The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05

thing recommended for the determination
Of rats without success. the thought
struck us 20 try spirits OF turpcntine
Began this treatment In the cellar by us
inE about one Tablespoonful in each OF
thor burrows. To our great satisfaction,
have not had a rat about ;he place from
that day 10 this.
To Stop the Switching Tail Nuisance
To prevent the COW from switching her
tail while you milk her. take a piece
or oh hay rope about six feet long. tic
the ends together making a loop. Place
il over her rump. letting IL rest or the
back just in front Of the hips and extend
ing halfway down her tail. Ii is very ef-
fective.
Hens IN Hot Wcather-Summer is the
time 10 get hens i'm condition FOR fall
and winur laying. Most OF those that
were prolific layers Ga spring viii now
want to set, but this should not be al
lowed. Kill off the ROSTERS and begin
feeding the hens literally OF the kind OF
food that makes feathers. Wheat Is as
good as anything. with some milk every
day to drink II fed thus they will begin
TO moult early, and get through this de-
pressing operation before cold weather.
A small quantity of linsecd meal viii
help the hens to shed their old coats.
Many do not begin 10 feed extra until
cold weather. Then, even if the new coat
is produc 81. thp hen is too much exhaust
ed TO begin laying before spring.
Concentrated Manures for Onions.-On-
ions require rich land, but II must have
| firm bottom else the roots will run down
too far. making the onions a bad shape.
| The mineral fertilizers meet the demands
Of fln,
make the soil harder. as they do not de-
| compose in the soil. as stable manures
| do. There is still a further advantag
! In the concentrated manures. as they can
be applied while the crop is growing sow
ing on the surface and cultivating them
into the soil. The onion roots are mostly
| near the surface, and this way of manur-
| ing the land helps to keep them there
| Onions require potash and nitrogen. and
| when these are applied in concentrated
! form they are easily take into solution
/ by rains.
The Fodder From Sweet Corn.-So soon
as the bulk Of the sweet corn crop has
been gathered the stalks should be cut
and either put in silos or placed in stock
| for winter fodder. There will be some
nubbins on these stalks. but they are
worth more to go in with the fodder than
for any other purpose Sweet corn fodder
| cut while full of sap is "A rich feed, but
| cut by frost they are Of little value for any
| purpose. Those who have only small
| patches Of sweet corn can probably use
/ the stalks as fast as the crop is gathered
from them for feeding the milch cows.
There is no better soiling than sweet corn
and if a good many ears are left on it the
/ fodder is all the better.
MoultinR.-FOwls at the moulting sea-
son undergo a great drain of the system.
to supply the growth of new feathers
/ Deaths from this cause are, apart from a
! little direct pecuniary loss, not looked up
| on as misfortune. The sure eye of nature
| has picked out the very ones that you
would be glad to be rid Of. could you de-
! tect them, and has left you the hardest
individuals to breed from. the weakness
of such particular ones, moreover, often
| consisting in some profound fault that
/ does not show itself.
| Oats for WEAVING Colts.-There Is no
/ time in the horses life when oats are not
| good for him. They are more especially
/ necessary about the time the young colt
/ is weaned from the dam If they are
scarce. give some from the ration Of the
! working horses. which are often fed too
| highly in order to make up for lack OF
! grooming. Care should be taken at first
| to give very small allowances, and of oats
that grew last year. New oats are inJu-
rious. and will sometimes give colts collie
=
| If you have only new oats to put them in
| the evaporat0r for twenty-fOur hours.
| This will dry them sufficiently, and they
may then be fed without danger to young
or old horses.
ROt In Tomatoes.-T. d. b.: The rot OF
| tomatoes is due to fungus which grows
| in the whole plant and natures IN the
| fruit 1t is related to the potato rot,
| and is to be treated in the same way by
the Bordeaux mixture. The disease APP
| pears first as a small spot on the blossom
end of the fruit, then spreads rapidly
all through 1t. 1t Is prevented or arrested
as soon as it appears by spraying the
liquid, made as follows on to the plants,
leaves and young fruit: Dissolve -four
pounds Of suphate of copper (bluestone)
I in five gallons of water and six pounds
of lime in four gallons of water. Mix the
! two liquids and stir them well, then strain
and add forty gallons Of water. less
| quantity may be made by proporuonately
| less material. This preparation is used for
preventing all kinds OF rusts and rots on
all sorts of plants, as the black rot Of the
| vine. the rust Of strawberries, raspberries
and blackberries. the potato rot, and the
scab rot of apples.
Mulberry Seedlings.-M. d. r.,
| Warthen, Ga Mash the rotten
berries in dry sand. and when dry enough
to crumble easily, SOW the seed at once
| in a nicely prepared border on the north
| side Of a building or other partially shad-
| ed place and see that the ground does
not get dry; but 1t must not get soggy.
| Under a temporary shelter of boards Is a
| good place to SOW the seed. They sprout
| very quickly when thus treated, and 1t
| is the usual practice. but great care must
| be taken to prevent their drying out. A
| little litter thrown in among them is the
| proper winter treatment, and the seed
| lings should be moved to nursery rows In
| the spring. They should then be about
| one foot high Sometimes 1 SOW the seed
| in a box, which gives me little better
| chance to look after 1t, and then / can
| give them full sunlight after they get up.
/ The seed should be covered about one
quarter of an inch deep. If you have the
| seed already saved, you should sow it at
| once.