The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-23


The Essex hog was a small breed that was
much praised by the late Joseph Harris.
and he was also a successful breeder of
them. II was chiefly valuable for crossing
with the large breeds 10 make grade hogs
that would mature and fatten early and
Yet attain greater weight than the Essex.
There are large Yorkshires as well as
small Yorkshires. II is likely that cross
between the two would secure large size
and early maturity. Just as did the cross
between the Essex. and the larger black
breeds. At Hoods farm at Lowell a cross
was being made between small and large
Yorkshires a year or two ago. They are
both good breeds. and probably pure-bred
stock of either can be secured by writing
60 the farm manager as above.
Nut Trees.-The age at which any not
trees come into bearing depends on the
care given to the trees. Some authorities
state that fifteen or twenty years are nee
essary TO bring them into fun bearing fro
the time the nut Is planted. This is a
mistake, as trees that have been Wen car
ed for should bear a bushel of nuts in
ten years. and the amount will increase
rapidly each year after that time Some
may enjoy raising these trees from seed,
20 be sure, il is rather slow process,
but it is interesting work. When plant
ing the nuts, il they have thin shells be
out at all. The best plan is to get mem
as soon as they ripen and plant them at
once. When this is not possible keep
them in moist sand or sawdust until hey
can be started. Butternuts, walnuts hick-
DRY nuts and filiberts. being hard-shelled,
will keep in growing condition much long
er, but should be planted in the fail, as
they terminate better when allowed to
freeze, as that cracks the shell. The fail
raIa Mt fno &c MIA nd
nearer we follow her ways the better re-
suits we may expect. Another thing, do
not plant the nuts deep; nature drops
them on the surface and gives them
thick covering of leaves in which the
dirt catches as it blows about, then the
snow covers all and helps the leaves to
decay and form a covering of leaf mold
for the tree to grow in. 1t is not practi-
cable for any of us 70 try TO raise all
these kinds of nuts, but select the ones
most likely TO succeed in our climate, and
by proper care and attention make a sue
cess of it. We may not reap the benefit
of our labors, but our children will ard
theirs after them. From Nicks Magazine.
The Poultry Yard-Proft in Small
FlocIs.-The largest proportionate profit is
from the small fioclSs, due to the fact that
when the flock as small each individual is
known and receives attention. Sick birds
If the flock is large the difficulty of super
vising the individual birds is increased.
There is cost for labor when large num-
bers are kept, while with small focks of
dozen, or Whereabouts, the item of labor is
too insignificant to be estimated The profit
on a small flock is large because it is sim
ply the difference between the receipts and
expenses for food, but such profits would
be materially reduced if credit is given
for laha In 1u,sep he Ian
of a contagious disease may infiict heavy
loss and this liability to disease is due TO
the fact that the houses for large num-
bers are built more economically than for
single small flock, the house for which
is made more comfortable because It is
habitually inspected daily. Then there are
lice 10 combat. With the small flocks such
work may be done in a few minutes, and
the lice can be kept down, but where there
are many poultry houses, or apartments,
lice can more easily secure Judgment and
rapidly multiply before the poulryman
becomes aware of the fact. The proper
way to begin is to use small hocks and in
crease the number of fowls every year. In
that manner experience VIII assist and the
liability of mistakes Will be lessened.
Swiss Chard is a beet grown solely for
its foliage. The midrib is removed and
cooked like asparagus, while the resi- of
a mixture of the seed as Beta, or foliage
beets. The first I ever grew was of this
kind, and had some really beautiful and
tropical looking plants. A crinkly leaf
twenty-five inches long and fifteen inches
wide, with stem three inches wide and
as long as a pie plant stalk. When the
leaf is a pale green color with ivory white
stem and veins, or a very dark green with
either white, blood-red or golden yellow
stems and veins, then they become things
of great beauty, as well as great size
When cut and used for indoor decoration
they should always be placed in large,
clear glass receptacles of some sort, for
the beauty is as much in the stalk as the
leaf
The Improved Trophy Tomato.-After
trying most of the new tomatoes, and dis
carding all but a few, we were induced to
try a select strain Of the Trophy, which
is being used exclusively by a canning
factory with the claim that no other equals
1t in quality for that purpose. Our
trials have convinced us of ITS supe-
Tor quality, beautiful red color, good shape
and very solid flesh. More than ALL It
seemed to keep longer (when picked rather
green) than MANY of the more popular
varieties. We marketed quite a lot of
these in November, when others were
gone, or at least what were left of them
were small and poor-looking, while the
Improved Trophy looked bright and nice,
and readily brought 70 cents a bushel.
Seeding Peach Trees.-In every peach
orchard free from the yellows, there viii
be more or less seeding peach trees spring
ing up every year from pits dropped, after
the peach was eaten the previous fall. II
requires freezing 10 open these pits, and
the germ usually comes forth with the
first warm weather of spring. These
Seeding will usually be of poor quality, as
they are only natural fruit. But if they
are set out in rich soil as soon as the
shoots start, they viii grow rapidly and be
plenty large enough to be budded in July
next. 1t is a comparatively easy thing 10
learn to bud. In this way a stock of
peach trees can easily be secured II one
PLANTS peach stones from healthy fruit
in the fall, and takes care to use only
buds from healthy stock for budding pur>
poses.
Fire fanging of manure is destructive
and although a woll-known occurrence in
manure heaps, some farmers do moi try
to prevent or suppress it. Fire fang is
overheating of the manure due to rapid
decomposition, a large proportion of the