The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-05
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Alternating hoed crops with grass, clover
| and cattle is a necessity for farmers who
seek for permanent success. The only ex-
ception to this is where men cultivate so
| little land that they can and will manure
| il all heavily every year. Market GARDEN
| ing is about the only use that land can be
put to and bear the expense of such method.
Cottonseed meal outranks lipseed meal in
| its proportion of fertilizing elements Cot
tonseed meal contains about 25 per cent.
more food element than linseed meal, and
is also more valuable in the shape Of ma
| nure, after it has passed through the body
Of the animal. Liuseed meal is prepared
as food. however. owing to its dietary effect
on the animals 10 which it is fed.
The best grain for sheep is oats One
pint Of oats daily TO each sheep, with hay
and straw at the rack, will not only
bring the ewes out in good condition next
spring, but the lambs will be stronger and
more vigorous. Many weak lambs are the
result OF compelling the owes to subsist on
straw and other coarse foods during the
winter. The old maxim that "a sheep can
subsist on anything" should be discarded.
What does it cost you a quart to make
milk? AT the New Hampshire experiment
station they found that from their best COW
it cost about q cents a quart, aud from
their poorest COW it cost more than AZ
C61bS. ueT6 is q CubuCb LOT pTOut III one
case and surety of loss in the other
With good road the wagons will last
much longer and the labor of teams is les
sened. The cost of transportation from the
farm to the railroad is a heavy item on a
bad road. When the team can haul heavy
load over good road. instead Of half load
over bad road, it is not only a saving OF
labor but also great gain in time.
DR.. 8. B. Stanley reports that he had
some time ago severe case of ivy poison
ing which was not relieved by the ordinary
remedies. As a last resort a strong decoc-
ton of chestnut leaves (cdstdned fdqus
YVES used, bathing the infamed parts
every three or four hours. In "a hours all
the distressing symptoms had subsidized,
and the patient was discharged cured. Since
this experience DR.. Stanley has prescribed
the castanea treatment for all cases Of rhus
aud ivy poisoning, and in all stages of the
Inflammation, with the single result in
every case Of perfect relief from all symp-
toms in from twenty-four to seventy-tw
hours.
This is the time of year that there is
usually sudden shrinkaRe in the milk
YIELD Frosted grass is not nearly SO nu-
tritious as it was before the frost came
The COWS fill themselves up on it, for they
can do no better, but their stomach can
hold no more than when they had sweet,
nutritious grasses. When the cud comes
up to be rechewed IL is not as sweet as II
should be. The COW may get all out Of ID
that there is. though as the grass and the
cud do not taste as good as usual. there is
probably less saliva mixed with IL, and
here comes another loss II is the business
OF the farmer TO supplement- the lack OF
nutrition in frost-bitten grass. IL he does
this be is wise. If be does it not he is other
wise.
Near tobacco factories quantities Of the
refuse leaves and dust which cannot be
used for other purposes cali be cheaply pro-
cured. Long ago such refuse could be had
for nothing, but its value as a fertilizer
nxes price upon 1t generally equal to its