The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-12
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es the pores through which they breathe.
II is much better to rub lard or fat of any
kind on the necks of cattle and around
the head than to apply large amounts of
kerosene. which has usually the effect of
taking off the hair. If kerosene oil is used,
make II into an emulsion, with ten times
its bulk OF water, and using enough soap
to make the oil and water thoroughly mix
This closes the pores and is just as effec-
tive as stronger doses.
Heavy Soil Best for Fruit.--Owing to
its earliness and the ease with which 1t is
cultivated, II was natural that for a long
time sandy soil should be preferred by the
fruit grower But It is becoming UNDER
stood that well underdrained, heavy soils
can be worked nearly or quite as early as
sandy soils, and these are much richer In
the mineral elements of plant food that are
essential i'm perfecting fruit Of any kind.
In many of the winter fruits the easiness
of ripening on light soil becomes a disad-
vantage, as It makes late fall and early
winter fruits of varieties that, when
grown on heavier soil, should be kept in
good condition until spring.
Mineral Manures for Clover-There is no
use of mineral manures that in the long
run pays so we'll as to make them grow
Sclover. Both potash and phosphate OF
lime are required for the clover plant
Though It has the power to take each Of
ficient for grain crops, yet the clover Is
quite as much as the grain benefited by
having these minerals offered In available
form. We never failed to get a good
clover catch when seed was sown with
grain that had been phosphated. By the
use Of the clover a double benefit was Sc
cured from the mineral fertilizer as the
clover Itself SUPPLIES nitrogen by dissolv-
ing the air confined in the soil.
Cut-Worms. thousands OF dol
lars worth of vegetables. corn, tobacco
plants, etc, are destroyed each spring by
cut-worms, which cut of the young
plants near the ground as soon as these
have been set out. The best remedy for
these worms Is to prepare the ground
early, and about a week before planting
make up a quantity Of fresh balls of
fresh clover, cabbage leaves, or bran
motstened with paste Of ten parts Paris
green TO one part -four. Drop these balls
throughout the field about twelve feet
apart. The worms coming to the surface
and finding nothing else TO eat will devorr
the poisoned balls and be destroyed.
Fresh balls must be placed every three
days and had better be continued until
the young plants are out OF danger. IN
spite Of all precautions some plants may
be cut of. When plant Is found freshly
cut, dig away the soil for two inches
around II and the worm will be found
rear by
Breeding Sows TO Sell.--It Is very rare
that a good breeding SOW OF At age and
with plenty OF teats will not bring much
more than her pork value II sold as a
breeder II she has proved her capacity
for breeding, and especially II she have
thrifty litter OF pigs by her side, the SOW
and pigs are sure TO bring many times
what they are worth to fatten and kill.
Everybody recognizes that this Is good
kind OF stock to hold. Now while grain and
feed Of all kinds h very cheap, the BUSH
ness Of growing hogs for breeders cannot
help being a profitable one. Part OF the
stock should be pure bred. Of some one
Of the breeds whose characteristics are
firmly established But II breeding sows
to sell as breeders be the end aimed at.
It IS not important that the breeding SOW
should be pure bred.A coarsely built. rangy
SOW, crossed with a pure-bred boar, will
farrow more and thriftier pigs than Will
a SOW and boar both pure bred. II Is for
this reason that the pure-bred hogs are
always higher priced. n is necessary TO
have the pure-bred males. to fix on the
progency the habit OF easy keeping rapid
growth early I'm maturity. But these
characteristics IN fun development do not
make as profitable an animal for pork pro-
duction as a cross where the larger-bod-
led SOW can furnish much more thrifty
growing pigs than can the sow that Is her.
self pure bred. A. G.
HOp-orowing In the south.-Last year