Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-01-28
HERE AND THERE.

1t is estimated from very reliable
sources that last season Virginia had
100, 900 acres of land devoted to tobacco
culture. Rural World.
"A farm, to be profitable, must be
self-sustaining. If some one else sus-
tains it he must be paid for it if it takes
all the cotton raised on the place. -
Texas Farm and Ranch.
That part of the garden which is
not occupied with winter vegetables
should be deeply plowed and thoroughly
MANFRED, so that 1t will be ready for
early planting as soon as spring opens.
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Hiram Sibley, of Rochester, N. Y,
who made much of his money in early
life upon a farm, once said there never
was dollar made fattening an animal.
If you make any money, it must be on
the growth and not on fat.
During the past ten months there
have appeared in England more than
5000 outbreaks of swine fever, and 3d.
900 pigs have been attacked by the dis
ease. The disease is steadily increas-
ing, largely owing, it is said, to the
chaotic condition of the laws concern
ing such matters. Rural World.
Debt is one of the greatest evils
that ever afflicted people. 1t isa say
ing as true as Scripture, that "the bor-
rover is slave to the lender" The
debtor labors for, the creditor nothing
of his wages can be claim as his own as
long as the debt eXists.-TeXas Farm
and Ranch.
While the United States has been
enjoying unusually fine weather all the
autumn and early winter, Europe has
been scourged with succession OF
storms of great violence, and has had
weather unseasonably cold, besides an
unusual number of rainy days. Rural
| World.
During the winter, as opportunity
may offer, haul out the ashes from the
old heap and scatter shovelful or two
under each tree in the orchard. com
post of coarse manure and wood ashes
is excellent food for hungry trees. Feed
them and they will feed you. Starve
them and you will search for fruit ant
get none, Texas Farm and Ranch.
The farmers who are successful are
those who never lose sight of the fac
that the farm is home-that every
thing done toward identifying and i'm
proving the place is enhancing its value
With this fact uppermost, as it should
be, farm work becomes labor of love
something more than a dollar-and
cent struggle. Rural World.
"A man with a love for fine animal
has one qualification for successful
farming; and man who loves rura
life better than town life has another
The art of creating fine landscape i
greater than the art of painting one
Good farming creates good landscapes
Rural World
AS rule dairy farm can be know
as soon as the eye falls upon it. Ittell
of increasing fertility, of large har
We SITS. So, too, may one read at glanc
the story when the hay is sold, but it i
not so promising, there are not tn
same evidence of prosperity. A glanc
at the farms should settle the problem
with the individual farmer.-Rura
World.
Every gardener should lay IN
good supply of seeds as early in tn
, season as possible--not less than twic
the quantity that will probably b
! needed. There is no extravaganza i
} this-it is common prudence. Earl
planting is always advisable. There
: always some risk in early planting. b
prepared for the worst with seed
| enough to plant several times if nee
l be.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
Country schools, if properly col
Quoted, might impart taste for cour
try life. instruction to children abor
, animals, plants, flowers and fruit woul
:. interest them, and timely instructio
as to the vagaries and absurdities {
: fashion would show them that countr
life was happier, in the main, than cit
life Rural World.
- because farmer takes an acti,
: part in politics is no reason that he
+ neglecting his farm any more than IL
!, business man is his business when /
!. interests himself in that direction
Neither should the farmer be censurt
r any more than the bushes man b
q cause he wants things run for his ben
a fit once in awhile. Rural World.
: The annual loss of agricultur
!. products in this country by the depred
= tions of insects is estimated at 10 p
a cent. But what does this mean? Ia
:. ing the estimate of our farm produc
q at the figures given, SIS, 500, 900, 600,
n means that these little pests destrt
II every year products worth the snl
o. little sum of sSs, 900, 900. If such a su
v were stolen in bulk what sensation
It would createl-Rural World.