The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-28
THE SCRAP FO K.

GleaninGs From Here and There.
The best disinfectant on the farm is the
well-known Douglas mixture, if the cost is
to be considered. This Is made by dssolv-
ing one pound of copperas in two gallons of
boiling water, and adding, ~hen cold, one
ounce Ia gill of suiphuric acid to the solu-
ton.
James Sheehan says that the finest sward
he ever saw was made from this mixture:
Ten quarts of Rhode Island bent grass, four
quarts Of white clover eight quarts Of Ken
lucky blue grass and six quarts OF Ted-top
grass seed, sown at the rate Of six bushels
per acre.
Every man has his own preference in re-
gard to the breeds OF poultry. There is a
good deal in the breed, to be sure, but there
is more In the man than in the breed A
person will, of course, do better with fowls
he really fancies and likes than with others
which do not suit his tastes. Sc every one
to his own choice: If Leghorns. select Leg
horns; if Brahmas select BrahInas.
The best grain for sheep is oats. One pint
of oa,s 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 Vigor-
Gus Many weak lambs are the result of
compelling the ewes 10 subsist on straw and
other coarse foods during the winter The
old maxim that "a sheep can subsist on any
thing" should be discarded.
The school of life is rather a trite phrase
but no degree of familiari can dull its
significance. AS we learn to Hve-in the
best sense-we learn how absolutely value
less is all sffectation, sham and preten=
sion; that to affect to be what we are not
is as idle as the ostrich who imagines he is
invisible by hiding bis head in the sand
VyRk ,R 20 10 gb.aN L.
let him raise what he is to the highest posi-
bic excellence.
The amount of milk and butter that may
be obtained from COW is shown by the
performance Of the Holsteins, which yield
not only large quantities of milk but stand
high as butter producers. A yield Of 26, 1921
pounds OF milk about $1,000 quarts in one
year has been the result. The same cow
also produced twenty-eight pounds OF but
ter in one week. Some OF them have pro-
duced over thirty pounds of butter in one
week, and at the same time yielded large
quantities of milk also.
A large part of the objection to compost
ing is due to the poverty III manurial value
OF what is thus rotted down. The old say
ing, out of nothing nothing can come, is
particularly true Of the compost heap. A
farmer gathers straw, weeds aud forest
leaves, piles them in large heaps. and when
routed Nc LuluhS he OuEnb 10 nave very
concentrated manure. IL is, indeed, small
10 bulk, but the fertility is even smaller.
Coarse, bulky and poor material, if used as
"a manure at all, Ia worth more as q mulch
than it Is in any other way.
Dry earth Is an essential in every
well~ordered hennery. A considerable
amount OF this material is required to keep
the busting boxes" replenished. Fowls not
only rid themselves Of lice and other para
sites by wallowing in dust. but clean their
skin and feathers of impurities as we'll In
truth, dry dust does for gallinAceous birds
what water does for man. 1t forms the
bath of birds, as water does of man. Road
dust muck. loan and coal ashes finely
sifted are all valuable to the poultry keeper,
If only they are dry and fine.
The employment of land plaster 10 stables
is urged for two purposes; 1t not only deo-
dor ICES and disinfects the stable, thereby
contributing 10 the health Of attendants and
animals, but it prevents the escape and going
to waste of the most valuable properties OF
the food consumed by the stock. In a re-
cent plea made to farmers by Hodrd's
Dairymdn to try land plaster, from one
pint to one quart daily for each animal, the
authority says; ST its affinity for ammonia,
or nitrogen, is SO strong that it will gather
this valuable fertilizer from the atmosphere,
the dews aud rains, how invaluable must il
be in stables to take up and hold the same
volatile element.