The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02
The scrnn Nook.

Subsoilng is attracting much attention
this season. The best authorities hold
that results are most satisfactory when
the work is done late in the fall. The
exact value of the practice has not fully
been determined, but during dry season
1t will undoubtedly be profitable Why
not subsoil a small field yet this fall and
test the matter for yourself? Do this be-
fore the ground freezes and by next au.
tumn you may have some valuable data
AS the character of the soil is the main
factor in determining whether or not this
method of plowing Is profitable, expert
ments made in another locality are of liz
tie value TO you.
The American Agriculturist says: The
large number or poultry shows to be held
during the coming winter, and the live in
terest taken by breeders, Indicate that the
magnitude and Importance Of the industry
nual production Of poultry meat and Of
eggs is very great. Unity of purpose
among poultrymen is necessary to their
best interests. Frequent meetings, shows
etc. Will promote cooperation.
An important Improvement to secure
cleanliness in milking is made by dairy
men in Holland They milk in deep pals,
over the top of which is drawn a coarse
cloth, which filters the milk, at the same
time retaining any impurities which with
out the Strainer would have fallen into
the pail. 1t is, Of course, necessary TO
wash these strainers as often and as
thoroughly as the milk pail is washed. In
most cases what particles of dirt get into
the milk pail while milking fall from the
sides ana hair of the cows, and a thor
ough brushing of the COW, especially In
the morning before she is MIXED, will Sc
cure cleanliness of the milk and with less
trouble than putting on and caring for
straner over the milk pail
A writer in Tribune has this to say about
It: Pleasure, profit and health come to-
gether on the table in the farmhouse
when well-grOwn and nicely PREPARED
vegetables and garden fruits are placed
upon it, The husbands skill in growing
and the wife's skill in cooking arc here
combined for the welfare of the home.
Many a home might be made happier
by a good garden. White bread, pork
and potatoes as regular hot-weather
ration do not tend to health or haEpi-
ness. But what pleasure the family takes
in watching the growing Of the carly
radishes and peas and agparagus--ihe
first fresh vegetables of the season! How
they break up the mOnotony of the farm
lifel So the garden is in every way a
blessing.
A great deal is said about the nsceasity
of warmth for fowls in winter. quite
as much, however. depends on light in
the short days of winter fowls are apt
to get too little exercise They are sure
to do so If kept in close, dark hen houses,
where the light does not penetrate until
very late in the short winter mornings.
| The hen house may be made ligh. as
well as warm by providing double win
dows, with close blinds to be tightly
closed at night One of these double win
dows should be on the east side CT the
house and it's shutters should be opened
as soon as the sun rises. The colder the
Wea 3ner the greater the necessity Of
feeding early and getting the fowls 10
exercise II the henhouse is Thoroughly
lighted II will be easy TO get the fowls
down from their roosts In a dark hon
their perch for an entire day. OF course,
such fowls grow poor and VIII not lay
until very late in spring. Too dark hen
houses are the cause of more failures
in poultry keeping than any other In
these days, when window glass is very
cheap, 1t is an evil easily remedieI
There is no absolute rule as to differ
ences In manurial value between manure