herds.
For the amateur there is, perhaps, no
fruit more desirable to plant than the grape.
1t is inexpensive to get start with, 1t bears
early, it is productive and easily managed,
and as food it is delicious and wholesome
over long season.
The one-sided way of expecting dumb
animals to understand the owner and con-
form to his rules is disappearing before the
more sensible course, in which the owner
studies carefully the wants and desires of
the animal and endeavors to meet them in
diligently.
How much more will the inefficient cow,
the almost woolleSs old eve, the slab-sided
SOW and the superannuated old horse bring
in the spring than they will now! How
much will it cost to feed them in the mean
timer This is good problem for the boys
to figure on.
In no other country in the world are the
feathers of the barn-yard fowls SO reckleSsly
wasted as in our own. In France no part
of the fowl is wasted, unless, perhaps, it be
the intestines. The feet and heads are used
at the cheaper restaurants to give body to
the soups, etc.
The asparagus bed does not need mulch
to prevent injury from freezing as the
strawberry bed does What it requires at
this season is a coating of fine manure to
keep up necessary fertility. If the manure
be plowed under with a shallow furrow so
much the better The crown of the plant
should not be disturbed.
1t is we'll known that bees kept in one hive
for years are liable to disease and the at
tacks of worms. There was reason in the
old practice of taking up a certain portion
of the older hives every year, but with i'm
proved hives the bees can be transferred to
new quarters, and hence the ravages of the
bee moth may in great measure be pre-
vented.
The Dominique is a good layer, very
hardy, unexceptionable as mothers and
nurses, yet are not given to excessive incu-
baton and are good for the table. 1t grows
fat and feathers quickly, while its plain
homespun suit makes it very suitable for
countless localities where larger and more
valuable looking fowls would be imprudent
or out OF place.
The real destructive agent in Paris green
and London purple is arsenic. Although
these articles may be safely handled, yet
they should be used carefully. Animals or
fowls that eat food over which they may
have been busted or eat portions that may
have dropped will either die or be made
very sick. The articles should always be
labeled to avoid mistakes.
A correspondent of the Culticator says
that his advice is: "If the farmer be keep
ing fne-wool, blooded sheep not to change;
but if the farmer be keeping the common
scrub sheep, or perhaps none at all, then
my advice would be to start with some
large, coarse-wool, mutton sheep, the wool
suitable for combing. The lambs Of such
sheep are quite an item Of profit"
Give ducks access to puddles, shallow
streams and marshy ground in the spring
and they will return every night filed to
their necks with animal and vegetable food
obtained from the water, which is perfectly
natural ana all that is required for constant
egg production. But let there be drought
or deprive the ducks of their natural food
and their Smelling OUT will be very I'M
certain unless material for egg -making be
artificially supplied.