The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
Farm and Stock Notes.

The 40, 100000 hogs raised in the country
are valued at S200,000.G00. The Mississippi
Valley claims to have raised three-fiftnS of
the number.
Hickory-wood ashes fed to colts frequent
ly Will rid them of worms. Scaldsd oars
and bran is splendid feed for young stock.
After pouring on the not water, cover and
let stand in a warm place from one feed I'M
til the next
When pear trees refuse to grow and ap-
pear dormant cultivate them well and a =
ply plenty of wood ashes around them. Trim
back tue wood and give The trunks good
washing with strong soapsuds.
The greatest enemy of the birds is the
family cat. She kills the young as soon as
Matched, and does much of her work of da-
structiol at night.
The earliest crops come off the land that
is well drained. A damp soil requires a
niger time to become warm. thorough
drainage pays.
The International exhibition of horses,
etc., to be held in Paris in 1889, has been
liked definitely from sept. l to TO- The
prizes have been largely increased, and the
highest for the besU horse In the exhibition
viii DO 10000 francs.
Among the points of a good dairy COW
mentioned by DR.. Law i'll a recent papsr
were development of abdo men, de tn and
breadth of body posteriorly, evidences of
large blood vessels, fileuess of the boay
structure. looseness, pliancy and elasticity
Of the skin, abundance OF Sebaceous secre-
tions
At the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station Director w. A. Jordan Conducted
ex ..eriments with swine, covering Il period
of 1914 days, with meal or whole corn fed
with raw potatoes and milk. Prof. Jordan
says the cost per hundred POUNDS of live
weight was % cents greater with corn meal
than with whole corn above the expense of
grinding.
Grow only such crops as have been found
best adapted to your soil and climate. Any
attempt to grow something that is not well
adapted TO the soil increases the cost of pro-
duction AMI lessons the profit. All new
varieties should first be tested in small plots
before attempting to grow general crop
.herefrom.
A hen that lays 100 eggs per year, the
eggs averaging eight to the pound, produc s
more IN weight tuan does d hen tnan lays
100 eggs year that weigh twelve 10 the
pound. Eggs should be sold by weight. 1t
is not always the hen that lays The K eater
number of eggs that is the more servicea-
bic.
Feed the brood sows that have filters of
pigs literally on warm, sloppy food. Skim
is difficult to obtain give her all the sea- de !
ground grain she can eat, with a mess Of
cooked ,urnlps or potatoes, to which has
been added pint OF linseed meal.
Tho most dlsagreeable thing on the farm
in winter is mud, and, although it cannot
be entirely avoided, yet some of its disad-
vantages may be overcome by carefully
drain ng every loca ion that allows an ex-
cess of water to accumulate. When the
cattle are compelled to stand knee-deep in
mud there is a loss of animal heat, and q
greater portion of food will be required to
k ep them in condition.
Farmers situtes and clubs have done
mucn to educate Tue farmers TO knowledge
OF better systems Of agriculture. The al
vantages are The expressions OF individual
experience. wnlch often brings on beneficial
discussions of special subj cts Cooperative
effort in procuring thoro lghbred stock, aud
the making of experiments aid improve
ment and add To The - ealLn of suoh a COM
munity. The winter is the appro riate
time for such organizations, and the children
should also be induced in some manner to
become interested.