The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10

taste Is 'gamey." their sense Of smell is
ACUTE and Mr. Ballard has given them
dozen bad eggs with one good one IN the
lot and they carefully rolled the good one
aside with their paws and ate all the
others first. tiue ot their peculiaritles Is
TO discharge their perfume when feeding,
but at that time 10 Is almost OdOrless. Stil
not altogether. for they were Ted while
was in the pen. ana ] am mere 70 state
that would have known there was a pole
cat ia The ueielborlcod, even u had had
my eyes shut
They fight among themselves, but rare
ly XIII each other, but If dead one Is
thrown 10 them they seem TO be more
eager TO eat 30 than any other food that
can be given 30 them They viii also eat
al the tobacco worms IN a patch, blt
they tear the touaoco 70 pieces. Whiie
they are az &c.. so they have not become
popular iu this role.
When the sac Is removed they make
dainty and beautiful house pets. and they
are the finest rattic-s in the world. Mr..
Ballard VIII make some experiments soon
10 this une and, Dr. successiul, VIII try
10 supply any demand that comes. In my
opinion. he viii have 10 change their
name. though, for there is a rOse-by-any-
Other-uame prejudice that must be over
come. one object of the farm Isl the rails
ing OF cats for their fur. the skins being
worth from 15 cents 10 $50 each, and
they can bee readily converted into seal
skin, Russian sable or anything else that
the skilled skin manipulation may desire.
OF course. no lady would wear a skunk
skin cloak, but she does il just the same.
pIoduc toh OF pplecdt on Tor the cure
of rheumatism and frostbite, For these
complaints T. q. is declared 20 be the
sovereign remedy, and IL sells at $
quart. Al cats they weigh from seven
TO twenty pounds when faD, will aver
age quart OF oil each, with, say, dol
lar and half for a skin, ii viii be OBJ
served that there ought to be some money
in the business Mr.. Ballard Will Kill nifty
in December. and there is only one good
way to Kill them with safety - the kill
gnl0TDfnrE1l
are to be turned into a box and the chlOrO-
FORM sponge put i'm with them. In this
way they VIII be dead before they have
chance to-tO-well, TO defend themselves.
NaturaHsts say the skunk is very fine
eaun3, having tender. white flesh, aud
Ballard says one of his ncfghbors ate one
OF his once which he had been rendering
for US oil, but the neighbOr, when in
terNeWeu him on the subject asserted
possibly ely that George Ballard would tell
anything that was complimentary to his
cOnfounded old polecats. one thing IS
very certain. while thieves break into
chicken coops and steal their contcats.
they most emphatically do not try to
steal any Of Mr.. Billiards. skunks.
An expert is my authority for the state
ment that the best brand of skunk is
the blue grass skunk. though why is not
known. unless IL is that whatever is blue
grass is best, no matter what IL IS And.
further, the best blue grass skunks come
from Madison county. Nor does anybody
know why that is. Best in this con-
neCtOn meaning they are more nearly all
black, and by that more valuable ror their
fur
When the weather becomes very cold
the skunks go into their holes AMI suav
there, without food or water. remaining
som times as long as two months only
very cold weather, however, drives them
to this. They do most Of their sleeping by
day. ana when one is fast asleep he lies
fiat on his back. with his feet up in the
air. and while in this condition may he
picked up and carried around by the tail
with.)ut awakening him. When ha is
merely taking a siesta he curls up as a
kitten would
AS ] said above, the skunk is a cleanly
animal and there is never any odor about
his living place OF his person, and he IS
tail over his back when he turns loose
his weapon of defense. The old story that
he uses his tail in scattering his odor
is a grannys yarn in which there is no
trutb