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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-12
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
Treatment Of PouItry Manure.

Poultry manure should be removed from
the houses every day and should be kept
under cover Every time droppings are
added to the pile, sprinkle on either land
plaster or kainit The latter is to be pre-
ferred because Il contains potash in which
the poultry manures are deficient The OBJ
ject of the addition is to prevent the es-
cape of ammonia, and the nose will be a
safe guide in determining the amount OF
kainit TO use. The quantity necessary will
vary with the degree Of moisture OF the
manure and the temperature OF the air
Add enough so that there is no odor Of
ammonia when the pile Is stirred The
mixture of kainit with the manure fits il
for use for hoed crops. 1t should be made
fine before application.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

The Value of Coal Ashes.

From my own experience and many in
quiries from neighboring farmers, l have
reached a definite conclusion that coal
ashes have truly a commercial value. Some
years ago we hauled a number of loads of
coal ashes and scattered them thickly on
a low. wet piece of land. The following
winter the bottom was ploughed for corn,
the ashes turned under, and the result was
that where the ashes were put there was
a marked difference in the yield. The toI-
lowing year the same field was put IN corn
again, and as the ashes had brought SUCH
wonderful results we covered another plat
before ploughing, and the same marked
difference the following year, in the in
crease was noted on both platS that were
covered with ashes.
The most wonderful part of the fertility
of coal ashes is yet to come. After the sec
ond crop the bottom was sown to wheat
and grass and while | will not say that
any difference could be noted on either
wheat or grass will say that after the
land had remained in grass for three years
il was again ploughed and put in corn, and
the very spots that had been covered with
the ashes could be noticed in the yield. This
goes to show that they are beneficial for
years, as they had now been in the ground
four and five years respectively
Before the ashes were applied the ground
was heavy and soggy, but the following
summer in tending the crop marked diff
ference was noted In the condition OF the
ground. There is no doubt whatever in
this latitude, Southern Ohio, that coal
ashes are beneficial on wet or clayey land.
AS one farmer puts the situation, while
there may not be much substance or fer
tilizing properties in them, they are an ex-
cellent neutralZer, and adds that he has
used them to marked advantage where
to loosen it.-A. r. Harding in the Ma
tional Stockman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
ArtfcIhOkes.

A correspondent Of the Wisconsin Agri-
culturist, who has fed artichokes to his
hogs for the last thirteen years. says.
There are artichokes and artichokes. In
many parts OF North America the wild ar
tichoke IS a native. but Il Is merely a bad
weed. The Jerusalem and red Brazilians
are little better. Many farmers who have
seen them grow will understand this fully.
The same sorts that have been imported
from France and are known as the Import
ed White French artlchoke are as easily
grown as potatoes and possess great value
as food for hogs.
on good land. with ordinary culture. they
will produce from 100 10 900 bushels per
acre. Forty head Of hogs may be kept,
without other food. on an acre OF arti-
chokes from the time frost Is out OF the
ground until they grow again, and from
Oct. ] until the ground freezes again. The
hogs harvest the crop Themselves and
freezing and thawiug many times does not
hurt them. Hogs taken from artlchoke
pastures are free from Intestinal worms
constipation. Indigestion and fever caused
By feeding corn.
They are a wholesome corrective or the
system, 10 that pig win cholera pas
tured on artichokcs. ~ almost unknown.
The planting Of an artlch0ke field ana
~ subsequent culture does not Involve
very great labor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

Within certain limits, the finer the soil
food it contains. In the case of stiff clay
soils, Prof. Corbett holds that the state of
division of soil particles can be carried too
far. To pulverize it into dust makes IT
pack, and if rain occurs 1t becomes ad-
hesive and upon drying loses it's friable
consistency. In general, however, the
danger does not lie in too much cultiva-
tion but from the contrary side With
sandy, gravelly and loamy Soils the more
thorough cultivation the more available
food will be utilized by the plant. The
primary requirements for success are deep
blowing followed by a thorough harrow
ing as a preparation for a suitable seed
bed-EX.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

