The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-04

though IL n8d the most oetosLaDt5 OhoE Ou
the face OF the earth. Army worms and
the locusts will pass it by, though they may
eat every other green thing IN sight, and
there is no surer way TO drive moles away
from lawn than TO plant a few castor
beans here and there. Even the tobacco
worm will refuse to be fed on its leaves.
Prot Cook commends the following as an
effective wash for fruit trees. 1t prevents
egg laying and kills the newly patched
caterpillars as they begin to tunnel the
trees. Take 100 pounds of causslc potash,
l barrel Of lime, gallon Of crude caroolic
acid, pounds of white arsenic or London
purple which is perhaps better and certainly
cheaper, and water enough to make 800
gallons Of the wash. This will be sufficient
for 5000 trees; smaller quantities may be
made in a like proportion. Apply the wash
with stiff brush during summer, prefer
ably early in July.
The fact that pigs are fed with milk and
salty dishwater from the kitchen does not
make water unnecessary for them. Often
it makes it more necessary, as the dish
water is generally brackish enough to IN
flame rather than slake thirst. An animal
tormented by lack Of water not only can
not fatten. but is likely to become feverish
and unhealthy. Try your pigs confined IN
a pen with Thoughtful Of clear, and, II pos
sible, slightly warm water, and you may be
sure they will not drink more than Is for
their advantage. Often the increased thrift
frcm giving plenty of cold water will do
do more to make pigs pay thaa anything
else. What is equally important, 1t will
make the pork more fit to eat.
1t is a significant fact that the best grape
lands in this country and In Europe are
composed OF shells, and make a rich, deep
soil, naturally underdrained. European
vineyards that furnish the most famous
wines are on the sides of mountains that at
some early period of the worlds history
have been covered by lava. AS soil Is made
over this it becomes the warmest, dryest
and best land for the grape that can be
imagined. Roots run down very deep, and
are never troubled by stagnant water. So
far as it is possible by deep and thorough
drainage to approximate these natural con-
ditions, the land Is good grape soil, and the
finest quality OF grapes can be grown on It.
The onion IL the most healthful OF all veg
etables 1t steadies the nerves by Its sopo-
rife qualities. Il secures sound sleep, and
whatever does this is the best possible
nervine But it has other important medi-
cinal uses We kno " a man always in Wig
orous health, who checks any cold he may
have taken by the following simple method:
He eats as light a dinner as possible. AT
supper he eats nothing; just before going to
bed he eate all he can OF stewed onions,
made soft and juicy by long cooking. He
usually eats good bowlful and retires 10
sleep. Soon perspiratien begins, and in the
morning not only is the cold entirely re-
lieved, but he feels like another persop.
The onions thus taken secure passage or
the bowels, and this carries of with the
excretious all feverish symptoms that msy
have besn in the system.
sin spite Of many professional theories
about the nature Of bark and the injury TO
them from being coated with outside ma
terial, the German farmers of Pennsyl-
venia," says Thomas Meehan, have ex-
treme health apple trees by washing the
bark with lime. No cleaner or healthier
bark may be seen on apple trees anywhere
than these German trees present. The
white color of the lime Is, of course. OBJ
iectionable, but that can be readily obviated
by putting little yellow clay or coal ashes
in. There are many washing receipts for
the bark Of trees, such as soda, soap and
other materials, but plain lime wesh alone
is all that is necessary to make healthy bark
on apple trees"
Poultry do best in small fiocks and in
new places. The hen house ought never to
be the large, immense Hffair capable of ao-
commodatinR several hundred hens. If
disease or vermin get in such house 1t rs
almost impossible TO entirely eradicate
either. The large building may afford
cheaper accommodation for each individual
fowl, but in the end II will not prove so
profitable as q large number OF smaller
houses that can be moved from PLACE to
place and secure perfect isolation for hockH
during at least the summer season. In the
winter the houses may be moved nearer to-
gether for greater convenience In feeding.
Chemical analysis shows more rutritiye
value for bran than used to be accorded it.
But IL has another value equally important
in keeping the digestive organs in good
working order when animals are fed with
dry hay and straw. II made into a mash
with warm water il is one Of the best feeds
for COWS to increase the product and value
of milk. II the cow is thin In flesh abe
should have some grain in addition, else the
bran alone will have the effect Of running
down her condition very rapidly.
We know some large farmers who utilize
waste corners of their farm by planting To-
Gust trees on them, 70 be cut every few
years when large enough for fence posts.
After once setting. a locust grove renevs
itself, sprouting readily IL cut in fall or win
ter, and the new sprout making q more
| rapid growth than a young tree could do.
| The tops and refuse Of the trees are good
for fuel, and a locust plot of less than an
| acre thus in fuel and fence material gives
as good profit for the labor required as do
any farm crops. 1t is at least q variation
of farm practice that many farmers might
try with advantage.
L. F. Farmer says in his experience the
best six varieties of Strawberries are for
early, Warf1eld. Haverland and Michael's
| Early. For late, Eureka, Burt and Parker
| Earle. The Warfield takss the place of the
Crescent, fully as productive, with larger
berry, which ships as we'll ss the Wilson. His
soil is a gravelly loan. The Eureka straw
berry brought Is cents per quart, while the
Crescent brought only when shipped to
/ New Y ork. 1t does not pay to ship poor
| fruit of any kind on commission. The best
not only sells higher, but makes a market
for more.
Unlike most other kinds Of hogs, the Po-
land China is not OF foreign origin. 1t was
made in Ohio by & combination of the
valuable points of several strains Of pokers
Of unknown origin. By carefully throw
ing out retrograde specimens, and inbred
ing, the character OF the breed has been es-
tablished and its males have great potency
in fixing their desirable characteristics.
when crossed on common or grade sows.
Next to the Jersey red the Poland China
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