Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-06-19
HERE AND THERE.

Farmers, or any body else for that
matter. who consent to their own undo
ing, claim more sympathy for their
misfortunes than admiration for their
wisdom.
If you have hen that has proved
to be an extra good layer, save as many
of her eggs as possible to set. Selec-
lions for special points of utility en-
hances the value of poultry, stock, and
extraordinary laying strains have thus
been made by careful selection.
"A pound of bran makes to within sew
enteen per cent of as much milk as a
pound of corn-meal which costs over
twice as much, says Mirror and Farmer;
but corn-meal makes q richer milk,
while the bran makes richer manure.
If you give your bees good supply
of empty combs before the beginning Of
the honey crop and keep them at work,
they will rarely swarm, but if they once
find themselves crowded and get the
swarming fever, nothing will keep
them from swarming.
"A fifJeen-mile journey is an average
days work for horse. How far does
the COW travel in a poor pasture, nip
ping a pennyweight of grass here and
there, to get her daily ration? Then
she is expected to pay for it through
the milk pail.
The potato bug has not shown HIM
self very numerous this year. Is he going
to give us rest? Curraat worms are
as plenty as usual. Give them dose
of white hellebore, once ounce in
bucket of water, and they will subside.
1t is thought that Texas will be
represented at the Worlds Fair in
| Chicago in 1898 in such manner as to
erase the erroneous impression preva-
lent in the North and East in regard to
the Lone Star State. An effort will be
made to convince the Yankees that the
Texans haven't horns and that they
walk on two feet as we'll as other peo-
pie.
| Profits are cut down to an alarming
extent by the mingling and feeding to-
gether of all sizes Of animals. If the
weak get what they want the stronger
have stalled appetites too much of the
time. 1t is the survival of the fittest in
the herd of many sizes at feeding time
as much as in the wilds of nature.
Mature and practical results point
out very plainly the kind of food that
should be fed to animals under various
circumstances and conditions. The
man who works contrary to these
sooner or later meets with disaster.
The brood SOW and the growing pigs
must not be fed as the fattening animal.
DO not let the calf suck your finger
when teaching it to drink, or you will
have to repeat several days before ii
learns to drink readily Better spend
half an hour the first time teaching II
to drink at once, than have trouble with
it week or more.
Owing to the mildness of the pas.
winter hens found it more pleasant to
lay eggs than to devote their time ia
converting them into spring chickens
or possibly a change of sentiment has
caused them to relegate the drudgery
of Matching to the incubators entirely
Any way spring chickens are scarce and
high, while eggs have ruled low in
price ali winter and spring.
The canning industry has grown te
immense proportions in various parts Of
the country, and farmers devote MANI
acres to growing fruits and vegetables
specially for the canning factories. The
number of acres and the yield Of peas
beans, green corn and other vegetable:
and fruits grown for this purpose, viii
form special and interesting features o.
the new census.
The likes and dislikes of cows arr
: almost as various as their color mark
ings The dainty feeder may, and gen
orally will, prefer rich and concentrated
J food, while the vorscious feeder is com
: parstively indifferent as to the quality
provided there is plenty of it Th,
r feeder must study his cows and cater t.
their individualitiss-Jersey Bulletin