either if fed single. It might be- for some
purpose, that pound of corn meal would
be cheapest food of all the grains, but for
another purpose a little corn meal with
more bran, oil meal or gluten would prove
to be the cheapest. For butter making,
corn meal wound not be standard at any
point, for the reason the COW now needs
Iull supply of nitrogen and nerve stimu-
laung food, and the fine BRAN even If cost
ing more, would relatively be the cheap
est. 1t is difheult to say how feeds COM
pare, as for butter neither corn meal nor
gluten would do, if fed alone; too much
fuel in the corn and too much nerve force
in the other. Combined so that the starch
in the roughage, and the grain would rep
resent four parts and the nitrogen or al
buminoids one part. you would have the
cheapest food, buying each where ii could
be had at the cheapest unit values. In a
general way, oats are worth about NTH
less than corn meal pound for pound. If
p. s. Will put his roughage in presentable
shape before the cows and feed them all
they can 'clean up twice a day and for
grain feed six to eight pounds daily to
each mixture of corn meal, bran and
gluten, he will have as cheap a milk ra-
ton as he can get though we prefer the
wheat seconds to the gluten, as cows
never tire of fine bran, nor does ii ever
affect them in regard to their udders, as
is often the complaint with gluten,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
balance ration wanted.

Please give ration for cows giving milk.
Some 2-year-old Jerseys will drop calves
in January and February. Coarse feed will
be corn fodder. I can get grain at the fol-
lowing prices: Corn, 10 cents for 20 pounds
In the car: oats, Is cents bushel; light
oats, to 10 cents per bushel of 90 pounds,
and two measured bushels of them TO
make one by weight; wheat bran, 81; oil
meal, 500 per ton. 1t will cost 10 cents per
cwt to have corn and oats ground, and
so 1 would rather feed them whole.
(Repy by Or. Galen Wilson,.
A standard ration for a 1,0O0-pound cow
in milk is q pounds OF corn fodder of
wheat bran, 6 of corn meal and of old
process oil meal. Cows larger or smaller
to be fed in proportion, but standard ra-
lions are only trial rations after all. for
some cows will eat and appropriate, to adj
vantage more than others. The feeder
should be a close observer, and ii Is econ
ony to feed all of balanced food that COWS
will take and appropriate. Better take
the heavier oats and grind both that and
the corn. Calling the corn fodder s. a ton,
this ration would cost about 10 cents and
unless the COW makes more than a pound
Of butter a day there Is very little money
IN the transaction, except what Is made out
OF the manure and skim milk. Why not
get the little book mentioned la this de-
partment Sept. o. and learn to compound
balanced rations as occasion may require?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
Tanning Hides.

Tanning Hides.-To tan hides with the
hair on, for rugs or robes, first thoroughly
wash the skin and remove all f1eshy mat
ter from the inner side; then clean the hair
with warm water and soft soap. and rinse
well. Take one-fourth of pound each of
salt and ground alum and one half ounce
Of borax: dissolve in hot water, and add
sufficient rye-meal to make a thick paste,
which spread on the flesh side of the skin.
Fold IL lengthwise, the flesh side in. the
skin being quite moist, and let it remain for
ten or fifteen days in an airy and shady
place; then shake out and remove the
paste from the surface. and wash and
dry. For heavy skin a second application
may be made. Afterward pull and stretch
the skin with the hands or over a beam.
and work on the flesh side with a blunt
knife. To tan for thongs, scrape all the
flesh and fat off the skin; bury IL, well
spread out, in wet ashes or soft hair for a
day or two, or until the hair starts readily.
Remove the hair and wash thoroughly.
Make a tanning solution by dissolving a
large handful of pulverized alum and two
handouts OF common salt in a gallon of
water. Soak the skin in this solution for
two weeks then rinse thoroughly and pull 7:
rub and stretch while drying. The leather
will be soft, and Will make good lashes as
long as kept dry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

