The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-27
The Scrap Book.
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At tritiing cost every mare on the farm
can give colt annually, AMI stop the drain
which now impoverisbes our state The
numerous colt shows held in Georgia an
nually are hopeful signs. A score or so Of
fine home-bred colts gathered at the county
seat, contesting for a prize, is the best OF
evidence that that county is on the right
line.
Farmers who lost their faith raising hogs
because hogs did not pay last year wish
now they had bred on up to improve the
quality and increase the number of hogs
that might consume all the surplus grain at
profit; present prices is simply the regular
round. The hog always averages up prices
all right in each decade and those who breed
good hogs will average up good profits.
If the hens refuse to readily accept wheat
or corn make a cnanRe for them by parch-
ing thu grain. Oats are excellent when
parohed and so is corn or wheat Any
change will prove beneficial where the food
is but little varied. Very often a change
from grain to unfower seed will induce
laying, and change back to grain will also
be relished. In the meantime give a ration
of meat and bone, and also allow skim milk
if it is plentiful.
There are some crops TO which the hens
may be permitted to have access, as they do
but little, il any, damage, and at times
confer benefit by destroying insects. Beets,
carrots, parsnips, pumpkins, squash, cucum-
bers and potatoes, when we'll under way,
will receive no damage, and asparagus Will
be- protected from the beetles if hen and
her brood are turned on the bed. A melon
or squash may be sometimes picked, but
this seldom happens unless one is first
broken, aud the hens learn to do so.
Close study and observation during some
years past led me to believe that it is quite
possible to produce pork OF the best quality
at one-third less than the average cost aud
one-half what it costs under the poorest
management In producing cheap pork,
we also greatly reduce the risk of loss from
disease. How con we reduce the cost of
pork? First, to reducing the time to pro-
duce it. A thrifty. growthy pig that will
weigh 200 pounds gross. and which gives
meat we'll marked with lean is most desira-
BILE. This weight can be obtained at SIX
months if well bred and we'll fed.
| will give the exact production of my
chickens for one year, and hope some one
will give the cost of food, as have fed
mostly on corn Of my own raising: Jan.
l, 1892 l commenced with eighty hens.
and now Jan. l, 1893 l have ninety. They
average through the year eighty-f1ve heus,
and laid during the year s ,S41 eggs, .he
average for each len being 1913 dozen,
which sold for SIG II. sold chickens dur
ing the year amounting to SIS 10, and have
on hand. in value over eighty hens that l
began with Sl5 &c. The total receipts were
S2l7 IL. and the eighty hens averaged 81 II
each. W. S. @.
AS rule think it pays to use nitrate Of
soda on strawberry beds early in the spring.
but 1t frequently happens that better re-
suits follow the use of a complete fertilizer.
Nitrate of soda, and in fact all commercial
fertilizers, seems to give far better returns
In the eastern than in the western states
As rule it does not pay to use them in the
states west OF Indiana. but it is better there
to depend on stable manure and clover to
keep up the land. About 200 pounds per
acre is a liberal dressing of nitrate Of soda.
If sown broadcast when the foliage is dry
it will not stay on the leaves and they will
not be injured. 1t should be applied Just
before plants come into flower. Well-roIted
manure can be prodtably put on at any
time before the plants get into blossom, il
some care is taken to put it close to the
Dlants