The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-31
The Scrap Book.

| catch it and remove it to his garden. He
said that in this way his garden became
so stocked with toads that they destroyed
I thousands of insects with no cost or trou-
Bile to himself. 1t is very interesting
sight to see the toad helping himself to in
sects. Sluggish as he appears, whenever
an insect comes within reach of his long
tongue, it is darted out and that insect
is seen no more. They will eat potato
bug larva, but we never saw them attack
the malodorous bugs that attack melons.
squashes and cucumbers.
70 Prevent Posts From Decaying 1t is
the rapid alteration from cold to heat and
from dry to moist that makes posts de-
cay so rapidly. This is, of course, worse
on sandy soil, through which the air rap
idly percoates, while in the heavy soil
the air does not enter The best preserva.
Ntive for posts In any kind of soil is to
thoroughly dry them and then char their
surface. After rubbing off the flakes of
coal dip the charred ends in oil, taking
care that both the charring and the oilins
come up above the point where the post
enters the soil Posts treated thus have
been found sound after fifteen or twenty
years, when, without this trea tment. posts
on sandy soil had rotted at the junction
with the ground after eight or ten years
service.
Country Roads.-For 100 years or more
newspaper philosophers and political econ
omists have vainly tried to convince the
tillers of soil that they, more than any
other class of people, were directly, vitality
and pecuniary interested in making and
maintaining country highways over
which heavy loads and light ones could
be drawn without the expenditure of an
unnecessary amount Of costly strength.
The farmers studied tax rates and either
would not hear or would not heed any sta
| tistcs whose bearing was less immediate,
thong not less obvious. The vast major
ity of rural roads continue to he stretches
of dirt, made into dust by the sun, into
mud by the rain, and Always enforcing the
truth that the distance between a farm
and a market depends more on the nature
of the road connecting them than on the
number of miles separating them.
Spreading manure.-It Is a common belief
of farmers that manure should be left in
heaps until just before the ground is plow-
ed Many suppose that the manurial
Va4ue of stable manure is wasted by this
exposure to the air. But there is much
less liability to this when the manure is
spread thinly than when il Is left in
heaps. which are sometimes left long
enough to firefang in the middle. The real
loss by leaving manure thinly spr on
the surface is loss of moisture ut
sprc aiding just before blowing does not
avoid this for practically, however close
the pillow may follow the spreader. there
is plenty of time for the manure to become
dry as a bone before the furrow is turned
over it. A really better way Is to always
run the RULER over the spread manure,
pressing it down to the soil Then, when
rains come, the manure will remain moist
at least on its under side, and will be more
effective ali the season.
For Flies on Cattle-Take coal tar two
parts and coal oil and grease one part
each, and mix with a small amount of
carbolic acid. Apply with a cloth by
moistenng the hair and horns of the ami
mails with the liquid. In the applications
include feet and legs, and IL will drive
every fly away and one application will
last ten days or more in dry weather.
Apply as often as necessary, and your
cows will be entirely secure from flies of
all kinds. Any kind of old lard or grease
can be used Coal tar is the. base of this
remedy, and when too thick to spread well
use more coal tar Carbolic acid will cost
about 50 cents or 60 cents I'm crystals by
the pound, and every farmer should al
ways keep II on hand. as it in its many
uses, Is Indispensable
Applying Manure.-The proper place to
apply manure is just where it is needed.
neither above nor below. but where the
roots of the plant can receive It's full ben
eft. IL Is plain that shallow rooted plants
would not need the manure at the same
level as deep rooted ones, and this should
be considered when preparing land for a
certain crop. Manure, when applied as a
top dressing to Strawberries, currants,
gooseberies, etc, acts as an excellent
mulch. But they as well as most vege-
tables, are great feeders, and the manure
should be placed where they will receive
its fun benefit That IS, where the root
can get It. Lots OF well-decayed manure
and Intensified tillage must be the funda-
mental planks of the successful gardener.
White Glover for Pasture-It is one of
the advantages of rough, rocky land that
as 1t cannot often be cultivated nor ever
very thoroughly, the surface soil is pretty
sure to be filled with white clover seed II
is said to be natural to such land, which
means that IL has so long occupied the
soil that there Is plenty Of seed TO grow
whenever ~ has a fair chance II Is an
excellent pasture grass. as its roots run
near the surface and quickly respond even
to light rains, which will not revive other
grasses 1t Is greatly helped by a dress
ing Of gypsum. on long-cultIvated
ground, especially where no clover has
been thickly seeded, there viii be little
white clover visible. But even there II IS
often ready when II gets the chance. III
the first clover crop Is alsike, which does
not sprout after It's first cutting "A Wig
Orous growth Of aftermath clover will Of
ten be found, though before the alsike
was cut. the white clover was too small
except for eyes that were sharply looking
for Il TO see u.
Milking Cows al Noon.-At this season
OF the year COWS fresh On milk will often
give more In two milkings than the COW
can carry during the latter part of each
twelve hours between them. In these
long days. when there Is sixteen hours
OF daylight. milking early In the morning,
at noon and AZ dusk at night will partI-
ton on the time into divisions Of eight
hours each Considerably more, both OF
milk and butter. will be got from the three
milkings. though each mess Will have less
proportion OF butter fats than II the times
between milkings were longer. II Is only
the COWS that give very large yields OF
milk that need 10 be milked three times
a day. Some extra grain feed Is necessary
for such cows 20 keep them from losing
flesh. But this extra feed will all 70 into
the milk pail, so the farmer Will be the
gainer thereby. The practical argument
for milking three times day II that when
a COW goes with bag distended for several
hours she ~ likely 10 become fevorsh.
..a IA. bag NAV cake. In auv ev.ut