The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-14

oNSSC ANA hAtSNAiAA kui hlOSNS 10 not SUI
fer from old age. as do other farm fowl:
10, 70 or 15-year-old birds have proved
themselves as capable of producing Wig
orous offspring as younger birds
Brood boxes for the broody hen are a
convenience. Make the box one-quuter
inch smaller than the nest, by length and
breadth. Invert sod of earth in the bot
tom, cover with cut straw and place In a
nest. When a hen becomes broody in one
Of these boxes, l give her the eggs at
night and next night remove box, hen and
eggs to where blddy cannot be disturbed
by other hens.
The grade fowl is all right for poultry
keepers who keep fowls for eggs or for
sale as poultry, without trying to begin
as breeders for sale alive. The grade can
never be depended upon, and the grede
ROSTERS should be killed off every year ard
only the pullets kept. When it is desired
to replenish the flock a full-bred cock of
one or the other of the breeds from which
the cross is made should be used.
Starting Onions in Hotbeds-In the
Northern states, where the winters are
long and summers short good results have
been obtained by starting onion plants In
hotbeds and greenhouses and afterward
TRANSFORMING to the ground like cabbage
plants. While the cost Is great a perfect
stand Is obtained and the yield is thus in
creased. During the past two years l have
tried this method. The seed Were sown In
trays Jan. l, and the plants transplanted
to the field early in February, when seed
was drilled into the ground. During both
years. seed drilled into the ground where
the crop was to mature has made the larg
est yield.
The right kind of soil for ported and
greenhouse plants--We have found there
is no great mystery in preparing a suitable
soil to grow plants, one which viii give
them luxuriance. The soil where / reside
is clay loan unsuited to this business, so
i have been obliged to go some distance to
procure sand This is mixed with the same
amount of barnyard manure, some wood
ashes and sometimes fertilizer is added and
a perfect soil for plants Is obtained.
Watering Plants i'm Saucers is a decided
ly better method than watering from the
top, as the roots will drink up the moisture
from the saucer as needed, while plant
watered from the top may remain wet two
or three days unless the air in the room Is
very hot and dry.
When to Pillow Sandy Land; Value of
Lime. Which is the best TO plow sandy
ground, In the fall or in the spring. 3
What value has air-slacked lime on sandy
ground? What proportion should be used
to give good results2
Reply by L. B. Terry-I should not plow
sandy land until / was ready to plant in
the spring. and l should have some crop
growing on ii as nearly all the time as
possible. 1 should have it growing Grim
son clover or rye this winter. Then after
you have turned that under in the spring
try say twenty-five bushels of air-siacked
lime, If you wish, on half an acre, spread
ing very evenly and narrowing in, and
watch whether 1t Increases crops enough
TO pay you or not. IL may or may not
No man can certainly tell you The lime
will have a tendency to make your sandy
land more compact, and used as above
may pay, If 1t doesn't cost too much
H. B. Mitchell, Athens Ca, says that
sheep raising would pay well in the South,
there can be no question We have
cheap lands. mild climate, and a variety
of food stuffs well suited to the industry,
that can be produced readily and econom-
ically. But we also have the worthless
cur in such vast proportions, that he who
enters the field will find himself minus his
investment right speedily There is scarce
ly farm in the South upon which a few
sheep could not be kept to advantage,
were It not for this drawback. We know
there are at least 100 dogs tol every sheep
in this section. and the entire lot is not
worth the feed of one. No one here is too
poor to own a dog. The poorer the man
the more dogs he has, the most of them be-
ing in a half-starved condition. II is these
half starved CANNES that do the mischief,
some having been known to travel twenty
miles In a night, searching for the sheep
fold. We need laws imposing a tax on
dogs, so high that those not able to feed
them properly cannot afford to own them.
| They prevent those who otherwise would
| like to keep sheep from doing so. They
| enhance the price of our food and clothing
| by barring out this industry from the
| South. They are expensive, without be-
| ing of any profit, unless the catching Of
| an occasional rabbit may be called such,
| and from their liability to rabies they are
| a menace to mankind Our legislature
| has repeatedly tried to pass a dog law,
but so far all efforts have failed. Mans
| love for the dog is remarkable.