Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-06-11
HERE AND THERE.

This year, or any other for that
matter, the clover cannot be too fresh,
sweet and growthy to make the pig
thrive and make cheap pork. Glover
pasture for the pig comes nearer filing
the bill than any other.
No nation can grow more healthy
pork than the Americans should grow
from the products of the farm, fed in
clearly and sensible way. The filth
that is too often allowed to enter into
this branch of meat production is the
hurtful feature.
"A man may have the most fertile
aud raise the largest kind of crops, but
if he has not brains enough to know
how to go about selling what he has tc
the very best advantage, somebody else
will be very likely to reap the profit,
not he.
The Stockman says: THE contin
ual squealer never thrives. He is hun
CRY for more food or else wants q
change. A pig will squeal with hun
ger standing with his nose over 9
trough full of feed. The food is against
his appetite" There is lesson in this
worth needing.
The present condition of our public
thoroughfares is imposing a tax on the
whole farming community in the shape
of wasted time, broken wagons, 'rup
tured harness, and difficulty in reach.
ing markets, much greater than an in.
telligcnt use of the means at our hands
would require for the removal of most
of these evils. -Rural World.
People do not talk to their horses
enough; horses are highly intelligent
and while they can not talk toyou, seem
to understand almost everything said
to them. have found by experience
few words, spoken kindly to a horse
when frightened, will very often dc
much towards quieting him, and upon q
horse which is used to being talked to il
will have very good effect
The season is at hand when nature
whether assisted by art or not, pro
vides man with a change of diet; anC
we all do well to accept natures pro
vision in this regard. 1t is not so much
! the medicinal herbs and roots we need
as the healthful food found in oul
spring products. Look to them "
farmers if ye would enjoy long life.
"A writer in turf journal gives The
following rule to estimate the height ;
colt will grow to: Take a colt at any
time between six weeks old and on,
year, stand him on a level surface 81
that he will stand naturally, ther
measure the distance from the hair o
the hoof to the knee joint, and TO
every inch or fraction thereof he meas
ures he will be hands high whel
matured.
Something new in the line of fec
for stock is steam-cooked linseed meal
1t is claimed that by cooking it, it cal
be fed in larger quantities than the raw
meal, and will not give taste to TIN
butter nor make the animal dislilS
it. 1t is said to give a larger pc
cent of butter fat in the'mill1 and t.
contain all the properties of nutrition
of the raw meal.
The farmer who judiciously past
ures sheep over his land for a numbe
of seasons will have the finest AM
most productive lands known to agri
culture. In this respect further an
more staple source of profit may be sc
cured than from any other class O
stock. Sheep require frequent chang
of pasturage, and good range 70
them is always compensated for by a
increase of vigor and growth.
Don't put any faith in methods q
improving bad butter or cheese after
is made. The right way is not to max
bad quality of either. 1t is better t
keep out the imperfections than to TAX
them out, even if it were possible. Blu
it is not The badness is in the grair
1t may be covered up for a short time
by various arts, but like the rottennes
at the core of a fair-looking fruit,
will very soon become apparent, an
worse than at the beginning.
Set hens in clean and quiet room
Give dust-box of ashes, lime and su
phur. Do not set thoroughbred egg
as soon as they come from the expires
office; let them rest twelve hours
Raise thoroughbred chickens; they COS
no more in the long run and pay bette
To make young chicks grow fast d
not depend upon raw cornmeal mike
! with water. Feed eggs, breadcruml
!, and oatmeal. If meal must be uset
! bake it in bread and crumble it int
sweet milk. A little cottage chees
may be given occasionally.
The farmer who follows rotatio
{ of crops, if he would keep up his lar,
must consume as much as possible
( these crops on the farm. As help
this he will find no animal better tina
l the pig. He will turn the grain int
money at an expense of care in feedin
e oftentimes less than cost of hauling Ii
grain to market, leaving about so pr
S cent of the grain on the farm in shap
S of manure. In feeding animals man
q farmers regard the manure alone 1
a sufficient profit for labor expended
. That made by hogs is the richest, b
| cause they consume the richest food
Q National Stoekman;