The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-14
The Scrap BOOK.

A New Grape Disease-A new grape dis
ease known as Smelling made its ap-
pearance in the vineyards of western
New York last year. II consisted of the
strange dropping of fruit from the
punches and was undoubtedly due to the
lack of available potash. The grape re-
quires a large amount of potash to per-
feet it's fruit. and the heaviest call for
this mineral comes as the seeds are form
ing. Very dry weather came on last year
just at this time and the vines dropped
the fruit that they could not perfect. II
Is not likely that his disease viii continue
plenty of potash with enough water to
make It available, Is always within his
reach.
Concerning the Cows-Contentment is
boon to wh0msoever IL may come. So
in the herd secure contentment by a sys-
tematic course of treatment. First,
teach every calf to stand haltered then
to lead. No animal should be unbroken
in the herd. In the way of feeding, a
variety in winter is necessity; and we
have only to consult our own me-
chanism to convince the most critical
that the COW will tire of one continual
routine of food. Hence, show yourself
master of the situation by studying the
wants OF your cattle. II you ind crush
ed or ground corn and cut hay relished
supply them with IT. If a COW is dainty
supply her with slops, steamed hay, etc,
operations according to the requirements
Of the occasion
Life Of the Horse-Speaking on the sub
ject OF the longevity of the horse a writer
In one of our Boston exchanges saws.
1.-The natural life of a horse must de-
pend partly on its breeding, but quite as
much on the kind OF work II Is set to
DO. An animal never driven fast and
thus strained or injured by hard roads,
will last to p years and do good service.
But If driven hard on Stone or asphalt
NNaFsNa To-. . -
animal will soon become worthless. Eli
Wakelee OF Ansonia, Conn, has a team
OF horses "a and IS years old, which are
yet in good condition and do good work
He had their photograph taken recently
and will hang II in his parlor. Mr.. WAX
elee has worked this team In double har-
ness all spring and summer, plowing.
dragging and moving with them, and they
are yet in prime condition, sleek and glossy
al most horses that are young. He has
worked them more than twenty-five years.
and ii Is evident that the team has never
been misused."
The Successful Farmer.-There never
was a successful farmer who didn't love
his business. All work becomes mere
drudgery when not to our liking. II you
are not proud that you are an honest TIL
Ter of the soil, sell out and go to work a {
something you do Ike. and not be a
drOne in the great agricultural hive. Bet
ter be a successful bod carrier than to
worry your life away on the farm and
end up a miserable failure, says the Stock
Farm.
Pastures For Beef-C. F. Cur
It's, of the Iowa experiment.
station, says that a point that is quite
generally conceded in beef making is that
the cheapest beef is always made on good
pastures. The Investigations made at
the station indicate that when other con-
ditions are equal, gain in live weight can
be made in fattening cattle on good pas
lures at from One-third to one-half less
than is required to make it on grain and
dry feed and in many cases the differ
fc af-
ways gain as rapidly when fattened on
grass as they do on dry feed. but right
management will always give more econ
nomical gain, and many Of the heaviest
gains as well are also made on grass
The conclusion to be drawn then is that
already reached by many of the most