a little moisture instead of losing it, so
that when spring comes they are as plump
as they can be, and every sound one of
them grows. Keeping the kernels plump
is about the whole secret of successful
storing. Where such damp cellars are not
available mixing with soil or sand affects
the same purpose. The material need be
but slightly damp, just enough that the
seeds mixed with it do not lose weight.
Inc iQea entertained by many, and
which, in fact has been advanced by more
than one writer, that frost is necessary to
the developing of nut seeds to seedlings,
is not at all correct. A hickory, walnut
and such stone seeds as peach, plum and
cherry do not need frost. / think the three
Iast named are the better for being in soil
moderately damp all winter, but frost is
not essential. Consideration would con-
vince any one that frost is not necessary,
Tor IN the southern states, where no frosts
occur these seeds sprout as freely as they
do here.
Referring again to the early sprouting
acorns, | have known them to have been
Kept over in dryish soil until spring. But
sowing them at that time is troublesome.
as they have an inch or two of root then
which needs careful handling.
Sowing could be made where the trees
are desired, two or three seeds in a place,
all but the strongest pant to be taken out
in the fall. In commercial places the SOW
ingS are in narrow beds-not wider than
can be reached over for the purposes of
wedding. The work is done as early in
spring as the season will permit. The seed
llngs are transplanted the next spring, or
the second one thereafter, not often going
to the third year.-JOSeph Meehan,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

There is much less waste by fall manur-
ing than is commonly supposed. If fresh
manure from stables is drawn out as
made, and spread over the surface, the
winter SHOWS and rains leach through It,
and whatever soluble fertility It contains
slowly soaks into the soil. Unless the sur
face is frozen, or the land is flooded from
running water coming from above, there
is never any washing of the surface soil
to carry off its fertility. On the contrary,
the manure is much better mixed with the
soil than 1t could be if left until spring,
when, If plowed under, the rains seldom
come heavy enough to thoroughly soak
the manure in the soil.-Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
CharconI Cor Corn-red Hogr.

Whole corn is the hardest of all grains
to digest, as it is also the, cheapest car
bonaceous food. 1t has less husk, in pro-
portion to size of kernel, than any other
grain. Neither is the corn made more
digestible by being ground and fed in
mush, cooked or uncooked, as Is often
done. Then 1t packs in the stomach In
masses too large for the gastric juices
to penetrate, and, of course the corn
ferments or sours. Old-fashioned farmers
used to theorize about this In very queer
ways. The acid from the stomach they
often attributed TO eating sour apples, as
both the apple feeding and the corn feed
ing came about the same time Then
when this acid rose 10 their mouths and
made their teeth sore they attributed that
to chewing hard corn off the cob So
they fed soft corn or had the corn ground
and fed meal. But the teeth continued
just as sore as before until the time for
butchering came. and the poor. overfed
hog was mercifully put out of his misery
by the butchers knife. 1t was while
suffering the disorder of a stomach full
of soured matter that many farmers found
that feeding charcoal is a good remedy
Hogs will eat charcoal readily. 1t con-
tains, besides its carbon, some ash which
neutralizes acids a little soda mixed
with their feed will do the work still
better But this is only temporary rem
edy. In the end soda viii demoralize the
stomach worse than will anything else.
The true remedy is never TO overfeed
even fattenins hog, and to give him va
riety, especially when corn fed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
Saw dust for BEDDING.

1t is q common practice for liv-
cry men to use sawdust as bed
ding for horses where that is abund-
ant and straw is hard to get. But as you
raise grain we would advise you to save
what is needed for bedding, no matter
though the sawdust be offered free. Saw
dust with manure makes it very hard to
rot, much more so than is straw, though
both being carbon have scarcely any ma
nurial value. Market gardeners object to
having sawdust in manure piles, though
they always compost their manure before
using 1t is better to use either bedding as
economically as possible, and without
doubt long straw bedding can be used with
less waste than can sawdust, partly be-
cause it is less absorptive. The
excrement. either liquid or solid,
passes through the straw without
doing more than disorder it. So by
shaking out and drying the straw can be
used repeatedly until it has rotted and
broken up. The liquid manure is best saw
ed, not by absorbent bedding, but by a
layer of three or four inches of wood loan
underneath the horse or COW. This also is
much better for horses feet than stand
ing on hard floors, either of wood or con-
crete. A little chopped straw lying on this
earth will prevent the animal from being
soiled with it, The earth flooring should be
cleaned out once a week and replaced with
new. With the excrement it has absorbed
it will then be quite rich, but IL the loan
is scarce, it may be dried and used repeat
eddy until it has absorbed all 1t is capable
of holding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
The squash.

