The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-27
Farm and Stock Notes.

The annual consumption of wheat over
the whole world has been estimated at
,, l65, 600, 900 bushels.
Old fruit cans, berry baskets and egg
shells are excellent in which to grow early
plants for transplantng.
France now has a swine plague, which
her scientists are investigating, and it may
be that she will soon be glad to get Ameri-
can pork.
A great waste on any farm is the care
and keeping of poor old horses never fit for
rugged service. The cost is usually greater
than for animals of full strength and use
fulness.
The LIQUIDS of the stable are from three
to six times as valuable as the solid portions
and it pays to save such. The best mode
Of so doing is to use some kind of absorbent
material.
Prof. Curtis says: For a lasting grass,
and to endure all the changes of weather
and climate. | consider the red-top the best.
All kinds OF stock relish the hay and also
the pasture from it.
The cost of corn for simply keeping the
hogs of the United States warm has been
estimated at S75, 600, COO that being the diff
ference between fattenng the hogs in cold
weather and in summer.
The Orange County Farmer thinks that
of fruit, remarkng that the consumption
of grapes has increased faster than the sup
ply, and that such will be the case for years
to come.
Here is a good warm breakfast for forty
fowls: Boil a heaping half-peck Of potatoes,
mash them, add one quart each of shorts
and bran, tablespoonful each of salt and
pepper; add hot water enough to mix into
a stiff dough.
Prof. Arnold is quoted as saying that the
amount of evaporated fruit now entering
into commerce is not far from 100000
80 pound cases annually. In view of this
vast aggregate economical production be-
comes study.
Hens that are laying may be literally fed
on variety, as the production of eggs will
cause an appropriation of all the food to
that purpose; but hens not laying must be
fed sparingly or they will become too fat
and fail to lay.
A new forage plant, called the asperset,
from Germany, which is said to thrive on
the dry, sandy locations. where but little
rain falls, and which is highly relished by
all classes of stock, is expected TO be intro
duced into this country.
Poultry droppings make the best of ma
nure for the garden. If you have not al
ready built a tight bin for their preserva-
ton you should do so at once. Their
droppings will buy one-third of what they
will eat in twelve months.
A single diseased animal may entail loss
in a community amounting to thousands of
dollars. 1t cost Missouri 81, 10000 and ten
months time to stamp out pleuro-pneumo-
mia, while the loss to the cattlemen of Ken
lucky has reached fully S2,000000.
At the show of the New York Poultry
Exchange, held in Madison Square last
month, bronze turkey was exhibited that
stood feet inches high, measured A feet
s inches in length, had a spread of wings
from tip to tip of feet 4inches, and weighed
4S14 pounds.
IncubatOrs are now established all over
the country, and in experienced hands have
been demonstrated as far superior to hens
for Matching early broilers, as they can be
put i'll operation at any time, thus enabling
the operator to get the broilers in market
at any period desired.
It is fact, says a Vermont man, that the
low price of wool, which has caused dim
mutton in the number Of sheep kept in that
State, is responsible for diminished fertility
of the farms. Farmers turned their atten-
ton to raising hay, selling it and returning
nothing to the land, and the exhaustive
process resulted in the loss of fertility.
A certain proportion of animal heat must
be created daily from the food, or that
stored as fat in the body will be resorted to
in order to counterfeit the effect of cold.
There is no ''standstill" in the matter, as
animals are either losing flesh or gaining.
Every pound lost causes a real loss of two,
as the time and expense of regaining that
which is lost will be doubled.
The peach growers of Maryland and Della
ware have decided to request the Legisia-
lures of those States to enact laws com
polling the destruction Of all trees affected
by the ''yellows.n This is an important
matter and demands the attention of all
peach growers, as the 'yellows," when once
it appears in a section Of country, is very
damaging, the disease being contagious.
There is big cider mill in Northwestern
Pennsylvania and the farmers around there
cart away the pomace as fast as it Is made
TO feed to their mich cows One man be-
gan at once feeding peck OF pomace, night
and morning, to each COW, and noticed an
immediate increase in the flow of milk. The
cows kept increasing in milk and flesh as
the ration of pomace was increased, which
finally reached buFhe and a half per day