The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-08
Farm Notes.

Mr.. A. B. Allen, in the New York Tri-
bvne, advises that pasture lands be divided
into small lots, instead of one large one. The
grass is eaten down cleaner, and while one
lot is pastured the others recuperate. Now,
that iron fences are so cheap, this is a good
plan.
The New Jersey State Agricultural So
ciety two years ago, balloting for the bes t
three grapes for general use, one of each
color, decided in favor Of the Brighten, red
Worden, black. and Niagara. white; and
few grape growers in that state would to-
day make any alteration in the list.
There is generally found a brisk demand
for peas, beans, radishes and sweet corn in
late summer and fall. These crops when
planted in summer require richer soil than
in early spring. and it should be remem-
bered. too, that seeds sown in midsummer
must be covered deeper than in spring.
What shall we say of the people who let
their boys and girls go away from home for
button hole bouquet, or for flowers for
any use, during summer and autumn, when
profusion Of snowy flowers might be had
right at their own door with little effort by
simply cultivatiHg few nice ANIMALS?
Have. you yet realized what a pleasure it
is to go into a :cleaIl, newly whltewashed
hen-house? A good time to cleanup is now,
then again later in October & This will keep
things looking clean and attractive. The
outside building should be painted, the In
side white washed. Whitewash the inside
anyway.
Every farmer knows that bright, clean
corn fodder will be eaten up entirely by the
cows. Do not let it become black and
moldy. 1t may be very convenient to leave
it in the field, but before the winter is half
gone much of it will be soaked with rain,
blown over or trampled. Corn fodder is en-
excellent food if in good, bright condition.
Bran is not so nutritious as shorts, but
mixed with cut hay is very much relished,
and makes good feed. Barley contains 900
parts of nutritive matter in 1000 pounds.
1t is the common food for the horse in some
parts of the continent of Europe. 1t is very
stimulating and laxative. It should be
bruised and given with cut hay. Boiled
barley is good laxative.
With a small flock of choice sheep the
farmer is not obliged to go around among
his neighbors to solicit them to buy quar-
ter of beef from him, and at low price,
because he cannot consume 1t, but can
retain and use the meat of sheep instead.
Mutton is just as nutritious as beef, and, if
the choice mutton breeds of sheep are used,
far better article OF meat can be secured.
A writer from Union county, ILL.,, notices
that the Bartlett pear is losing ground, and
among nurserymens lists from first has
sunk to third or fourth place, and says:
"The Wilson strawberry has headed the list
for decades. Who plants it nova Except
ing in few localities especially adapted to
it, we hardly find it at ALL Is the Bartlett
in like manner passing into retirement I"
Some one makes the sensible suggestion
that such horses on the farm as are to be
worked together nearly every day during
the season should be matched in gait and
strength. These items are of much more
Importance than size, color, and other
things that are often locked after instead.
II unevenly matched, give the weakest
animal the benefit of a little advantage
with the double-tree.