The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-16
Farm and stock Notes.


1t is claimed that board floors should not
be used in stalls for colts, as they are too
hard and cause injury to the feet. Nothing
IS as go as an earth floor for all animals
that nave tender feet
A large flock of hens do not thrive as well
as smaller flock, owing TO crowding and
competition. The scraps from the table
amount TO but little when given to large
hocks, but for few hens they are of adj
vantage and greatly reduce the cost.
Some one has calculated that honeybee
must insert its prOboscis 500 times into
clover blossoms before one grain IF sugar
can be obtained. As honey Goa aims three
fourths its weight OF dry sugar each pound
of honey represents 800, coo insertions of
the bees.
Ground bone is fertilizer that benefits
nearly all crops, can be applied at all sea-
SOS of the year, will not injure anv tree or
plant, is permanent and lasting in its effects
and is the CHEAP est form of fertilizer in
proportion to the benefit it imparts that can
be used.
IL barbed wire is used to confine hogs it
need not be very high. The bottom wire
should be about four inches from the
ground, and the next wire ten inches above
It, If sheep are iLcl )sed the strands should
be six inches apart for three feet from the
ground, as it requires a close wire fence to
confine sheep.
About one and a half pounds of corn will
suffice as grain ration for one sheep if the
animal is given all the hay or grass it de-
sires. The breeding ewes, however, should
be allowed oats in preference to corn. To
fatten a weather give a mess of cooked
turnlpS and corn meal, with the other food,
and it will gain rapidly.
A Nebraska fruit-grower thus states the
results obtained ON a small plot of ground
II sold 1,52S quarts of raspber les, which
Melted me $3.50 2S, and 796 quarts of black
berries, which he5ted $40. These were from
one and one-Sixteenth acres OF land (meas-
ured), and do not include the quantity
eaten, canned and given away"
The bronze is the largest breed of tur
key, and gobblers three years old have beer
known to weigh fifty pounds before be ins
| killed and dressed for market 1t is not a
very hardy freed, but does well wher
| crossed on the common variety. The white
| Holland turkey is smaller than the bronze
but is more active forager, and can secure
| nearly ali Of its food.
Cut straw as bedding for sheep keeps the
| dirt out of the wool, AID affords dry place
| for the sheep at night. The shed il which
| sheep remain at night should be frequently
cleaned in order to avoid Accommodations OF
| droppings. As the fall rains appr zach, anC
| the weather remains damp, sheep easily
take cold, which is accompanied with dis
charges at the nostrils Dry shelter anC
bedding will greatly assist in warding OF
this difficulty.
The bottoms of all manure pits, if large
| quantities of manure are to be accumulated
| should be we'll covered with cut straw
leaves, earth or any other absorbent ma
| terial. The heap should be made on stiff
clay land, # possible, SO as to avoid Leach
| ing Of the liquids into the subsoil. The
thicker the bottom is covered with absorb
| ground Is Lorous. The amount OF valuabl,
fertilizlng material carried down into tn
| ground and lost is enormous, and much o.
IL can be saved with care