The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
Farm and stock Notes.

The most experienced swine rasers dc
not think it profitable to go beyond 250 to
800 pounds in weight.
Breeding Sows and young pigs should be
fed plentifully with wheat bran and other
muscle-formi9g and bone-growing foods.
The general sentiment, as expressed by
Iowa breeders, is that tn, steer SHOULD be-
made to weigh l. 400 to l 800 pounds at p to
80 months old.
Under ordinary circumstances 20 feet is
close enough to plant trees around the
| house. If tall growing varieties are lected
they will afford considerable protection
against lightning.
Butter at 40 cents pays good profit tc
| the producer, but there is a wide range be-
tween Is cents for poor and 40 cents for
good butter, when it takes as much cream
to make one as the other.
OF the As, 900 900 or more of cattle in the
Unite ed States Texas is estimated to tave
4, 724, 053, the value of which reaches the
sum Of sec, 51S, $50. There are more cat
tie in Texas than in any other sta e, bat
in value New York, Illinois and Iowa
lead
Every farmer is interested in good roads.
None but experienced road overseers
should be selected, and the tax required
for good road repair, if properly applied, is
money well inv, s.ed Gooi roads save val
liable horses and avoid loss of time by the
farmer
Aim to produce something of better
quail y tlat can be found il the market.
Quantity of produce does not always insure
profit. While the market may BE- we'll sup
piled with all the products OF the farm
there is al yays room for something better,
and st high prices
Feed the Giants by feeding the ground.
By robbing the soil you rob yourself
Nothing is gained by attempting to grow a
crop upon land that cannot supply the
necessary plant food. The labor and time
will only be wasted The crop may thrive
for a while, but it will fail at a critical
period.
Prof Collier told the New York dairy
men the other day, that he believed. as he
believed in his own existe nee, t at f tn Y
would knock in he head one-half their
cows three-quarters of them would be bet
ter off l. may be the professor is correct.
for an inferior COW is pretty poor piece Of
property.
More meat, and better meat, and in a
shorter space of time can be produced from
poultry than from any other source, and
the supply from poultry equals that of any
other class of live stock. 1t gives an op-
portunity to those of limited means, and
the profits are always large in proportion to
capital invested.
Early blowing exposes the soil to the ac-
tion OF the rain, frost and sun, and the ear
lier the work is done the finer win be the
particles of earth and the more avail bic
I plant food. Quite a number of insects
will also be exposed to the surface, while
the loosening of the soil also permits the
ground to become warm early.
Many breeders areengazed on the prob
lem Of creating new sheep, says a writer
in an exchange, and it will be sati-fac orily
elucidated in uue time. Breeding for wool
and mutton can be combined as we'll as
breeding fowls for weight and qu lily Of
carcass and quantity Of eggs, which have
been 50 much improved of late years.
1t is estimated that the area Of unre-
claimed swamp and marsh land in the
United States that can be drained and
brought under cultivation is eqla to that
Of al, the cultivated lands, or I early 800
900, 900 acre Mucn of this land could be
reclaimed without much difficulty or ex-
pense, and would make farm land of great
value