Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-02-01
HERE AND THERE.

The horse blanket in winter saves
ten times it's cost in short time, and
it also saves feed and labor. @
Every ton Of milk sold from farm
takes away, it is said, plant-food to the
value of s2.67, every ton of cheese re-
moves SCI worth, while ton of butter
takes away only 26 cents worth.
Board floors for sheep are the best,
provided they are swept off daily. If
earth is used as floor, cut straw or
leaves should be made to do service in
providing bedding and protection
against draughts when the sheep are
at rest.
Caring for the fruit trees is the
most neglected part of the farm bust
ness. The orchard is planted in most
any kind of way, and is cultivated
whenever there is time, whether it is in
season or out of season.
Farmers who are now using hay
will find that some will be more highly
relished by stock than other portions.
This difference in quality is due to the
stage of growth at which it was cut,
and also in the manner in which it was
cured.
Bees do not make honey-they sim
ply gather it. Feeding strip to bees
will provide them with food, but the
strip will not be made into honey, as
the bees have no power to make the
change, honey being only obtained
from blossoms. rf"
If YOU are having some good calves
dropped these days had you not better
raise some of them? When grass
comes they will be ready to turn out,
and in two years from now with proper
care they will make quite an addition
to your winter dairy in 1896.
Sheep and lambs that are being
fattened should be fed with discrimina.
ton. 1t is one of the highest attain
ments of the feeders art to tell first
how much food to give, and when to
increase OF reduce the ration. Western
Rural.
Clean stalls are the best preventives
against the spread of diseases. Nc
amount of medicine will avail if the
stalls are filthy. Dampness is also a
source of disease, to prevent which
plenty of sunlight and air should enter
the stables and fresh absorbent mate.
rial used freely.
1t is not advisable to wash an ami
NAL in winter, but the skin must be
kept clean, however. To do this, q
vigorous brushing SHOULD be resorted
to- The COW is much benefited by be
ing curried and brushed as the horse
and more so in reality, as so much de.
ponds on the cleanliness of the milk
and butter.
With all classes of stock, whenever
an animal is overfed there is not only
waste of feed, but in a majority Of
cases the animal will not do as we'll as
with more careful management; while
if the ration is stinted, there is los:
of the feed and of the gain that might
have been realized.
in growing crop it is well to fig
ure that about one-third of your product
will depend upon the soil, one-third
upon the seed and the rest upon the
care and cultivation given; but if any
one of these falls short of what il
should be, more than its proportion o.
the crop is apt to be lost
Hens are individuals, and the diff
ferent members of flock may in nc
manner be alike. When it is claimed
that flock does not lay, it must be
considered that some of the best hem
found may be in the flock and may bt
laying, but as many in the flock may
be non producers, the good hens fall
under condemnation for being in BAG
company.