The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07

al they can be made TO eat.
Biggest Mule in the World.-The largest
mule in the world arrived in Chicago Sat
urday' and is stopping az the stock yards
Tor a short time. The animal Is not des-
tined TO be slaughtered, for IL is bound for
London, where il Is to become the star
attraction in a menagerie, and it viii
doubtless be placarded as ian average
American mule" The mule is 10 hands 2ls
inches high, and weighs 1880 pounls. 1t
Is years old. The discoverer of the ami
mai Is +. F. Brown a stock yard horse
dealer, who found 1t on its native heath
in Southwestern Missouri He believed
that his find was moi in it's proper envi-
ronments, and succeeded In disposlng of
to an English animal tanner. The mule
will be shipped East to-day.
Carbon Bsulphine for Weevils. Carbon
bsulphide is a colorless LIQUID. with a.
strong odor. 1t evaporates freely at or
binary temperature. The gas is heavier
than air, is highly infammable and a
strong poison although a small portion
Is not Injurious. Provide sufficient blan-
kets canvas, or oil cloth to thoroughly
cover the grain to be treated For every
hundred bushels of grain put in open shall
low dishes on the grain one pound of
Observation-Disclosures. using about one-half
pound in each dish ana placing them at
% A'e'eVAehlt At0A4NNc. lover the grain.
dishes and all, at once and let remain for
twenty-four hours Examine TO. see if all
Insects rats and mice are dead If some
are found to be alive apply again using
more of the liquid. Warehouses; mills. ele-
vators, storerooms and the like may be
treated in a similar manner The LIQUID
as retailed at the drug stores costs from
20 to 80 cents per pound.
Watching the Soil-No work affecting
rural life is more important than that of
protecting and preserving the productive
capacity of the soil, for upon the proper
performance of this duty rests the foun-
dalton upon which is erected the splendid
fabric of a grand and successful agrlcul-
| ture. When the value of the soil Is i'm
| paired 1t should be restored; when its
power is weakened 1t should be strength
ened; when its condition Is run down 1t
should be built up, and the ravages made
by cultivation or the weather should be
mended at once. 1t requires the most
constant vigilance on the part of the hus-
bandman to keep his farm In a high state
| of cultivation, and the most effective
agencies for this purpose must be enlist
ed and brought into service.
English Walnuts: Possibly few trees in
| the old world are more profitable than the
English walnut, which thriyes in England
| and all over the northern part of the con-
tinent of Europe. TIE wood Is especially
useful for gunstocks and for many articles
of furniture and is found profitable from
| trees of ten years of age and upward. There
is always good demand for the nuts so that
| there are two distinct lines OF proft-by
their timber and by their fruit. In our
country they thrive in any portion of the
eastern states, although as they progress
northwardlv the tips of the last years
| shoots are destroyed by winter. The living
| portions push out again. however and
| generally bear as abundantly as before.
In the vicinity of Philadelphia there are
numerous trees, planted by the early Ger
man settlers which bear every year. Sin
gle or isolated trees sometimes fail TO bear
| fruit on account of the pollen-bearing
| flower maturing and scattering pollen be-
| fore the nut-bearlng flower IS in condition
to receive II. and for this reason crops are
| more assured when number of trees are
| planted together In this way some OF THE
| pollen-bearlng catkins are conditioned sd
| as to be in bloom before the time that the
nut clearing flowers made their appearance
| -Meehans Monthly.
| Sanitary Measures for Poultry.--It Is a
well-recognzed principle that it Is much
| easier to keep away disease than to drive
it away after IL Is once contracted. The
! study of sanitary measures and how to at
! occupies a large share of attention In the
study of health and combating of disease
in the human family, but it has come to be
an important factor ia the successful rails
ing of all other animals as well. III you
would be successful In raising poultry and
In the prevention of disease among your
stock you must make the sanitary condi-
tions surrounding your fowls as perfect as
possible. Your poultry houses must be
clean and well lighted, your yards well
| drained, the chickens should have clear
water and diversified feed, The sick and
droopy separated from the others. The
poultry raiser knows that the proper care
Of his fowls pays.
Coloring MATHEMATICIAN inquirer who
has been in the practice of simply white
washing his fences and outbuldings
| wishes. Information for giving the work a
| light brown or drab, more nearly white
than many which he sees, which are 50
dark as to be positively gloomy, and he IN
quires for the best way Of making the
lime into the wash. Procure fresh or caus.
tic lime pur peck or more into a tub OF
barrel, and, cover 1t six inches above with
hot water; cover IT 10 keep in the steam
When cool, add enough water 10 reduce
to a. wash which may be easily applied
with q brush. Two pounds of rice flour
Will make it spread more easily, MIXING
Il with cold water before 1t is put in: stir
thoroughly. or, instead of the rice water
add two pounds of sulphate of zinc and a
pound Of salt; this will harden IL better on
exposed woodwork. To give il the right
color, add pound or two Of yellow ochrs
for cream color, or two pounds of lumber
or less if lighter is desired.
or for light slate color OF
gray, add half a pound of lamr
black, or less quantity. We have found
durable wash for outdoor work of a peck
Of water lime, half a peck of fine clear
sand, or as much as the water will hold
in suspension, with enough water 10 APP
ply IT,
Earliest Potatoes-I am frequently ask
ed 10 name the best varieties of very ear.
" potatoes. We surely have a large num-
Der Of early potatoes, mostly of the Early
Rose or Beauty Of Hebron types Inc ract Is
we have so many OF them that it IS i'm
possible for any one who does not make
very extensive tests Of new varieties, year
after year, to say which of all these sorts
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