The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-19


IN driving horses on the road let them
orinK at every opportunity; dozen times
d Jay In summer IS not too often.
II for any reason you allow calf to
SUCK the COW, care must be taken to draw
calf. - '1'
4, A Judicious allowance OF bran or oats at
TINS season Of the year will increase the milk
supply and fortify the cows system for
larger production during the fall and win
Inc Colorado potato beetle has been Oh
served In Central Mississippi this year, 1t is
sald that this pest has never been noticed so
lar south IN that longitude before.
Inc freshest eggs are the heaviest, and
when placed in water will sink to the
potion at once; older eggs will sink par
TALLY to the bottom, while stale eggs float
on top.
Don't forget to keep your poultry-house
well whitewashed 1t can be done oace a
month and benefit your stock. IL you re-
spect the health of your flocks their houses
must be kept clean.
1t will be noticed that Texas stockmen
md profit in feeding boiled cotton-,ee If
English farmers can afford to feed cotton
SEED meal American farmers can afford to
iced the entire seed.
One great secret of the development of a
helIer Tor the dairy consists in putting off
the return of progeny for a period of not
less than four months, and better six
months, after the birth of the first calf
Charcoal is a wonderfully useful article
10 iced to poultry. 1t acts on the blood aud
tones 1t up, the results OF which are readily
noticeable in the bright color of the comb
ana wattles aud activity displayed by the
chicken itself.
A small amount of crude carbolic acid
about tablespoonful in a gallon of soap
suds) poured in the sink-hole will DESTROY
IouI odor and also prevent the propagation
OF flies, as the acid destroys the maggots.
The soapsuds assist in preserving the
ammonia of the sink
Ensilage and the silo are not beyond the
ability Of the small farmers. The SUPPOSE
ton that ensilage can only be used on large
farms is erroneous. 1t costs very little to
construct silo, while ensilage is more
easily grown and prepared than corn
fodder
There is no article of food of which the
consumption is so regular as that of eggs.
lhey are as Indispensable as bread and meat
and 1t matters not whether the Trices are
high or low, the demand still continues and
yearly increases.
Do not attempt to save the seeds of pump
klns, melons or squash unless the vines for
that purpose are grown at distance from
all other varieties of the same family. The
pollen of such plants is carried quite a dis
lance by the winds, and also by insects
Two or more varieties will fertihze the
blossoms of each.
Once in full year should be considered
often enough for q mixer to bear calf,
and for younger COWS once in from four
teen to sixteen months. Older cows that
may be considered fully developed and of
established habit, cows s or 10 years of age,
may, If their calves are of great value, be
put to rapid breeding.
Farm and Home says: ITO keep cows
from kicking when being MIXED let a strap
be buckled around the COW jus forward OF
the hip booes a I'd allowed to como nearly to
the floor. In this let the mixer put his foot
as it hangs, drawing it tight over the kick
ers back, and she will usually keep her feet
on the floor.
A Lamb Club" has been formed by a
party of Tennessee sheep men for tho pur-
pose of breeding and selling spring lambs
the best advantage, says the Rural Ne10
Yorker. The lambs are sent to the New
York market, great pains being taken ia
secure the best possible specimens as well a
to snip them in good condition. By com
bining and concentrating their business the
me- noers OF the club are enabled to cure
loves rates Of transportation and to present
lambs of uniform grade.
1t will often be found that COWS will pre-
| fer to drink stagnaut water, even almost
| filthy, from pools, rather than to take tina
| fresh drawn from the we'll 1t is not the
cleanness of the well water that the COWS
object to, but it's GOODNESS. Leave the well
wa or in tubs or troughs exposed to the air
a few hours in summer. The cows will
drink more freely, give more milk and dc
better every way for it, Filthy water they
should not be allowed to drink, at least
while giving milk.