While the nutritive value OF the squash
is quite small compared with many other
vegetables, nevertheless IL is very gener-
ally liked and by a very large number of
persons it is esteemed above all other veg
etables as table dish Culied at the
proper stage and prepared properly IL CON
stltutes a dish which in dehcacy of flavor
is unsurpassed by few il any of our garden
vegetables. How long 1t has been IN Gull
tlNauon we do not know, and while Varie-
ties have been multiplied extensively in
the past twenty or thirty years there has
Deen no marked Improvement in its quail
ity in all that time.
.. In fact, since the Introduction Of the
golden crookneck" there has been little
or no room for Improvement. Any percep-
uDle improvement on that splendid va
rlety would make something else than
Seedsmen may find more or less pleas
ure ana satisfaction In presenting from
year 70 year some new variety. a little diff
iereht IN shape or tint or In appearance Of
rear or stalk or in date of maturity or
oener unlmportant particulars, but as to
any rea, Improvement in its quality of a
tapie vegetable it need not be expected
mat they will present any variety thar
VIII prove a popular and acceptable sub
sel lr5es tor the golden erookneck.
other variety of the class known as sum.
mer squashes. There are two grand di-
visions IN the squash family-the running
varieties or winter squashes. that ara
grown more after the manner and for
the IKE purpose as pumpkins aud the
Dusn or summer kinds that can only be-
used m an immature state.
VI the later, besides the Crookneck
thefe are number of varieties embrace
ing the well-known Bush Scallop, either
Mhlte or yellow, called also Patty Pan"
rms variety is very extensively grown
neck
The cultivation is very simple. Soil In
winch sand predominates is the most suit
able for the crop. Stiff clay is not
adapted TO 1t, though "a good crop of
squashes may be grown on such soil II
fertile and well prepared Several in
Sects prey upon the squash and sometimes
ruined by the root borer. squash maggot
or pumpkin bug, one or the other, or the
compined influence of all. The insects
circumvented there is no difficulty in
growing plenty of sQuashes IL the cult
walton is what 1t should be.
The squash can be planted i'm hill or
drills. The hill plan requires less seed.
our feet apart each way Is ample dis
lance when planted in hills-two plants
to the hill. Ordinarily we prefer the drill
plan, rows four or four and one-half feet
apart, drilling the seed thckly enough to
insure a stand of one plant every twelve
of fifteen inches in the row. Planting
should be made just as soon as danger
from frost is passed.
In our latitude few hills can be risked
late in March or early i'm April, but tho
time for the main crop when any consid-
cradle area is planted. The early crop is
very easily made If the land Is of fair
quality and the cultivation good Later
paintings in May and June are generally
ruined by insects In this section.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
Oaks, HicISorieS' and WaInuts.

1t is the general belief among those not
practically engaged in the raising of seed
hngs that acorns and nuts must be sown
IN the fall. This is but partly true. It Is
correct to this extent. that there must be
no drying out Of the seeds permitted; but
with few exceptions those who raise seed
hngs as a business do not SOW the seeds
until spring. The exceptions are among
sie oaks There are a few species must
DC planted as soon as they are gathered.
or within few weeks thereafter, or they
uscay. These sorts are white oak. post
OAK ana Chinquapin oak. Many viii have
noticed the acorns OF these sorts lying
under the trees and pushing their roots
INTO the damp ground on account of this
hapit they are always sown n the fail very
soon after they are collected.
Nj other caRes and che hickories and
Nalnuts are better stored away until
spring. Indeed, some Of them, the pecan
nut ana English walnut. for example, Will
rot IN the ground II sOwn In autumn. The
most SUCCESSFUL men keep All seeds til
aprlng. The practice Is 10 get the kinds
tgBether as soon as they are ripe, and
place them Ia boxes or barrels mixed with
almost dry earth, ana Keep them IN some
'Yol place till spring one OF the most
fueccsnful men ] know does not even mix
ili seeds with soil. He has an 0ld-fnsh-
iOpfd harn cel,gr with earth floor. which
. Always Fllanly damp. Ills acorns and
Ntth alt placed ID boxes, each sort by ~.
it win no roll o. 90 with them ana
'Neie tnty remain All winter, absorbing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
Cattle Feeding in England.

