The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-16

nent poultrymen recently by Farm Poul-
trN ana the answers were as varying as
they were numerous. James Rankin said
he once owned a creeper hen that laid DO
eggs IN succession; I. X. Fetch knew OF a
hen, White Leghorn. that laid I59 eggs in
as many days; and II. 5. Babcock told of
a Bolton Gray that gave l35 eggs In 1856
days. All the other reports were under
fifty.
Saving Eggs for Better Prices-When
esgs are placed i'm an incubator those that
contain no germs OF chicks. although kept
at a temperature of 10S degrees for two
weeks, will be nearly as good in appear
ance as when they We're placed i'm the in
cubator. When egEs are TO be kept for
higher prices. therefore. remove the males
and use only eggs from hens not with
males That is the great secret of keeping
eggs. Put them in cool place. and turn
them half over twice a week They may be
in boxes. or on racks. or arranged In any
manner that permits OF turning them cas-
lily. They should be good and nice looking
until Christmas II kept sufficiently cool
say about % degrees
Seed Wheat-We know now for a GER
tainty that great deal Of the wheat
rust is brought on our farms through
the seed. and the spores of the rust are
held over from year to year in the seed.
Seed that Is taken from the field where
the rust has been prevalent should always
be subject TO the hot water test. The seed
We purchase from seedmen should also
be treated in this way. for we knot not
how many rust spores may be In the
seed to begin growing when the favora-
BILE conditions are given. The hot water
test is the only sure way of killing rust.
If done properly. there is no danger of
injuring the vitality of the seeds, while
all the spores of disease will he thor
oughly destroyed, writes an American
Cultivator correspondent.
Vinegar Making.-AIiX one gallon OF
rainwater with two of cider, and barrel.
storing In warm place. Keep barrels
bung fun and let nature do the rest. Ace
tic fermentation will be FASTENED by scald-
ing the barrels with boiling vinegar be-
fore filling. So also will the addition Of
a few strips of folded brown paper sat
urated with molasses. The vinegar, after
fully fermented, should be racked off
from the mother. The best cider vinegar
is made without the addition of water
II takes this more than a year TO make
and then II is too strong for ordinary use.
and should be mixed one-third, more or
less, of water. Nothing else should be
added. If the cider is left In barrels
covered with a CLOTH until vinous fermen-
tation ceases it will shorten the time
somewhat. But good vinegar cannot be
made in a day
Wine Maklng-A Simple Business
Gather and stem the grapes. and express
the juice A little mechanical skill will
enable any one to make a press that will
answer A cider press is suitable. Add
to this Juice two pounds Of sugar TO ev-
cry gallon and put in barrels full to the
bung. FIJI a small sack with ten or twelve
pounds Of sand. and place over the open
bung Keep some juice to add to that in
the barrel so that it may be kept constant
ly full. When fermentation ceases bung
up. After a month or two draw off care
fully and place in "A clean cask, I'm which
a handful of sulphur has been burned At
the appearance of warm weather the fol-
lowing spring. the wine will undergo a
second fermentation, after which II may
be bottled, or barreled, and bunged air
tight
Fly Preventor.-J. L. Goodwin Of Dallas.
Tex. gives the following:
| see there Is q call for a remedy to
keep flies off of stock. have one which
has been of benefit to me for years. Take
green Walnuts and mash the hulls. About
one peck is n good quantity TO start with.
Put them In some vessel and put one gal
Ion of kerosene with them and let II
stand not less than twenty-four hours and
churn and beat them with a stick or some
thing every few hours. Then add two
pounds of sulphur Get all well mixed
then 1T is ready for use. Dip cloth or
sponge in the mixture and rub on stock.
If no green walnuts can be procured,
leaves or bark of roots will do. But in
that case II will have to be laid In water
and make a strong tea to begin with, as
strong as possible, and put lard in and
boil the water out. Either way will do and
make enough to last some time. The
walnuts may remain in the mixture any
length of time. / use this mixture on my
horses. oxen, cows and hogs; to use on
hogs l put 1t in a common oil can or
lamp feeder and pour it on. their backs
while feeding. On other stock ! use a
cloth. 1t viii destroy lice, itch. ticks and
keep off flies.
Too Much Horns-We Western cattle grow
ers particularly those raising the long
horned variety, are losing money by per-
sistng in handling seven-foot cattle with
siX-foot horns A bunch of dehorned steers
will outsell a bunch with horns, even
when the steers are the same When IL
comes to competing for the long-horned
brothers the exporters are not to be found.
They cannot proftably be shipped east be-
cause Of the bruises they receive In trans
it. Not only are these animals barred from
the eastern trade, but they nearly always
arrive in these yards with more or less
injury, and are therefore subject to low
er bids than their hornless companions.
Some people object to saving Off the horns
of animals from the cruelty standpoint,
yet II may be that it is more cruel to sub
ject them to the tortures which contact
with each other imparts. II is claimed
that horns can be removed without pain,
but it is doubtless even preferable to I'M
dergo pain for a few minutes or hours
than to carry the weapons of self-torture
through life. The man who has an ag-
gravated toothache does not think It cruel
10 have the snag pulled from his jaw, and
If the animal could talk he might plead
for his class that it be evolutionized into
a hornless race. 1t is encouraging to see
the movement, which is pretty general to-
ward breeding the horns Off and those
who are opposed to saving off horns can
find no objection to breeding them off -
Drovers' Telegram.
Blaekberries Worth Cultivating.-Bla
berries should be planted in rows nine
feet apart and three feet apart in the
drill When planted the stems should be
cut off at the top of the ground, to pre-
vent the plants bearing the first year
They should be plowed very deep in win
ter and shallow I'm the spring and sum-
mer, and all other vegetation kept down
1t takes 1000 plants to put out one acre
If set as before suggested, in rows. nine
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