The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-01
Farm and Stock Notes.

Lice in the poultry house must be kept
down. On the first approach Of warm
weather the pests will begin to breed rapidly
and overrun the entire premises.
A hawk usually alights before attempting
to catch chick in order to make observa-
ton. Fasten steel trap on tall POLE, and
the chances are that the hawk will alight
thereon and be caught
Uneached ashes possess fertilizing quail
ties far beyond the estimated value OF pot
ash therein, as lime and phosphorc acid are
also constituents. Leached ashes may also
be used with advantage on soils deficient in
lime or potash.
Foul odors in milk, contracted from the
foul air of stables, from unsuitable food or
fro filth introduced into the milk in the
process of milking or otherwise, cannot be
entirely removed by aeration. In these
cases prevention is the best cure.
To guard against rust on seed soak it in a
strong solution of sulphete Of copper Corn
especially should be treated in this way. If
the spores are not destroyed the rust will
appear in the crop. Too much care cannot
be exercised in selecting seed corn.
A correspondent says: 1.-THE best remedy
l can get for tee hair falling from a horses
tail or name is to take a small quantity of
coal oil and rub it well into the tail for a
few days; not too much, or it will blister
With lard and beeswax 1 apply it often to
make the hair grow on dogs"
The farmer who thinks there can be moth
ing new in agriculture should remember
that thirty or forty years ago his grand
father thought the same way. 1t is fact,
agriculture has made more advancement
during the past ton years than il any other
ten years of the worlds history.
Very often the opinion prevails that most
kind of unAFLarq good anOuDh for
the pigs. Other animals are given plenty
of room and plenty of fresh air, while the
pigs are huddled in close and crowded pens
Make the hog house roomy and construct
1t in such way as to admit the light.
Spring is a critical time with all classes
of stock, although the season is warmer,
due to exposure to high winds and damp
weather. When the air is saturated with
moisture the animal will feel its effects
more severely than wien the weather is
cold aud dry. A shelter should always be
provided to serve as a windbrake.
Oats grown in England and Scotland
weigh fifty pounds to the bushel, while the
same seed grown in this country will give but
forty pounds, and in three seasons reach
the usual weight Of oats In this country,
which is twenty eight to thirty pounds to
the bushel. The reason is that the climate
Of Great Britain is better adapted to the de-
velopment Of this grain than ours.
Few farmers appreciate the great fer
ence between poorly feeding poor stock
and at loss, and the liberal feeding that
can be afforded TO stock Of better character.
Keeping Improbable stock ruins more
farmers than any other one cause. They
work hard and live economically, but the
losses from stock that does not pay for its
keep consume all and more than they can
make.
no doubt, says Henry Stewart, the rea-
son why SO many pigs suffer from apoplexy
and nervous diseases arising from indiges-
ton while fattening, is that they have not
sufficient liquid food Linseed meal or
other oil meal is not desirable food for
pigs at any time; nor is cob-meal desirable,
Tor the reason that the pigs stomach is
small aud naturally adapted for consen-
trated food.