The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-30
Farm and Stock Notes.

Sheep and cattle should have separate
hay racks, as the rams are sometimes very
vicious, and may do injury.
Stake lime may be kept ready for use if
placed in keg or barrel and covered with
water.
The New York Tribune says that lard
softened with kerosene until it will just
flow in summer heat makes as good oil +
mowers, etc, as that sold by dealers at 100
it.
Cottonseed meal is more nutritious than
linseed meal. but the latter is preferred,
owing to its beneficial effects on the animals
in regulating digestion.
Willows along the banks Of a stream
greatly aid in protecting the soil from wash-
ing should floods occur. Willows are easily
grown from cuttings.
Ashes make u splendid fertilizer for young
grass that is just springing up, and en-
aules it to root well before cold weather
comes on.
Simply brush over the seed sown on the
grass plot. Some seeds are very small aud
light, aud the harrow teeth may cover them
too much.
Do not color butter too much when add
ing artificial colJring matte Overly col
ored butter looks as mo IN as an article per-
fectly white.
A large number Of horses have died in
Ch Gag it is claimed, from drinking impure
water. What about the effect upon the
cow Of that stagnant water she is d linking,
friend?
Nothing, on a farm is more valuable than
well-cured hay, aud it saouid be fed to stock
instead of being sold. The price usually OBJ
tanned for hay in tue market is less than its
real feeding value
They get at the real value of cow in
Sussex county, N. j., by selling her at so
much a quart. Thus if The cow gives
twenty quarts of milk daily she is worth
81 so quart, or $50. The purchaser keeps
the COW on trial for few days.
Don't let earth or rubbish accumulate
around the silis of the barn or sheds; if you
do it will noe be maay years before the ex-
pense and trouble of u new sill Will have to
be incurred.
Instead Of using the inferior apples for
making cider, to be converted into vinegar,
only the sound, unblemlshed fruit should be
put in the press, as the quality of the cider
Is affected by the condition OF tie apples.
Quiace trees are benefited by heavy
manuring more than any other fruit trees,
and if the ground around the trees is well
covered with manure this fall the beneficial
effects of tine manure will be very marked
next spring. Too much manure around
peach trees, however, sometimes does harm,
but light covering Of compost will be
beneficial.
Small breeds of fowls lay as large eggs as
do the large breeds. The Black Spani
produces the largest eggs. The Leghorn,
which is a small fowl, lays large white eggs.
The Brahma and Cochin, which are o
largest breeds of fowls, lay dark eggs.
They are also excellent winter layers, but
are slow in reaching maturity.
The time t. apply lime is in the fall, so as
to allow it time to act on the SOIL The
beneficial effects of lime may not be appar-
emit until the second season, much depending
upon the condition of the soil and its com
position. 1t should be applied on the sur
face 10 be carried down by the rains. and
not plowedin.
Peach trees will sometimes partially re-
new themselves it the dead limbs and
twigs are cut away. In this manner a tree
may be- induced to bear a year or two
longer, but when the tree is old, and the
new wood grows slowly. it may be of little
advantage TO attempt TO prolong its exist
ence.
The longer the corn fodder remains
stacked in the field the darker it will be-
come i'll color from exposure, aud the
greater the deterioration in the quality OF
the blades. Bright fodder is more highly
relshed by stock, as it - tender. while ex-
posed fodder gradually becomes tough.