The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-27
Farm Notes.

Have your bee hives stored away, and see
that the bees g into winter quarters well
provided with honey.
Cows should be kept from all foul doors
and not be allowed TO eat or drink anything
that VIII give faint TO the milk.
Skim milk is worth nearly as much for
feeding TO pigs and poultry as the whole
milk, bit it should be given fresh, and not
In the shape Of swill.
For mutton the Southdown is one of the
favorites. The quality of Its meat is not
exceiled, and as u hardy breed, that is we'll
adapted for nearly all farms, it holds high
place.
There never was a field so fertile that it
could not be injured from excessive crop
ping. Fertilizers are beneficial on rich land
as well as on poor soil. Every crop sold car
rles away the elements of plant food.
Appetite is promoted by change Of food.
Animals, if kept long on the same diet, get
"oH their feed" and lose flesh. Many ami
minis are capricious IN their appetites, at
best, and these must lie carefully looked to.
1t will pay to pack butter when it is
cheap, provided there is a good tub TO put it
In and a good place to keep 10. A damp or
a hot place Will not do. The storeroom
must be dry, sweet and cool. This will make
paste.
1t s recommended in one of our exchanges
to battle cows teats in hot water when the
COW attempts to hold up her milk. 1t is
claimed that the muscles are relaxed and
the COW Is powerleSs. 1t is simple remedy
worthy of trial at least.
BY using thermometer when you churn
you may perform the work in short time,
but TO attempt to church without knowing
che temperature is to sometimes work an
hour. A single churning will pay for the
Thermometer if you use one.
Linseed meal is not only food but a
medicine. Its use prevents many ill to
which animals are subject by regulating
the bowels and promoting digestion. 1t has
the advantage of being at least harmless
whether benefit is derived or not
The proper way to apply manure to the
land IS not to spread IL on a ha. d surface.
as the rains may wash away the best por-
tions, but to loosen the top soil either with
the plow, c1ltivator or pulverizer, and the
soluble matter Will then go down instead of
flow off.
This is the month when some of the cows
will fall off in flesh, and also lose appetite.
owing to change of food. They should be
carefully observed, and fed in a manner to
keep them up to their full flow. Although
green food is becoming scarce, yet much Can
be gained by giving variety as far as pos
sible to do SO.
Those who are planting asparagus beds to
last twenty-five 10 fifty years had better
plant further apart than usually recon-
mended. For garden culture plant in row
four feet apart, and three feet apart in the
| row; in growing for market by field cu.
ture, plant four to five feeJ apart both ways
and cultivate both ways.
The kind Of food the pigs are often COM
PEELED to eat does not conduce to thei
| health. TIE sappoition that sl0p must b.
put Ia a barrel, there to fermea5 and be
come filthy, and possess an Intolerable ode
in order to become fit for the pigs, is mis-
taken one. Healthy pork can only be pro
| dUced from sound, clean food.
Glover hay, cut fine. and cooked. o
stepped in boiling water, makes an excellen
change of food for brood sows or for COW
that have recently calved. 1t is also eE
cellent for young stock Of all kinds.
slightly seasoned with salt, and a sma
quantity of bran and corn meal added TO
it, it will provide nearly a complete food.
| 1t may not be generally known, say
| Prof. l.. Ii. Bailey in an exchange, that I'll
cokeberry can be used as a stock for dwarf
ing apples. have fruiJed the crab mont ee
on it successfully. My plants were, info
tunately, destroyed, 50 that have Il
| knowledge Of how long such plants woul
| persist.
| Cleanliness in the stable is more import
ant than cleanliness in the dairy. Man
| cows are MIXED with the manure GOVERN
| their sides, and often the udders are filthy
| The udders and teats should ALWAYS b
| washed aud wiped dry with a clean towe
| and the hands of the mixer should also
treated in the same manner. By SO doin
much of the soluble filth that goes into tn
milk will be avoided.
| 1t is dificnit to keep sw eet potatoes owe
! winter unless yen are prepared to keep Their
| at uniform temperature; but, as the
usually become scarce and nigh duriag To,
winter, it should pay to so to some extr
expense in order TO keep them. One of th
most important matters is that of assortin
them now, discarding every potato not per
| fectly sound, as a single diseased potaL,
may affect all in barrel.
The amount of water that falls upon e1
posed manure during the winter is yer,
| large, and as it passes through the heap i
| carries off all matter that is soluble, leav
ing large pile of material containing bu
| little nutrition for plants, but which cost
| lust as much to haul as that which is NOR
| valuable. A cheap shed, or covering o
any kind even if only of boards laid on tn
heap, will save more than the cost of pre-
tecting the heap.
The time to select seed corn for next yea
| is at this season, while it is being husked
| The careful selection of the best ears, tina
contain the most perfect seed, will add NOR
to the future crop than anything else, a
corn is easily improved by selection. Tn
work of selection, however, should reall
begin while the corn is growing, as The vIgo
f the stalk is factor to be considered also
! No seed should be retained that mas bee
grown near stalks that have not been fire
from disease, and every precaution shout
be observed to avoid the slightest traces @
fungus growth.
Bleeding Fortune Teller.