The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-25
THE SCRAP BOOK.
Cleaned From Here and There.

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destroy all life. First stop mp all the
cracks and openings. and when ready have
a hot pan placed on two bricks. pour the
sulphur on the pan, leave as quickly as
possible and shut the door. DO not open
the door for an hour. II done properly
the house will be purified Of any disease
that may exist and the lice destroyed.
Bean ENperiments.-At the Kentucky
station, of twenty-fOur varieties of snap
beans (bush) tested, Warwick was ear
Hest and Improved Valentine, Spcckled
Wax and Extra Early Refugee We're most
productive. OF twelve pole beans tested,
Kentucky Wonder, Nardlong and Golden
Cluster Wax were most productive and
best OF FIVE bush limas, Henderson, was
most productive and Burpee's largest. OF
twelve pole limas, HendersOn's Large
White was earliest and most productive.
AS to the distance of bush snaps, the best
results were obtained with one quart OF
seed to 200 feet of drill.
Orchard Grass With the Clover.-Or-
chard grass goes with clover much bet
ter than timothy though most farmers
have got in the habit of seeding timothy
and clover together The orchard grass
will not make a perfect sod If sown alone,
as its habit is 10 grow in punches and
spread after the first year. When sOwn
with clover, the latter as IL dies out
leaves not only room, but plant food.
which the orchard grass aVails itself Of.
Orchard grass and clover are both ready
to cut together, and If cut early. as both
should be. two, and even three crops may
be grown on rich land in a season, says
American Cultivator
Live Willows as Fence Posts-A will
low stake pushed into the soil in early
spring, while il is yet moist from the
effects of winter freezing and thawing,
will almost certainly grow, and after two
or three years 1t Will become enough Of
a tree to serve as post for attaching
wire to it for a fence. We have known
many farmers who construct their road
side fences in this way, often planting
the trees close together, so that IA or To-
foot board may be nailed To the living
posts after they have attained sufhcient
size. BY cutting on the top every two
or three years the fence may be kept
from shading the road or field too much.
Dragging After Plowing.-In all cases
the harrow should follow the plcw as
| quickly as possible after the furrow has
been turned. This will compact the soil,
| pressing the furroW down and leaving
| less air space between it and the soil be
| low. If the soil is dry enough to be
! plowed at all II gqss net need more dry
| ing after blowing. Rather the attempt
| from the hrst should be TO save an the
| moisture in the soil, knowing that 1t will
| all be needed during the growing season.
| II often happens that after blowing sew
| eral days of dry weather follow. If the
| furrow is left rough and tilted in ar, il
will dry out so that the termination OF
any grain sown or planted in 1t Will be
delayed.
Enemies of Birds-The fact that the va
r,ous kinds of small birds once 50 common
are now very scarce is commonly attrib-
uted TO their destruction to crafty Wo-
mans pride in trimming her hats. But the
song birds have other enemies also, es-
pecially the English sparrow, which
| drives them away from their old haunts
| near dwellings. In the wild woods the
small birds are exposed to many enc
mics. Hawks Of various kinds prey on
| them, while squirrels plumber their nests
! and destroy their eggs. Nothing VIII set
| small birds TO such storm of protest
| as the presence of a squirrel in the neigh
bophOod of their nests. 1t is a guide to
| any one who is hunting the squirrel, for
of sft inc fFf
| his approach before the hunter could pos
| Sibly see MIN.
Bordeaux Mixture Versus Peach-Yel-
| lows.-rhe Michigan peach-growers
claim to observe a decided decrease OF
peach-yellOWs attacks where the trees
| have been sprayed right along with Bor-
| deaux mixture This spraying was done
| to combat the leaf-curl, and without any
| idea OF preventing the yellows If all
/ this is true land il sounds almost too
| good, the accidental discovery would al
| last give US the means of controlling this
| terrible pest of the peach-groWer, and
| make successful peach culture again pos
| sible in many localities where 1t once
| hourished, but had to be abandoned on
account of the yellows. r. Grener.
French Rules for Milking.-1. Work rap
| idly; sIOWneSs causes loss of cream.
?. Mix thoroughly, to the last drop, be-
! cause the last milk is the best
3. Milk at the same time every day
| 4. Milk sWise-that is to say, one
| fore teat on the right and a hind teat on
~s-AA
! flows more copiously than by parallel
| milking.
| index and a thumb, fault too common
s. DO not employ any kind Of milking
Z. 10 milk young festive cows, raise one
Of the fore feet. Never strike them
| 8. Always keep the hands clean, and also
| the cows udder and dairy utensils
| 9. During milking avoid disrracting or
/ disturbing the cow
tions infallibly lose milk.-Gazette Agricole
! de Lait.
Kind of Soil for Peaches.-W. L.. Mem
| don, n. Y: 1t used to be thought that
only on sandy soil could good peaches be
grown. But il is now known that the chief
advantage of the sandy soil is that il is
always dry, and warns early in the spring.
Any drained heavy soil will bring as good
| peaches as will sand, and the trees viii
be healthier, for the heavy Soil will not
be so deficient in the mineral plant food
that the peach tree requires more of than
does any other tree that can be planted If
your soil is sandy you must use large
amounts of potash fertilizers either as
wood ashes or IN the form of German Do
fash salts. The short life OF peach trees
on sandy soils is due largely TO the lack
of the mineral plant food that is required
to make the crop. 1t is not the fruit IL
self that requires so much, though the
its beautiful form and color. In growing
peach trees on heavy soil il is a good plan
10 DuQ the peach Dll q pun STOCK. me
plum root will go deeper into the soil
than will the peach, and the tree will be
longer lived.
Matching Of Gosl.ngs.-Geese begin to
lay early, and usually bring off a full
brood of goSlngs. There is nothing to
gain by Matching goslings under hens, as
the hens are not as successful without
goslings a with duckhngs. The best sue
cess is when the mother goose attends to
Matching and raising them herself.
They are easily raised if fed regularly
on a variety of soft food, a mixture Of
ground oats, corn meal, ground meat
equal parts) and mashed turnips or po-
tatoes, cooked, being excellent. The Cos
lings should not be allowed on the water
until well feathered, as II chills them
and causes death. Very cold water TO
drink is liable to produce cramps Give
them a warm, dry place at night, and
as soon as grass appears, they will need
but very little food OF assistance from
their owner.
Disease IN Fowls.-Fowls are subject to
a disease known as anthrax, the results