The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-09
brief Matters of Interest.

A Tennessee farmer has a fine pooled"
Durham bull. Most of his COWS are horn
ed, but the calves are uniformly hornless.
The bun weighs 1900 pounds
In some localities of Illinois hog chol-
era is prevailing to an extent uneQualled
in many years. In some counties half Of
the hogs have died.
1t is well to remember that when hens
are kept only to produce eggs ana not TO
set, it is really a disadvantage to allow
any ROSTERS in the yard. Eggs so raised
will keep much better than those that
are fortified. One fine rooster in yarG
of forty or fifty hens may be allowed as
a breeder and to apprize the hens of the
approach of day ana otherwise keep time
for them, but this is the only use he will
The sleeping quarters of the poultry house
to which they will frequently be con-
fined to rainy days in the winter should
be made comfortable. 1t should be close
enough to keep out the rain and the
wind and the floor should be dry, y
solid earth floor is better than PLANK
About the best use that can be made or
a part of the wheat or other chan is to
put on the floor of the poultry house to d
depth of several inches -four or five). On
this cham broadcast quart or two of AT
rican or livery wheat, or millet seed, or
something Of the kind-oats, or rye, or
barley. The hens will find plenty Of
exercise in scratching for the seeds sucn
cold, rainy Tor snowy days in the winter
pine straw does quite well for the pur-
pose.
ing an egg take her to the block and cut
her head off. If, perchance, hen of su-
perior breed acquires such habit, it may
pay TO take a little extra trouble to Sc
cure her eggs but ordinarily apply the
The World of Science" says milk alb
sorbs the, germs and poisons of disease
more readily than anything else. 1t says
that sheets soaked in fresh cows or
goats milk and applied to the body every
four hours absorbs the poison in such
cures the patient. Affords prompt re
lief and leaves no scars or pits.
In the south; as ordinarily grown, five
the average of the grain. 1t takes this
much to produce 4 barrel (1S6 pounds of
-four. This is how it is divided up: Flour,
1856 pounds; bran, shorts middlings, %
pounds; loss, grit, etc, pounds. Winter
wheat produces little more flour than
spring wheat.
of the world are: % United States, C0
Russia, 80 France, CD India, 90 Hungary,
90 Germany.
United States, 90 East Indies, 90 China,
90 Egypt, % Africa, outside of Egypt;
Co South America.
Here is what the United States has done
this year toward giving bread TO the hum
cry; A crop of wheat, amounting to 42i,-
81 900 bushels a crop of corn, amounting
amounting to s.. 1900 bushels; for our
rye bread we have q, on 900 bushels; and
for barley cake and beer, 1851 900 bushels.
And in addition 10 all this there Is for
buckWheat cakes "a, 308.0OO bushels, and
crop Of Irish potatoes, close on 10 300,
10000 bushels. Then think Of the sweet
potatoes, ground peas and rice, OF which
We have no reliable estimate ready 10
hand 10 complete the list. Surely no one
need 20 hungry long mot n he will make
his need known ia a country whore there
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bushels OF wheat for every man. woman
ana child ln a. Let ms not be unsrateful,
even ~ money Is scarce.
NsnrIr for kEfufar