The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11

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is cured and cut down There is no crop
more neglected than fodder and the waste
Of this valuable cattle food over the whole
country Is enormous. In some sections the
fodder is considered of sufficient value to
pay the cost of the corn crop, but there
are farmers who attach little or no value
to ii if they have hay, but such farmers
make a mistake in not using the fodder In
connection with the hay.
The shreddees- are proving successful in
utilizing corn stalks which prove to be 10
per cent mote valuable in feeding proper
ties than the corn itself.
Extra Feed for Colts.-It is always best
to wean colts while there is some pas
ture, and they should from the first have
a small feed Of oats. This viii keep them
growing at this time better than will the
decreasing yield of milk from their dam.
As the pasture grows less nutritious from
frosting, more grain should be given with
a small amount of well-cured clover. A
colt well fed the first winter will he
worth much more at two or three year
old than he can be made to be If when
colt he was neglected, and his digestive
organs weakened by insufficient food. All
stock pays better for extra feeding when
young. The colt Is no exception TO this
rule Some ltnseed meal with grain. will
produce a glossy coat in the colt very
different from that which most colts show
their first winter.
Land Plaster for Stables.-The employ
ment of land plaster in stables is urged
fer two purposes; it not only GeodoHzes
and dislnfects the stable, thereby contrib
uting 10 the health of attendants and ami
mais, but it prevents the escape and go
ing to waste of the most valuable proper
ties of the food consumed by the stock.
In a recent plea to farmers to try land
plaster from one pint to one quart daily,
for each animal Hoards Dairyman says:
IF it's affinity for ammonia or nitrogen is
so strong that IL, will gather this valua-
BILE fertilizer from the atmosphere, the
dews and rains. how Invaluable must it
be in stables to take up and hold the
same volatile elementP'
The Mexican strawberry is thus de
scrbed by correspondent of the Straw
berry Cuiturst: "Again this season the
Mexican strs y cry has eXceled in Weld
and large berries, all other sorts. l have
about 800 varieties Of strawberries under
cultivation, but have found nothing TO
equal the Mexican. All of our strawberries
did we'll this year, and the yield from all
varieties was immense.
THE Mexican strawberry Is being wide
ly planted here in Texas; nothing can
equal it for standing drouth. This berry
is a magnificent, rapid, and beautiful
grower, with very c.ean, healthy foliage,
which is a vivid dark green in color. The
young pants Of this sort need no petti1g,
but lake hold and grow with great rapid
ty. Generally these young plants perfect
a fair crop of choice hoFrjes the first sea-
son. The fruit of the Mexican is slightly
conical in shape. II is SO brilliantly color
ed as to have a lustre like glass; the fla-
vor is charmng-rich, sweet aromatic, and
delicious.
Hygienic Value of Fruts.-Dr. Du-
poury, a French physician. celebrated for
his scientific investigations in dietary
matters, In an article printed in a Paris
journal, considers the hygienic value Of
the fruits, says California Fruit Grower.
He divides fruit intO five classes. each of
which possesses great hygienic value
the acid. the sweet, the astringent the
oily and the mealy. To the first, includ-
ing cherries, strawberries, raspberries,
gooseberries, peaches, apples, lemons, and
oranges. he accords great merit. Cher
RES, however. he prohibits entirely to
those affected with neuralgia of the
stomach. Strawberries and raspberries he
recommends warmly to those of bilious,
plethoric and equity temperament, and de-
MES them to those TO whom diabetes Is
present or suspected OF the sweet fruits
hygienic value and even a preventive Of
govt, and, particularly. rheumatism. To
the grape he accords the very first place.
He is an ardent advocate of what in Eu-
rope is called the grape cure. In this cure
grapes for seve al days form the exclusive
aiment. The patient commences with the
consumption of from one to two pounds
daily, with a gradual increase TO eight
or ten pounds daily. After a few days of
this diet a marked Improvement in the
general health is noticeable. The appe-
tite improves, the digestion becomes easy
and rapid, and increased capacity to with
stand the fatigue of outdoor exercise is
noticeable. The grape cure is particularly
recommended to the anaemic, dyspeptic
and consumptive, in diseases of the liver
and In govt
DO Not Neglect the Garden.-There is
always danger that the farm garden will
be neglected. A great many farmers are
not particularly fond of gardening, and
even If they we're they would find so many
things pertaining to the field work con
stantly demanding their attention that
they might not give the garden as much
time and labor as It deserves. Just now
there is a little 'let up" in the rush OF
farm work. This furnishes a good ops
portunity for thoroughly cleaning up the
garden. 1t Is true that the crops are far
advanced and that weeds, If allowed to
grow, will not now injure them as seri-
ously, as they would have done a few
weeks earlier in the season. Still, the
weeds will prove Of some injury to the
cultivated plants, and they also give to
this part of the farm a neglected appear
ance which does not speak well for the
way in which it Is managed But worse
than this, the evils resulting from the
presen- neglect of the garden will not
end with the present season. The Guilt
waited plants will be removed, but the
weeds will remain. Many of the more
common garden weeds seed very freely
and under very unfavorable conditions
They may be kept down all the first part
of the summer. but If given a few weeks
before frost they make a rapid growth
and bring large quantities of seed so near
next spring, and thus greatly Increase
the labor Of caring for the garden In the
future. This Is one Of the places in which