The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
The Scrap Book-GIeanings.

If properly kept and judiciously applied
to land, poultry manure is worth one-half
the cost of the food the fowl gets, and yet
little account is taken of the droppings
when an estimate is made of the profits
Compared with well-rotted barn manure
there are 1880 pounds of phosphoric acid
in hen manure to six la barn manure Al
pounds of potash TO 10 in barn manure
The analysis is based on a ton each of hen
and barnyard manures
There is no good reason why the family
flock of poultry on every farm in the land
should not be graded up to high quality
by crossing with pure bred males; at this
season of the year thousands of pure bred
cockerels are for sale at reasonable fig
ures.
Begin now to weed out the old stock
from the poultry, and the undesirable
young. A few good hens, well cared for.
Will raise more chicks next summer than
al a large flock is crowded together In the
coops; and what sense Is there i'm keeping
an Improbable chicken, anyhow?
= Waterproof Cloth.-In making cloth wa
terproof for cold frames Rural New York.
er says that the simplest process is to sat
urate the cloth with pure raw linseed oil
Another formula is composed of pints
pale linseed Oil. an ounce sugar of lead
gar of lead and mix in a little oil, then add
the other materials and heat in an iron
kettle. Apply with a brush while hot.
Corn Fodder-A writer In the Farmers
Review says: The way that suits us best
is to cut the corn when thoroughly ma
tured, shock II and husk IL when dry The
stalks are then stacked and shredded from
time to time through the winter. Nv Ieav-
ing the stalks whole until time for feeding.
their aroma is better preserved, and the
shredded fodder Is then more palatable.
We use shredded fodder mixed with dried
brewers grains, and steamed for the
horses and colts which are running out.
along with one feed of hay a day. By us
ing shredded fodder for cattle once a day.
we saved one feed of hay, and found that
1t did not decrease the milk flow. The top
and bottom Of stacks we cut for bedding
and 1t makes most excellent material for
that purpose"
Cropping Without Rotation.-It is not
alone because il is exhaustive that sue
cessive growing of one crop on the same
land as bad practice. 1t is precisely the
way to breed insects or fungous diseases
or to extend the growth of noxlous weeds
There is not much successive cropping
anywhere now The value of rotation so
as to increase soil productiveness is better
understood Yet when settlers go to a new
country they almost always crop soil that
has virgin fertility with the crop that paws
best, which is repeated until the crop be-
gins to fail. Almost always the settlers
on new land are poor. There are so many
disadvantages in removing to the outskirts
of civlliza ton that only those go who have
not the money required to buy farms any
where else.
Care of Cow at Calving.-Six weeks pre-
vious TO the time of calving feed the COW
q Nd lop Ft.I 90
day. morning and evening, In some bran
or meal. Five or six days before calving
omit the oil meal. BY feeding this | AL
ways have the after-brth come the same
day the COW calves But if you have not
fed any meal, and it does not come away
take a half-pint OF white beans and boil
them soft. When cold give them to the
COW to eat. Wait three or four hours. and
If it does not come all right give another
half pint of beans, and II will come away
every time. When you have the COW on
good pasture, you need not feed any oil
meal, but use the beans IL it becomes nee
essary.-G. II. II.
Waste of Liquid Manure-Many farm
ers have their yards in such shane thar
rains carry vast amount of the richest
liquids into the streams, so that when ma
nure hauling time arrives they have. in
stead of good rotten manure, a pile of
dry, washed-out straw If the sterin.
fields of such farmers could find voice
they would rend the air with walls of,
anguish at the loss of their life-giving
fluid. The proper way is to keep all ma
nure under a shed. If this is impossible
have the manure yard lowest i'm the CEN
ter. On the outside of our manure yard
there is a shallow trench leading into \
well, where the liquid can accumulate IN
time Of excessive rainfall after which IL
is pumped out and carried on 10 the ma.
nure under a she'd thus haste 70 ~ its de-
composition. BY following this plan we
always have excellent manure which Is
q very potent factor in maintaining the
fertility Of the soil.
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