Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-03
HERE AND THERE.

AS we'll attempt to keep abreast
with the reading, progressive and prac-
teal farmer without good weekly
paper as to get to Heaven without
Bible or prayer-book.
No wise man will neglect to repair
his fences until after his stock has
strayed away. The loss of one steer
may be only SIS; but even that will
pay a hired mans wages for half
month.
Hay and chat gathered up from the
barn floor, the mows and the lofts can
often be fed to poultry to good ad-
vantage. They will pick and scratch it
over and eat more or less that other
wise would go to waste.
Where fowls have good range the
roosting places are nearly the only por-
ton of the house that is used to any
considerable extent now. Cleanliness,
good ventilation and thorough drainage
are the three important items with the
roosting places in summer
No wise man will allow his reaper
and mower to rust and rot in the field
where he last used it. The man who
has agricultural machinery to sell will
be sure to find him out. Likewise the
man who has money to loan at ten per
cent. and on long incorporated the
interest is paid promptly.
One of the easiest ways of supply
ing dust-b in summer is to make a
small ash-heap in some part of the poul-
try-yard where the fowls can have full
access. If little powdered sulphur or
small quantity of carbolic acid is
added they will be still better to help
rid the fowls of lice.
Cattle seem to exercise more sense
in regard to drinking than any other
animals. A drove of steers or cows
when hot will rush into stream and
stand in the water, but very little will
they drink until perfectly cooled off, 1t
is rare for one to founder under such
conditions.
"A practical horseman says that
when the time for the mare to foal APP
proaches, and she shows no signs OF
having milk, to give her a half gallon
of sweet milk, mixed with enough bran
to make mash; salt lightly and feed
once day as long as thought necessary.
A mare will eat it greedily, and itseems
to be just what they want
"A horse should never be so thirsty
as to drink more than a bucketful Of
water. As there are various sizes Of
buc kets or pals it is better to be more
accurate. Let us say, then, twelve
quarts. If horse when driven before
buggy or wagon is within two miles
of home or of the next stopping place
for the night let him drink even il he
will be ready to take his feed of grain
very soon after he is stripped of his har
ness.
"A note from Kentucky says that
the number of mares, both thoroughbred
and trotters, in that State as well a:
Tennessee that are either barren or
have slipped their foals is much larger
than in any previous year. Breeders
generally now attribute it to the eating
of too much of the rank grass which
grew so luxuriantly during the open win
ter. Mares that were barn fed have no
been affected in this way only in excep
tional cases.
The high-bred horse is the ANNA
nearest the man in intelligence. Horse
breeding has become a science. Il
France it has reached wonderful de
gree of perfection. The French peopl
are lovers of horses. This sentimen
has been kept alive amid all the tur
moils of France. The government ha
lent its interest to secure VALUABLE
, animal for army use. The government ha
: its own steeds selected with the great
/ est care. This fostering has resulted il
: wonderful progress Over twelve thou
= sand have been recorded under the di
{ rection Of the government The mos
5 valuable horse in France is the Frencl
coach.