The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-03

water to dissolve 1t, salt will
always hasten decomposition For this
reason it is an excellent plan to use it
wherever II is desired TO have manures act
more quickly. a little sprinkled over
manure heap with water enough to wash
it down will set 1t to fermenting. 1t will
do the same when a tough sod has been
plowed under which 1t is necessary to rot
quickly.
Care of Sitting Hens.-An the necessity
for care is not ended when the hen is duly
installed in her three weeks task, and is
sitting faithfully. The Asiatic breeds of
fowls, including such crosses as the Ply
mouth Rock. are so persistent in sitting
that unless the poulterer tempts them Off
to eat they may addle the eggs by too
much warmth and exclusion of the The
egg is porous, ana the young chick must
get all the air it requires through the
shell. AS Matching time approaches, there
is less danger of adding the eggs by cold.
even If the hen is off some time The
warmth from the chick will keep the eggs
from getting cold anyway. Sprinkling
the eggs with tepid water Is useful where
the sitting is too persistent.
Varieties of Turkeys. There are no less
than six varieties of turkeys, of which
the Bronze is preferred by most breed
ers, though the Narragansett. as grown
in Long Island, is nearly as good. They
are both grown from crosses with wild
turkeys, and by growing only for breed
ing from 2-year-old birds, these breeds
attain very large size. Farmers of Con-
necticut and Rhode Island raise a large
proportion of the turkeys sold in New
York city, and some of them each year
present to the President the turkey that
furnishes his Thanksgiving dinner.
Bronze turkeys have been grown in less
than year to weigh thirty-eight pounds,
But there are few families that want so
large turkey as this. even when satisfied
it is young and tender. Birds that weigh
fifteen to eighteen pounds find more ready
sale, and generally bring more per pound
than the heavy weights. The only trou-
BILE in turkey growing is to tide the young
chicks over the first few weeks of their
life. Then they are tender. After getting
in full feather turkeys are as little likely
to loss as the same number of chickens
The four other varieties besides those we
have named are black, white. buff and
slate, each of which has its favorites.
Plymouth Rocks.-The Plymouth Rock is
the most popular of all varieties of poultry
as a general purpose fowl. Its medium
size, hardy growth, and good laying quail
ties make 1t a practical fowl for the farm
The Barred variety is the most generally
known of the Plymouth Rock classes. and
their history dates back a little over a
quarter of century. Various bloods were
used In its making the belief being gener-
al that they originally came from a cross
between the American Dominique and
Black Java 1t has also been shown that
the Light Brahma, Dark Brahma, and Pit
Game have been used in their making.
The Barred Plymouth Rock is OF gray
ish-white color, regularly crossed with
parallel bars of blue-black running in
straight. distinct lines throughout the en-
tire length of the feather and showing
on the down or under color of the feath-
ers. The barring is somewhat smaller on
the hackle and saddle feathers than on
other portions of the body. The bird is of
medium size, with broad neck, fiat at the
shoulders the breast is fun, and the body
broad and compact; medium-sized wings,
that fold gracefully, the points being well
covered with breast and saddle feathers.
A medium-sized head, ornamented with
upright bright-red comb and wattles;
large, bright eye; and yellow beak, legs,
and toes, places the picture before us in its
entirety. The difference between the Barr
ed and the Pea comb Barred Is that the
latter has a small, firm, and even pea
comb, instead of single comb.
Soil for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. can
be grown on almost any soil that viii
produce successfully the ordinary farm
and garden crop. The ideal strawberry
soil is a deep, we'll drained sandy loan.
Some varieties do their best on heavy
clay loan. while others prefer a light
sandy soil and all are reasonably success
full on mean of the two extremes. Straw
berries grown on a light sandy soil are
always brighter colored and better flaw
ored than those grown ON heavy clay
soils. The heavy soil. If well drained aud
properly managed, retains moisture, oet-
ter, and when planted TO the varieties best
adapted to it, will produce the largest
crops but generally at the expense of
quality
Molasses AS a Feed-Molasses which
on account of its low price, is now COM
ing into considerable use in the south for
stock feeding. has long been used and
highly valued in England for this purpose
1t is wholly digestible, and assists In the
digestion of other food. In feeding IL
should be mixed with meal or bran, or
used for wetting chopped feed. II Is quite
laxative, and should be used in small
quantities at first and the effect watched
Being sweet. also the animals may be
easily surfeited with IL and the appetite
lessened Feed so that no animal can get
an undue share, and take 1t away al the
first indication that they arc becoming
tired of II.
Excellent Whitewash--An excellent
whitewash. lasting almost as well as Or
binary paint, may be prepared for OUT
side work as follows: Stake In boiling
water one-half bushel of lime. Strain so
as to remove all sediment. Add two
pounds of sulphate of zinc, one pound
common salt. and one-half pound whiting,
thoroughly dissolved. Mix TO proper con-
sistency with skinned milk and apply
hot II white is not desired, add enough
coloring matter to produce the desired
shade. Those who have tried this re-
cipe consider It much superior, both in
appearance and durability, to ordinary
washes and some have not hesitated 10
declare that IL compares very favorably
with good lead paints. 1t Is much cheaper
than paint and gives the houses and yards
TO which It il applied very attractive APP
pearance.
Copperas for Chicken Cholera-If Doui-
try shows any signs of cholera. says Mrs.
l.. c. Axtell, IN Ohio Poultry Journai,
don't wait until some die Of It, but in-
medlately give copperas In their drinking
water, level tablespoonful 10 half pint
of water. II any are already sick re-
move them TO a room by themselves and
give IT stronger. and II they will eat. mix
up their feed with copperas water. A liz
tie experimenting will teach one how
strong IL may be given without injurins
the fowls Through n mistake / gave It
very strong at one time and expected Il
would kill some Of them, but could see