1t is said that the English breeders care
fully note at what age the steer shows
the greatest gain, and for the largest
profit feeds accordingly. In test a calr
was weaned at twelve days old and fed
skinned milk and linseed meal. and later
on chopped roots, bran and hay with cut
grass in summer. He was weighed every
three months and il was found that when
two years old he gave a profit, but after
that he lost, which is quite in accordance
with our experience in this country, that
steers are most protitably fed up to
eighteen to twenty-four months If fed lib
orally from the start. The Scotch breed
ers understand that, and besides having
we'll bred steers they never allow them
TO lose their calls flesh They are great
feeders, and keep the calves growing and
fat by the best feeding. They never al
low them to lose the cream or bloom so
much priced by the butchers which in
variably shows If the animal has been
stunted or starved at any time in it's
growth. This bloom of the calf flesh can
never be regained If once lost, so the
butchers say.-Exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
Little Farms in Japan.

Japan, and not France or Belgium
would appear to be the land of petite cut
ure. According to a recent American bull
letin, a couple of acres Is considered a
large tract for farming purposes Most OF
the farms are smaller, and on a little plot
a surprising variety of crops are cultivated
"a few square feet Of wheat, barley, maize
and millet; plot of beans, perhaps 10 feet
wide by 20 feet long, similar area of po-
tatoes and peas, and a patch OF onions
about as big as a graYe;" beet root, let
tuce, turnips, sweet potatoes and other
farmer examines his growing crops every
morning just as an engineer inspects his
machinery, and If anything is wrong he
puts it right II weed appears In the
bean patch he pulls II up; If a hiIi OF po-
tatoes or anything else fails ii is at once
replanted. When he cuts down a tree he
always plants another. AS soon as one
crop Is harvested the soil Is worked over
MANFRED, and forthwith resown to another
crop. 1t is estimated that nine-tenths OF
the agricultural land OF Japan is devoted
to rice as this Is a crop requiring much
water, the paddy fields are banked up into
terraces. one above the other. and divided
off into small plots Is feet to 30 feet SQUARE
with ridges of earth between them to pre-
vent the water from flowing away when
they are flooded. AL farming lands arc
irrigated by system that is !, 600 years old
Some of the bitches are walled up with
bamboo wicker work and some with tiles
and stone. Nearly half the total popula-
ton OF Japan Is engaged in agriculture
SILK and tea, the two chief exports OF the
country, are raised almost by the work Of
women.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

Please give me the relative feeding value
In money, for butter producing: Corn 30
cents a bushel. oats % cents a bushel. glu-
ten meal Si2.J0 per ton, bran $500 per ton.
new process oil meal Sis per ton. That Is
II corn IS worth 5000 per ton. for butter.
what As a ton Of gluten meal worth, etc
Ia the first place, foods do not have rel
alive food values that make one food "A
standard and bring all other foods in sub
lection 10 a. replies John Gould. IN Prac-
IDEAL Farmer. a food fed o. "a single diet
might have certain value and combining
iust AZ corn meal md skim milk combined
iend q fun third 20 The feeding value Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

in tissue-paper and lay it in cotton in
box. Three times a week turn the eggs
over, or rather, half over, and keep the
box where the eggs will not freeze. They
must not be in a warm place, but kept
at a temperature not lower than forty
degrees. Do not use extra large eggs, or
those very small or misshapen; and it
may be mentioned that eggs laid by hens
will produce stronger chicks than those
from pullets. Eggs kept in the manner
mentioned should hatch, even when they
have been laid three months. as it is
known by experience that such has been
the case